Goodbooks
2018 — 2019
It is not very often that we have the opportunity to create a graphic equivalent of a drug fueled rant bringing all of our collective skills to bear. And it is almost unfathomable that we could actually do something like this and benefit a good cause. But life is strange sometimes.
This psychedelic trip tells the story of Dr. Gonzo (from Fear and Loathing) in a Herculean struggle to purchase Kakfa's Metamorphosis without paying tribute to our gluttonous, corporate overlords.
His acid-induced quest is rewarded when he discovers Good Books, an online bookseller that gives all profits to Oxfam.
Our goal was to create an homage—something that maybe even he’d be proud of. Or at the very least, a piece he wouldn’t have sued us over.
The BUCK team dug deep on this one, channeling our inner gonzo, to direct and produce this pioneering piece of transitional animation that included cel animation, compositing, 2-D, 3-D, stop-motion, and cel animation (we said that twice because we did a shit ton of cel animation on this one.)
“Some may never live but the crazy never die”.
~ Hunter S. Thompson
Awards ↓
A big BUCK thank you to String Theory for bringing us this stream-of-consciousness script, Antfood for their inspired audio, and all the BUCK artists who worked tirelessly over five months to make it happen.
BUCK
Creative Director
Ryan Honey
Executive Producer
Maurie Enochson
Associate Creative Director
Joshua Harvey
Producer
Alyssa Evans
Emily Rickard
Nick Terzich
Production Coordinator
Ben Tucker
CG Supervisor
Doug Wilkinson
Art Director
Joe Mullen
Animation Director
Steve Day
Design
George Fuentes
Jenny Ko
Joe Mullen
Jon Gorman
Joshua Harvey
Trevor Conrad
3D Artists
Albert Omoss
Ana Luisa Santos
Christine Li
Jens Lindgren
Joao Rema
Joshua Harvey
Kai Wang
Kelsey Charlton
Timm Wagener
2D Animation
George Fuentes
Harry Teitelman
Jahmad Rollins
Jamal Otolorin
Joe Mullen
Joshua Harvey
Kendra Ryan
Matt Everton
Matthew Wade
Regis Camargo
Taik Lee
Trevor Conrad
Tristan Balos
William Trebutien
Compositing
Adam Smith
Alex Perry
Elizabeth Steinberg
Helen Hsu
Jenny Ko
Joe Mullen
Joshua Harvey
Matt Lavoy
Moses Journey
Nick Forshee
Sound
Music & Sound Design
Antfood
Voiceover Artist
Thor Erickson
Voiceover Recording
Post Audio Labs
