Craig Clark (born 1960 in

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) is an American animator, an art rock, darkwave musician ( Chorus of Souls on Fluxus Records), a comic book artist ( Nemesister and Astrothrill), and an album cover artist (

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Biography

Clark began his career as a child actor at the age of 8, when he starred in an

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called "Forgive and Forget" directed by voice actor Shep Menken in 1968. Switching to animation at age 14, he was discovered by animators Corny Cole ( Looney Tunes) and Duane Crowther ('' Yellow Submarine''), and was mentored by longtime Disney animator

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. Clark was one of the original animation and layout artists on the first three seasons of ''

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'', and has gone on to animate on various other animated projects such as several ''

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'' TV specials for

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productions, and many

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feature films, such as '' Forrest Gump'', '' The Mask'', ''

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'', '' An American Tail: Fievel Goes West'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' Poltergeist II: The Other Side''. Clark has produced and directed The Kustomonsters animated show for the web and TV through Cheeky Entertainment, and has aired on

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in U.S. syndication and also streaming TV service OSI74. Clark also released a Kustomonsters feature film via Vimeo ON Demand in 2015. A second Kustomonsters feature, Kustomonsters 2, was released on OSI74 on Roku in 2020.

Filmography

Published works

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Nemesister
' (1997) (Cheeky Press) *
Astrothrill
' (1999) (comicbook/CD) (Fluxus Records) and

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1960 births Living people Animators from California Artists from Santa Monica, California Musicians from Santa Monica, California Art rock musicians American rock musicians American comics artists Album-cover and concert-poster artists Special effects people {{US-animator-stub