The Sublo and Tangy Mustard soundtrack is now on streaming!
The basic version is on Spotify, Apple Music and Youtube. There's also
an Expanded edition on Bandcamp and my Patreon with 130 tracks, which includes pretty much every piece of music used in the show so far along with demos, alternate versions and unused cues!
Expanded Edition on Bandcamp
Spotify
Apple Music
Youtube
The Subpar gang caters an office party and runs into a certain superfan. Sublo and Tangy Mustard struggle with the attention, Wubhamer bonds with the office manager and Katy holds it all together. Meanwhile Night Shift Charlie is up to something, and why is this one guy being such a dick? I guess if this one is about anything, it's everybody gets screwed by capitalism.
SubparGeekGirl96 records a quick update in the middle of a hot date with a certain Hungry Submarine.
Featuring Victoria Long as SubarGeekGirl96, Ryan Long as Sublo
This was actually the first SubparGeekGirl96 short I animated, and it's been available to watch on the Patreon for months but I didn't want to release it publicly until I was closer to finishing the next main Sublo and Tangy Mustard episode.
Today's the 10th anniversary of Sublo and Tangy Mustard! To celebrate, I'm finally selling my behind-the-scenes zines online. Production Notes is the main one, the other two are just little extras for super-nerds like me. Anyway aaronlong.bigcartel.com is where you can find them!
We've had a lot of snow in Toronto lately so I felt like doing a little Sublo and Tangy Mustard winter scene. I posted the full-res version on my Patreon along with some other art!
(reposted from a twitter/bluesky thread)
I just read this excellent 2023 blog post from the great Liz Ryerson/ ellaguro on the changing face of indie games. It's worth reading in general but also, as often happens, while not everything matches 1:1 there are parallels with the world of animation.
For instance, an observation I liked here is that in previous eras, a lot of what we call indie studios right now would have simply been called studios.
I often struggle with how to label what I do (one person making a series on their own) because it doesn't really feel appropriate or helpful to put that in the same box as shows made by crews of 40+ people, some with distribution on major streaming services. It's like putting a postage stamp on the wall next to a mural. There are other solo series creators out there, but I feel more in common with individual artists making random shorts than most 'indie studios'. Anyway not trying to complain or make anybody mad here, the blog post just got me thinking about the term indie again. Happy holidays!
The new Sublo and Tangy Mustard Christmas episode is out! It's a heartwarming tale that sums up what the holidays are all about, shopping.
Not a Sublo and Tangy Mustard episode, but close-- SubparGeekGirl96 is back with her full coverage of the convention where she met them!
I just posted two collections of recent Sublo design work on my Patreon. You can see it all there, but here's a sample.
Here's a compilation of outtakes, deleted scenes and random mumbling from the recording sessions for the most recent Sublo and Tangy Mustard episodes, Tito's Pants and Nightclub.
I also posted an expanded version on Patreon with more in-depth conversations about the characters and stories, for process junkies who want to hear what our recording sessions are like.
Some friends kept posting about an old anime called Taruruuto-kun and I kept misreading the title as Tarantino-kun, so I did some mockups of what a 70s gag anime about Quentin Tarantino might look like. Featuring Uma Thurman and Samuel L. Jackson. The backgrounds are just stolen from The Gutsy Frog (which if you haven't seen, is a classic series with really fun animation).
I tell ya dis is what hockey's all about. checkin' an grabbin' an knockin' out teeth. Ron's intros an Don's shit-talk. Leafs vs Habs. GETTIN' ROWDY.
My dad loved HNIC and playing NHLPA93 for Sega Genesis. I guess this is kind of a tribute to him.
A while ago twitter user @midgetsausage did a "75 Influences in 75 Seconds" video and featured Sublo and Tangy Mustard in it, which inspired me to do one too. Obviously this was just a bit of fun rather than anything comprehensive. Here's the video, followed by a list of what's here, requested on instagram.
