>Gets his first show at 24What have YOU done with your life, anon?
>>154862184Got a graphic design degree like a moron
>>154862184Masturbating
>>154862184and now he can't legally get a show made for the next few years LOL
>>154862184Not sucking 100K Disney dicks to get a show.
And what about the rest of his life? Who gives a shit if he got something in the past. When I was 24 it was 2015 and I somehow landed a job that paid 22 an hour. In 2015 that was INSANE money. Now it's 2026 and I don't have that job anymore. No one cares if I had a good job in 2015. What has Alex done now that's worth something and impressive.
>>154862655CopeGF was so successful that it's all Hirsch needs
>>154862867Too bad he dropped the ball with the last 10 episodes
>>154862867How the fuck is it possible to milk a single, two season show for this long?It ended ten fucking years ago and is still being shilled in book form
>>154862184Is this show worth watching even though I don't like loreslop? I only know of it through cultural osmosis.
>>154862606qrd? >>154862867but wat about what I need?
>>154862938Blame GFags, not Alex. They're the ones refusing to let it go and keep buying merch.
>>154862960yes it has a comfy vibe and good characters
>>154862184I came up with a cool paranormal series years before. I didn't have a tablet or drawing supplies so I couldn't make it back then.
>>154862960yes, it's pretty solid even though the ending felt rushed, not sure how much of the millenial humor holds up to someone who's never watched the show though
>gets his last show at 26grim (and evil)
>>154862184Not being Jewish
>>154862184Not selling my soul
>>154863230Okay, yeah, you got Alex beat in the long run.
>>154862233Didn't expect to be hit this hard in the first post.
>>154862233Question: is your graphic design degree equally, more, or less useless than my film degree?
>>154862184I was looking up his background and i didnt See any nepo connections. Did Hirsch break into the industry just by graduating CalArts and working with Pendleton Ward and Just Roiland early on? I still doubt you can break into the industry without connections.
>>154862184That's a funny way to say he got his last show at 24
>>154862996When working for Netflix was the hottest thing Hirsch cucked himself by signing a contract that he couldn't make a cartoon for another company which at the time everyone was preaching that streaming was the future only for the animation apocalypse to happen, now Alex is stuck on the one show he did make sucking Disney cock for work.
>>154862655Where do you work now?
>>154864239brvtal
>>154863884The real answer is that Disney wasn't about to miss their shot at their own Adventure Time and grabbed the first person that looked like they could deliver and had a pitch ready to go. I don't know their budget numbers but based on the level of visual production and how hard they pushed marketing early on they were throwing some real money at it and needed a win.
>>154864239>by signing a contract that he couldn't make a cartoon for another companywhy would you do thiswhy would you EVER do this
>>154864313People were convinced that streaming was invincible and Netflix made a big deal out of their new animation studio and a bunch of creators had deals signed
>>154863884>I still doubt you can break into the industry without connections.Ward and Roland had been in the industry for years by that point.>>154864239He and Terrance deserved to be know as the animation Lolcows that had to go back to Disney to make book spinoffs of their shows despite making their whole public image badmouthing the Mouse for who knows how long.
>>154862184why does his head look so big
>>154864359He's part Leprechaun
>>154863024I drew a bunch of concept art for a spooky themed world I wanted to work on a few years before undertale. A lot of my characters wound up being very similar to undertale, to the point where it would be impossible for anyone to not draw conclusions. The only character I had to outright cut was a buff jock skeleton, though he was a high school football athlete wearing a varsity jacket. I thought the idea of a skeleton being muscular was funny, but I guess I wasn't the only one who thought that.
I always kek at how much redditors I’ve seen praise Alex Hirsch as "one of the few good tv show creators" and "furthering the medium of animation" when in reality he’s probably gonna be exposed for doing fucked up shit one day (knowing his connections with people like Justin Roiland and Ethan Klein) and pushes to make more badly animated beanmouth shows with midwit writing as if that isn’t the norm at this point.
I sang at the Metropolitan Opera in the early 2000s and was an actor on a popular kids show in the early 90s.>>154864313It's fairly standard, actually. Non-compete clauses are used in just about every industry when you sign on. The period of time the non-compete is active varies but I've never heard of one continuing in perpetuity. Pretty sure that's illegal. However, Royal Lives Clauses aren't illegal but anyone who signs a contact with one would be a real retard. Which I suppose a 24 year old might be.
