On October 15, we boldly went where Superfad has never gone before - ComicCon. We know what you’re thinking… but we were actually there to promote a new project. Over the past six months, we’ve been involved in creating a number of scenes for an animated feature film of Graham Chapman’s A Liar’s Autobiography. As one of the members and originators of Monty Python, Chapman’s life was often as satirical as a Python sketch, and lends itself naturally to animation. The film, produced by Ben Timlett, Jeff Simpson, and Bill Jones (son of Python member Terry Jones), comprises an assembly of segments directed by 15 different animation studios.

For us, this project was momentous in a number of ways. We’d never worked on a film of this length before, we’d never produced 3D stereoscopic animation before, and we were the only American studio to contribute to the film. Oh also, we’d never dared show our faces in public before. Although the original idea of wearing Stormtrooper masks was ultimately vetoed, we did get a fair amount of fanboy love at a panel at the IGN Theater, where Creative Directors Andrew Stubbs Johnston and Sean Dougherty unveiled a scene from the film. While the full film will not premiere until spring 2012, it’s safe to say that judging from the response, Python fans will love it.