Tommy LeBlanc, proprietor of Hey! Cafe and animator-extraordinaire, created this little number with the assistance of sound designer Mike Wilkinson. The piece was screened at Cinema Reset’s Open Screen and is regularly shown in indie screenings around New Orleans (Tommy seems to particularly revel in bar room Edna screenings). You can pick up a VHS copy of the work, complete with a souvenir coffee cup, at Hey! Cafe, and check out more cartoons from Tommy in the NOLA alternative music and culture magazine Antigravity.
See more videos from the November 15th Open Screen, New Orleans here.
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