>>154862184>What have YOU done with your life, anon?Made money by drawing a lot of porn of a whole bunch of shows and have freaky sex in a freaky sex dungeon with my big tiddy goth gfSoLikePretty much the same career path as Alex
>>154863884Hirsch got his start in the industry by working as a writer and board artist for shows like Flapjack and Fish Hooks, that’s kinda how shit like this works.
>>154862184I was stupid enough to believe that I would be just like him and chasing this retarded dream has ruined my lifeI should have known better than to think that I, coming from a poor family in North Carolina, with no connections, would ever get the opportunity to become a showrunner
>>154864597Only "chosen" individuals get to make TV shows and movies
>>154864239>Disney company BAD now let me sell my soul to Netflix Wow what a rebellious legend
>>154864696We'd all do the same, desuWho the fuck wouldn't sell their soul to a big corp if it meant their dream project could come to fruition?>Inb4 Le indieHave fun with no professional animators, harvard educated writers, or skilled music composers Imagine if Hirsch was making Gravity Falls as an indie cartoon with him as the only animator and writerWould it have really been better?
>>154864422all you really have to do is shut the fuck up if you want to avoid controversy. these people can't seem to figure that out
>>154864422I’ve heard Alex Hirsch originally wanted Bill Cipher to be voiced by David Lynch but he declined the role.I respect a legendary Hollywood oldhead like him to know that even he’s too good for this midwit slop.
>>154864305crazy how much shit only succeeded because something else was already successful. looney tunes only exists because of mickey mouse
>>154864769Reminder that Lynch voiced a recurring character on The Cleveland Show and guest starred twice on Robot Fucking Chicken
>>154862184Due to an NDA I can only tell you I saved the planet twice.
>>154864769>>154864801Goddamn that must've done a blow to Alex's ego
>>154864745It would definitely be a more authentic, passionate and uncompromised experience - whatever that means from HirschIndeed, inability to imagine what that would be shows what becoming a famous Disney creator cost him
>>154864745TrueThis is the extent of Hirsch's animation skill without a big studio backing himhttps://youtu.be/nQHL68dlM5E?si=Ivvn3Daft96pb7wf
>>154864867i mean it doesn't look all that different from newgrounds flash animations in terms of actual animation. makes sense, he probably grew up around newgrounds.
>>154864903Newgrounds slop doesn't cut it in the indie animation sphere. You gotta have top notch animation and production value or you'll max out at like 50k views It's a cutthroat environment, only the best survive. The audience wants TV quality stuff
>>154864762I’d probably be able to respect Hirsch’s attitude towards the industry if he was like an actual talented craftsman, tons of other industry veterans like Genndy Tartakovsky, Danny Antonucci, Craig McKraken, and those guys from Spumco all have a "fuck the industry" attitude (whether they’re open about it or not) and try to push for more unique creator-driven shows and respect for animation as an art form from the general public. But Hirsch isn’t like them, first of all he can barely draw for shit and denies that the beanmouth style exists, blatantly ignoring a creatively oppressing executive-forced costcutting measure and seemingly pushing for more shows like that, and also acts like millennial loreslop and therapyslop always make a cartoon "deep" like a fucking animation is cinema user. He’s essentially pushing for writer-driven cartoons rather than animator-driven ones, something many industry veterans like the aforementioned examples are against, and speaking of them, how come they’re never respected as much? Why do Redditors always glaze Alex Hirsch as the greatest showrunner ever all cause he bitches and whines while not giving that much respect to what oldheads like Craig and Genndy have to say?
>>154864940because they're retards who don't understand the difference between what they see on TV and on the internet, and at this point there's barely any distinction because of streaming. it's gay how "indie animation" these days have a staff of dozens of people and a budget of several hundred thousand dollars. I don't even know if its possible to succeed in animation anymore if you aren't sucking hollywood cock, literally and metaphorically.
>>154864961Hirsch is a Los Angeles jew. That answers all of your questions.
>>154864867I Kek at the fact that he can draw better in high school than he does now, it’s not great but come the fuck on 17 year old me couldn’t have made this.
>>154864313That’s how you get the dream job. Why do you think so many former Disney Channel actors dip out of their entertainment career until their contracts expire
>>154864313Groening's contract for the simpsons is basically a non starter anymore. The fact that fox wasn't allowed to intervene with the show is the only reason it succeeded. They had a lot more input with futurama, which is why it failed despite being wildly popular. The second episode where fry moves in with bender was only written because fox didn't understand the show and they didn't like that it wasn't just the simpsons but in space.
