Talk:Rob Boutilier

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Obviously I have almost no idea what I'm doing, but I am trying to format this information, which is a mixture of quotes from this interview (http://issuu.com/mbhutta/docs/animation_magazine_june_2007) and information that I personally know about Rob Boutilier. I'm sure it can't stand in its present form, and I don't mean to break all the rules. Perhaps someone with some expertise can whip this into shape? If not, I suppose it will be deleted.

Rob Boutilier is the Creator and Co-Director of Kid vs Kat, a Canadian animated television series developed and produced at Studio B Productions. Boutilier went to Vancouver Film School in 1996, as well as the University of King's College. He is also a employer of DHX Media Vancouver.

Born in 1971 in Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Rob Boutilier became known for his drawing ability while still young. At Tantallon Jr. High and Sir John A. MacDonald High School Boutilier contributed cartoons and caricatures to many student newspapers, yearbooks, and similar projects. His friend and fellow cartoonist Andrew Bowers was a student at St. Mary's University in Halifax, so both artists published work in the SMU Journal for several years. Boutilier didn’t start with aspirations in animation. “All I ever wanted to do was a daily comic strip. I got sidelined to animation because I thought it would be good discipline. After a one-year art program in 1996 following Vancouver film school, Boutilier started storyboarding for AKA Cartoon, working on BBC’s Aaagh! It’s the Mr. Hell Show and Cartoon Network’s famous Ed Edd & Eddy series He was enlisted at Studio B in 2001. “I was a storyboard artist or storyboard supervisor on virtually every project since,” he says.

As for Kid vs Kat, "I created the characters in 2003,” says Boutilier. “After eight years of marriage, my wife and I bought a hairless cat, and I was always amazed by people’s reaction to it – these cats are very alien-like. I had the idea that if this cat was truly evil he’d probably try to do me in at some point, and that’s what the cat is doing to the boy.” They still own the Sphinx cat, and Boutilier notes, "there has never been an attempt on my life to date, but perhaps she's biding her time."

“It’s loony in the classic style of old chase cartoons, but it’s becoming much more than that,” says Boutilier. “It’s storyboard-driven, not script-driven. The artists are encouraged to go crazy with their art.” He adds, “I prefer the real simple stories of chaos spinning off something really simple and really silly. That, I think, is good storytelling.”Cite error: Closing missing for tag; see the help page Jevansen (talk) 02:21, 14 May 2023 (UTC)