Ep. #39 Michael Swanigan & Larry Houston / Power-Con 2021 by The Best Saturdays of our Lives Podcast published on 2021-09-29T16:02:34Z Ep# 39 - Michael Swanigan & Larry Houston / Power-Con 2021 On September 11th and 12th Mark & Dan traveled to Anaheim California for Power-Con, the nation's premier convention for all things She-Ra and He-Man! In today's episode we bring you our interviews with two pioneers who's contributions to the animation industry are immeasurable. With eighty-seven art department credits to his name, Michael Swanigan stands as one of the greatest storyboard artists of all time. Along with his work on both She-Ra and He-Man, Michael is a prolific author and has held positions as story director, storyboard supervisor and designer during his storied carrier. Larry Houston is the Emmy-nominated Producer/Director of The X-Men Animated series of the nineteen-nineties. Having the distinction of being Filmation Studios first African-American Saturday Morning Storyboard Artist, Larry has served in a directorial and supervisory capacity on numerous hit series and is credited for expanding the world of He-Man Mini-Comics by adding and designing more multi-cultural diverse heroes and villains into the He-Man mythology. 00:00:24 Michael Swanigan 00:15:18 Larry Houston 00:38:14 True Pioneers TOTAL RUNTIME: 00:41:39 Power-Con https://thepower-con.com/ https://www.facebook.com/ThePowerCon/ @ThePowerCon Michael Swanigan Purchase His Books: https://www.amazon.com/Books-Michael-Swanigan/s?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3AMichael+A+Swanigan https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0841682/ Larry Houston https://www.larry-houston.com/ Instagram: @larrytoons54 Twitter: @xmendirector https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0396860/ Vince Alvendia https://eggdropramen.studio/ The ESO Network https://esonetwork.com #esonetwork Mark McCray The Best Saturdays Of Our Lives tbsool.com The Best Saturdays of Our Lives Podcast tbsool.com/podcast @MarkMcTBSOOL markmccray072@gmail.com thebestsaturdaysofourlives.com Instagram: instagram.com/best_saturdays_of_our_lives Facebook: facebook.com/tbsool #tbsool Dan Klink Instagram: @dan_klink Twitter.com/TheRealDanKlink facebook.com/Dan.M.Klink Thunder Talk thundertalk.org FIND US ON Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @thundertalkpod JOIN THE THUNDER FAITHFUL @ https://www.facebook.com/groups/578372072758335/ Emaill thundertalkpodcast@gmail.com #thundertalk Genre Entertainment