>>154864961Lauren Faust isn't a real respected artist
>>154865226she kinda is, as far as having respect for women goes in any industry.
>>154862184I was £30,000 in debt, with no degree or work experienceAny advice?
>>154865331Change your name
>>154862184What I didn't do was throw multiple temper tantrums every time my boss didn't okay gay kissing between two ugly old gay guys on a children's cartoon.
>>154866318gravity falls ended during the time where the only homosexuality allowed in children's media was lesbians because evidently women are non threatening. they can't poke each other in the butthole without accessories while gay men can. that's icky.
>>154866372Pretty sure the finale all but 100% confirmed the two cops were Gay.
>>154866603Yes, it did, but there was zero indication that they were poking each other until the very end of the last episode and from what I understand, Disney didn't want them to include that at all.
decimated a corporate scam industry and gotten billions of dollars of student loans refunded to the students...
>>154862184I was in the Joker movie at 20I'm happy
>>154866813>He missed out on being Joaquin's rape double in Joker 2Sad
>>154864412>I had to cutI get not wanting to get accused of stealing an idea but I'm too stubborn to let go of my interpretation of things. If Vince Gilligan refused to drop Breaking Bad after finding out about Weeds, then fuck it, so can you. Might not be as good but I hate the concept of ditching ideas the second someone else beats you to it
>>154862184Do an Irwin edit of a user I used to watch the got a neat fanart among a niche community, submit 18 entries to the antithology at the horse board and helping out with their last two 4chan cups. Not much but I know there are people that appreciate it.At least I did not made a show that brought the worst sins of Family Guy to kid's cartoons then never do anything remarkable with my life ever again.
>>154867222Well the skeleton character was also in high school. I redirected my plot to not be about characters in school and either way, the character just didn't really fit anymore. The fact that he looked a lot like papyrus was really only part of the reason I got rid of him.
>>154866800Based
>>154864239He’s been with Netflix since 2018 and god knows how many years left with his contract with them.
>>154862184Had 3 kids and 1 abortion with my high school sweetheart
>>154867506Still, every idea already exists somewhere>>154864940No, you need to have a good idea. There's a shit ton of animations that cost thousands that will never gain more than 100k views and a pit of debt. What is worse, keeping your budget low and animation cheaper or have super quality, expensive animation but no success?>>154864422Hirsch is a bad day away from his affair with a teenage Calarts student (who fucked him behind Dana's back and made fun of her) getting blown into the mainstream. >Inb4 what the fuck?Hirsch leveraged his connections in the industry. It was a "if you let me fuck you, I'll get you a job" type deal that she exposed on her instagram. Redditor types would freak out over the dynamics and age gap. It's been mentioned in /co/ a few times but still obscure ish
>>154864472>was an actor on a popular kids show in the early 90sOkay, I’m intrigued. What show was it and who was it?
>>154862184I ripped a pretty huge fart a bit ago, left a brown stain and stunk up the bus
>>154863781Anon, look on the bright side. It's not a music or history degree.
>>154864305It was 20M per season, which they usually allocated 1M per episode. However some episodes got 0.8, and some 1.2. I recall them talking about how they had to bring in specialists for the one with the dinosaur in it, and the one about the Street Fighter character because well, they tried first and it looked like shit lol so they hired an expert, so I'd imagine those were the more expensive ones.However the anons saying Disney was on top of the series because they wanted their own Adventure Time, they got no fucking idea. Disney didn't give a shit about Gravity Falls until like 3 months after the first season ended. They then realized ah right we had this thing, and oh is it massively popular you say? So they renewed it for a second season super late, and almost the entire crew was already working on something else by then, so we got a 2 year gap and a butt load of new hires to do season 2. Rushedly hired retards from Tumblr, like Dana.
>>154864355Ward and Roland have connections.
>>154869332>left a brown stainyou sound like a brown stain
>>154862184Plowed your mother once a year for the last decade.
