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Full liquid metal, now in 3D: re-visiting the freakin’ T-1000 walking out of the fiery truck crash
Full liquid metal, now in 3D: re-visiting the freakin’ T-1000 walking out of the fiery truck crash

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Memories of Cow & Chicken: David Feiss

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At VIEW, I sat down with director David Feiss to discuss his work on Cow & Chicken, Yohoo and Friends and the Open Season films. Check it out at Cartoon Brew.

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Posted on November 1, 2016Author Ian FailesTags CartoonBrew

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