by Dan Walsh
Back in 2010, at a local newspaper, two outstanding young gentlemen came up with an interesting idea. How did it start?
When incompetent morons would park in a parking lot where they did not have permission to. Darin was not very pleased with his job. So from time to time, he would take a required break and stroll through the newspaper's parking lot looking for cars that did not belong.
One day, while standing in the basement looking out of the window, he watched two ladies pull up in an over-sized truck and take up two parking spaces that belonged to employees. As soon as they walked around the corner, Darin grabbed an orange sticker, made his way to the truck like some sort of Special Forces Agent, slapped the sticker on the windshield and ran back inside.
Then it hit him! This would be a pretty funny skit to make with his buddy Dan. They could wear orange T-shirts, grow mustaches, wear sunglasses and an eye patch and could be called Sticker Squad.
Dan loved the idea, so they made the sketch a week later in 100 degree temperatures. After a few days of editing it was finished. People who were blessed to view the Sticker Squad sketch loved it and started requesting a sequel. Sadly that did not happen, but something else did.
Dan's wife, Melanie, suggested that he draw the Sticker Squad characters as cartoon caricatures. He sketched out a Herb and Walt in his notepad, and Darin went nuts for them! Darin told Dan to draw him a few different mouths, scan them into his MAC computer and Darin would begin to animate them. (also on a MAC computer) They spent a few nights doing voice over work and then Herb and Walt came to life.
At this point there are 31 cartoon episodes and more on the way. The best way to describe them would be "edgy", "immature" and "stereotypical". But if you have a sense of humor, they are pretty good.
If you are so inclined, you can check them out on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/stickersquad. We made a stupid sketch. Then we made stupid caricatures of our characters. Now we make stupid cartoon shorts. Stupid huh?
To see this clip, you can click on my name in the officer list, or go directly to the link above. To learn more about our efforts, go to http://www.zazzle.com/stickersquad.
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