Comics Coast To Coast #185 - The Tom Bancroft Interview

2014

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Tom Bancroft joins Brian Dunaway, Joel Duggan and Matthew Ducharme to talk about his career in animation and now his webcomic Out Numbered

Comics Title By Artist

https://www.outnumberedcomic.com/

About Artist:

https://www.charactermentorstudio.com/about.html

Tom Bancroft has over 25 years of experience in the animation industry, most of which was for Walt Disney Feature animation where he was an animator for 11 years. He has been nominated for Annie and Rueben awards.

At Disney, Bancroft had the opportunity to animate on 10 animated feature films, 5 animated shorts, and numerous commercials. Some of the films include, “Beauty and the Beast,” “The Lion King,” “Aladdin”, and “Mulan”. Bancroft was also a character designer and director for Big Idea Productions. His popular character design book, “Creating Characters with Personality” is used by art schools all over the world. Additionally, Bancroft has illustrated over 50 children’s books.

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0051642/

https://tombancroft.designbinder.com

About The Comic

https://www.outnumberedcomic.com/?page_id=13

Meet Mark- husband, father, and second class citizen in his family of five women. He has secretly found the answer for happiness in his life which he doesn’t share with Melody: don’t say anything unless its funny or you really, really have to. The “unless it’s funny” part still gets him into trouble though. He escapes- works at a regular office doing regular, boring work but enjoys it for its lack of people crying and screaming all the time. Ask any of his kids what he does and they have no idea. He loves his family more than life itself but would never wish them on another human being no matter how vile.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1122941512/opposite-forces-comic-trade-paperback

Show Notes:

How autobiographical is Outnumbered?	Joel

This strip is a favorite, “I hope this is pulled from real life.” Moment.	Joel
https://www.outnumberedcomic.com/?p=170

Your earlier strips have a rougher finish, like a storyboard. What can you tell us about you shift to a cleaner look and the back again? (Around June 3rd w/ syndicate submissions.) And then again…	Joel

Are you still prepping Outnumbered for syndicate submission? Has that always been the goal? Why not push forward with it as a webcomic under that model?	Joel

All of your strips are color right from the start. Given the time that can add to a project, what pushed you to color over black and white?	Joel

I feel like I should be taking notes on “Dad Defences” against future children. Have other fathers identified with your work?	Joel

How did you get started with your instructional website Taught By A Pro?	Joel
https://taughtbyapro.com

The courses on Taught By A Pro are very afforable. ($10 each) What was the drive behind that decision?	Joel
(If not already answered by the question above.)


You have quite the Disney resume; Beauty & The Beast, Aladin, Mulan, etc… Do you ever find that your Disney work overshadows your comic work?	Joel

Working on Mushu from Mulan must have been a real treat. What was the best part about bringing a character to life with such an iconic voice as Eddie Murphy?	Joel or Matt

A lot has changed in the animation industry since Disney’s golden years. For the better or the worse?	Brian

Did you work with computers during the Disney years?	Brian

What was your role with Veggie Tales?	Brian

You appear to be a Family man. Do your kids understand/appreciate the work you have done in the animation industry.	Brian

Considering that the characters in outnumbered are based on real people, have any of them made requests about how they appear in the comic?	Matt

What was it that first pulled you toward wanting to do a web comic?	Matt

What is the most valuable lesson you took away from your time at Disney?	Matt


Questions from Google+ Webcomics Community
“I’ve been following his comic for a while now and I’ve always loved his inking. You guys usually cover this in your interview, but please ask him about his inking and coloring process.”	Bill Murphy

Comics Coast To Coast #185 – The Tom Bancroft Interview

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