The Last Picture Show
Daytona USA Karaoke Mode Trailer
Music video for Genius of Love by Tom Tom Club
Mad Max 2
Rock & Rule
Sesame Street (Rock & Roll VHS)
Urusei Yatsura (opening 3 "Pajama Jama Da")
SCTV (Guy Caballero's introduction to "One on the Town" episode)
Orfeu trailer by Nelson Boles
Patlabor 2 the Movie
The Alvin Show ("Alvin's Orchestra" segment)
Freddy Got Fingered
True Stories
Wrong Number Singapore ( short by Colleen Cox)
The Chipmunk Adventure
Smokey & the Bandit
Tokyo Godfathers
The Wizard of Speed & Time
Kemonozume (episode 3)
Out on the Tiles (short by Anna Pearson)
Genie Reenie (short by Andrew Onorato)
On-Gaku: Our Sound
Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! (Rolo jingle sketch)
Kenny vs Spenny
Raising Arizona
Crapston Villas (episode 10)
The Cat Came Back (NFB short by Cordell Barker)
Tangerine
H-O oatmeal 1950s commercial
William Wegman's Alphabet Soup
A Town Called Panic
The Hakkenden (Hamaji's Resurrection episode)
Norm Macdonald Live (Super Dave episode)
Ghost in the Shell
Shining Time Station
Rita, Sue and Bob Too
Music video for The Putins - Nanikore
Roger Ramjet
Reverend X/Spirit of Truth
The Raccoons on Ice
Flight of the Conchords
Neo-Tokyo/ Manie Manie
The Warriors
Kids in the Hall
Tampopo
Singin' in the Rain
Step-Brothers
Staplerfahrer Klaus (German forklift training video)
Шапокляк (Shapoklyak)
Wind in the Willows (Cosgrove Hall series)
music video for Hyperactive by Thomas Dolby
Neighbours (NFB short by Norman Maclaren)
O Lucky Man
Yellow Submarine
Trailer Park Boys
Twice Upon a Time
Joe (2013 movie)
Honey I Shrunk the Kids: the TV Series ("Honey I Got Duped" episode)
Looney Tunes ("Tortoise Wins by a Hare" short)
The Big Snit (NFB short by Richard Condie)
Alix Zona Blanca (short by Allx Flzet)
Don Cherry (Hockey Night in Canada: Coach's Corner segment)
Wayne's World
Midnight Cowboy
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends ("A Close Shave" episode)
Mike Tyson in Japan outtakes
Crayon Shin-Chan (Movie 3)
The Muppet Movie
The Warriors (again, oops lol)
The Office (season 1 episode 3)
Mind Game
Nocchi promo for Perfume's Cosmic Explorer
Golden Boy (episode 4)
Have a Nice Day
Stella (TV series)
Karl Pilkington ("Pilko's Pump Pants" commercial)
Here's the full video of the Q&A panel from our Sublo and Tangy Mustard retrospective screening at Animation Block Party in New York last weekend. It features Ryan Long (voice of Sublo), Kevin Doan (voice of Tangy Mustard), me (creator and voice of Dick Wubhamer) and moderated by Mike Hollingsworth. The youtube video has optional subs since the sound is kind of rough. Enjoy!
The Sublo and Tangy Mustard retrospective screening at Animation Block Party went great! I'm so grateful to everybody who came, asked questions and hung out afterward. The whole weekend was a blur, in the best way possible. I had an amazing time hanging with old friends, making new ones, eating tasty food, seeing cool stuff and feeling lots of love for what we've been doing with S&TM over the years. (not that the show is done, still working on new episodes!) We filmed the Q&A and I'll be posting at least some of it online as soon as possible. Here are some pics from the weekend:
Me, Kevin Doan (Tangy Mustard) and Ryan Long (Sublo) with a gift drawing from Habtoons.
I just posted a 52-page digital artbook PDF for the Sublo and Tangy Mustard Nightclub episode on my Patreon! https://patreon.com/posts/85786552
It's got a lot of cool stuff for fans of the show - thumbnails, character design sketches, false starts, sketchbook work, background process stuff and tons of commentary! It also might be a good case study if you're trying to get into indie animation yourself.
These last few GIFs are mainly of Bobo, Katy and Vanessica's friend who hooks them up when they want to smear. He's played by my super-talented fellow animator Alex Salyer. And also just a few more general club atmosphere shots.
