Cowboy Chris
Please, please, please keep in mind, what you are about to watch was created almost a dacade ago. This is literally the FIRST thing I ever made using Flash. It’s based on @seangunn’s ridiculous comic strip of the same name. And yes, that’s my voice (lol)… both characters.
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Cowboy Chris from John Cabrera on Vimeo.
Soon after this was made, Sean, Lee Kirk, Larry Fitzgibbon and I started playing around with a few ideas for animated web projects. This was right before the last dot com bubble burst, and well… we just didn’t get there in time.

But there was one particular project we were all really excited about. I spent a LOT more time with Flash over the next couple months and we eventually completed a pilot webisode. I’m still a bit bummed we weren’t able to do anything with it.
Well, I just found all the files on an old drive, so what better place to premiere it than in an upcoming post. Here’s a little teaser pic to tide you over.
Should I be nervous??

kelseroo on 06 Feb 2009 at 8:26 am #
Oh my God that was hilarious! I’m still laughing as I type this. The animation… the high falsetto voice of the little boy… “I’m 34 years old and I don’t know how to read”… This made my morning:-) I can’t wait to see the next one!
John Cabrera on 06 Feb 2009 at 12:01 pm #
Whew! LOL! Thanks, Roo!
Janina on 06 Feb 2009 at 12:07 pm #
so cool *lol*
Ron Curry on 06 Feb 2009 at 12:09 pm #
Ha! At first I thought the whole clip hadn’t loaded properly.
Fantastic. I like that you spent a lot of time trying to sync the lip motion to the audio. Not a bad first timer. A little bit of title graphics, a little animation, some sound effects and voice work. Kudos.
It’s amazing how fast this medium has evolved. The kids graduating now only know Flash as an Adobe product. They’ve probably never heard of Macromedia.
Pauline on 06 Feb 2009 at 12:30 pm #
Sooo funny! The voices were great. I wouldn’t have known that was you. Loved the literacy message!
So far as the teaser to the project. I always get a little nervous when I see anything concerning a child robot. I get horrible flashbacks to this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go2mq3gs_3Y
John Cabrera on 06 Feb 2009 at 12:31 pm #
Thanks Ron. Ha! Yeah, the good old days of Macromedia. This one was made on Flash 4 if I remember correctly.
Jessie on 06 Feb 2009 at 12:58 pm #
OMG that is the best more more I need More
Lauren W on 06 Feb 2009 at 7:25 pm #
Haha, that was amazing. The animation, drawings, voices, the whole thing just made me laugh. You definitely don’t need to be nervous at all! Hilarious. Amazing work.
Girlonthepark on 10 Feb 2009 at 6:57 am #
That somehow managed to be awesome and disturbing at the same time. Oh, old flash cartoons, how you made my first year of college bearable . . .
Valentine on 11 Feb 2009 at 2:16 pm #
Ro-bot! Ro-bot!
John Cabrera on 11 Feb 2009 at 2:20 pm #
Robot’s gonna show his little metal face VERY soon.
Vanessa N. on 16 Feb 2009 at 5:49 pm #
So cute and hilarious!! What a brilliant way to dodge that question that every adult dreads hearing?