>>154862184I work from sun up to sun down barely making ends meet and getting brief reprieve from misery posting here and maybe playing video games>Get a life, loser faggotI do. It's this one, unfortunately
>>154862233>>154863781what were you two doing while getting your degree?hirsh was probably making all kinds of connections working on other's projects and what not>>154864552this people forget that you have to actually work on stuff and move up the pipeline and gain experience in show production in order to get your own showit's like that for all creative industries btw
>>154862184Jerked off to A LOT of Gravity Falls porn
>>154865331ask you dad for a multi million dollar loan and access to his black book
>owns my first swamp at 29nothin personnel kid
ATfags are like the new Scumco fags where they claim credit or "influencing" for any other contemporary cartoon that was more successful, even if it was already in development during (or long before) AT's first season. Like I saw them legitimately doing this with SvTFOE one time, when that show was cooked up by Nefcy when she was a 90s teenager lol
>>154862996After his chaotic departure (Let's be real, he was politely fired) from DTVA, Alex took one last shit in an office trash can and then inked a contract with the up and coming Netflix Animation division that effectively locked him in with them. The show he pitched never got off the ground and Netflix's animation department went belly up, but Alex has been effectively kept on ice because the contract does not allow him to develop shows for other networks. I think the contract was for ten years, so Hirsch still is trapped there for another two or so.
>>154872607For the record, I'm pretty sure Alex makes money from the Netflix contract to effectively do nothing, enough to live comfortably in LA at least, otherwise I'm sure he'd have pulled some shenanigans on his socials to get him out of it.
>"I hate Disney, fuck the industry">"Hey you want another Disney paycheck doing a graphic novel or artbook or something?" >"Yes please." Not quite as bad as Dana protesting in the parking lot during her lunch hour only to turn around and get back to work, but still.
>>154872607Sad how that practically all he has to show for his big-time Netflix deal was Inside Job. And he didn't even last that long on it
>>154864239> the animation apocalypseI need a qrd please I’m out of the loop. There does seem the sense that there are zero animated shows nowadays.
>>154862184I'll just ask the necessary:Early Life?
Now he's 41.Boy he sure peaked early, hasn't he?
>>154873363Dana should've been more grateful for Disney allowing her to make a TV-Y7 lesbian romance cartoon with a not-so-subtle anti-church message.
>>154865226Lauren Faust was chicken for leaving MLP after just 28 episodes. Should've stuck around until the end.
Age is just a number. There's so many factors that play into ones success like support, environment, persistence that it'd be unfair to hold yourself a standard you're far from reaching.
>>154874169Yes.
>be gifted a role on a major network at a young age>put in maybe a few months work, suddenly you have your own show>because of your previous connections plus Disney, you are granted an army of shills and followers>be the first person in all of television to create the first modernized Mystery Box show where the suspense is kept alive mostly by the seasons taking so fucking long to come out (See nowadays, Succession, Silo, or on the /co/ side, TADC and most other Glitchslop)>fuck it all up and tank your career because you were insistent on fighting the censors over every little thing because they wouldnt let you show a little kid get his neck snapped or muh two gheycawpsI used to look up to Alex Hirsch. Then I grew taller than 5'4.
>>154864867The artstyle is refreshingly different, what made Hirsch regress?
>>154864313I remember Chuck Jones got fucked over HARD because of this. He's not exactly my favorite LT director, but he deserved better after the Gay Purree fiasco. (Which eventually did happen.)
EEEEEEEPIC RAP BATTLES OF HISTOOOOOOORRRRRRRYYYUKINOJOEVERSUSALEXXXX HIUUUURRRSSSCHBEGINISRAEL OR PALESTINE PICK A SIDE BUT NOT GENO
>>154875138>wendy.... but with black hair and sporty
>>154862184I make a /v/ showcase that has some animated segments. So uh, basically nothing.
>>154877450Ukinojoe would wreck him
>>154864801>guest starred twice on Robot Fucking Chicken>they're post-season 10 episodesThat's fucking grim. RC was at the point where Bitch Pudding started invading other sketches instead of being exclusive to Strawberry Shortcake.
>>154862233I got a CS degree because I'd thought turning a hobby into my full time job would be fun
>>154862184wife and kids
>>154862233>>154863781>>154877667if it makes you guys feel better, i work in school administration and basically all degrees have been made worthless by foreign degree fraud, oversaturated colleges and DEI.
>>154866372that tracks, though, since they're very different activities. lesbian sex = hot, while gay men having sex is gross, disgusting, and involves a lot of fecal matter.
>>154878959you're forgetting about the lack of jobs these degrees even translate to, but yeah that doesn't help
>>154862233yeah same, the shitty part is that graphic design is really fun i knew ai was going to take over way before it came out but i still put all of my chips into it because i really enjoyed doing it, now i'm working blue collar in alaska
