How long did it take you to make City of Rott and Dead Fury?
FS: City of Rott took over 3000 hours between my day job, and Dead Fury about the same, so close to 6000 hours for both. Seems hard to believe looking at those numbers, but many 12-hour marathons into the night made it possible, working solo. AMO: You mentioned bein inspired by Sam Raimi and George A. Romero. Who or what else has greatly influenced your work? FS: Plenty of inspiration from movies, TV shows, artists and cartoons over the years. Some that pop into mind include Terrahawks, a sci-fi puppet show featuring many of Zelda’s monsters, including Zelda herself, an android hag and her two offspring fighting Tiger Ninestein over planet Earth. Inspiration in the animation field comes from shows like Garfield and Friends, Voltron, G.I. Joe, The Transformers, Hanna Barbera toons like Yogi Bear and The Smurfs, South Park, King of the Hill, plus other cartoon series, especially Dungeons & Dragons, the arcade game Dragon’s Lair and movies like Antz and The Lion King all inspire me to mak
