At Animation Magazine, BOOM! Studios have announced they will publish a graphic memoir by cartoonist Natalie Nourigat in December, titled “I Moved to Los Angeles to Work in Animation.” Natalie “Tally” Nourigat is a storyboard artist for Walt Disney Animation Studios, who was an Oregon Book Award finalist for her college memoir “Between Gears.” Here’s a description of the follow-up from Nourigat:
“’I Moved to Los Angeles to Work in Animation’ is a first-person account of how I landed my first animation storyboarding job and survived my first year in Los Angeles, along with all the things I wish I had known while I was trying to break in. I set out to make a friendly, practical guidebook relaying what I have learned thus-far so that other people can be empowered with more concrete information about salaries, career paths, studio cultures, how to meet other artists, what to put in a storyboard portfolio, and much more. I’m thrilled to release this story as a graphic novel with the potential to reach readers considering big career moves of their own, and hope it’ll help make those decisions easier.”Cover art (not finalized)
BOOM! Studios editor Shannon Watters added, “As someone who spent her entire youth and the timid beginnings of her adult life staring hard at the animation industry with yearning in my heart, ‘I Moved to Los Angeles to Work in Animation’ would have blown my mind with joy as a young creative. Tally’s part memoir, part how-to would have been one of my favorite books, and I know that the unique blend of concrete advice, humor and personal experience will make it a must-have for anyone who has ever dreamed of a career in animation.”
As mentioned, the book will be published by BOOM! sometime in December under their young adult BOOM! Box imprint.
