Nick Cogan is an Emmy and Annie Award-losing animation director who makes cartoons for world peace and money.

His work has appeared on MTV's 'Wonder Showzen', in several unaired TV pilots, and in many too-often-aired TV commercials.

Life
Cars, Queens, Hair and Tracy Morgan.

Cars, Queens, Hair and Tracy Morgan.

I drive to work a lot. That sounds dumb – I’m talking about volume, not just frequency.  Everyone who drives to work, drives “a lot”.  Daily, even. My commute to and from work averages 3 hours each day.  Earlier this Summer,  I decided the car needed to get a recalled part replaced to keep it...
No sleep in Brooklyn.

No sleep in Brooklyn.

Having kids in New York City is a unique American experience.  Not just because your children are exposed to exotic cultures (bacterial I mean) from around the world and there aren’t any shopping malls.  New York also has an amazing variety of obnoxious street sounds unlike other American communities such as drunken weeping, skull-crushing woofers,...
My wife/life is pretty wonderful.

My wife/life is pretty wonderful.

My beautiful wife (pictured above with 2/3 of our clan in 2009) just wrote me this poem/email: what is you doing up in there my love? snuggles. why you not here eating face chocolate good? snuggles. what snuggles handsome all in the place? me. me only. snuggles. *snap*   What I think she’s trying to...
I like to draw.

I like to draw.

I forget that sometimes.  I’ve been storyboarding a lot this week and it reminds me how gratifying it is to just sit and draw.  Especially when you’re drawing wide-eyed cartoon characters with crazy expressions.  It’s redeeming to be able and work something out like that – making an image all by yourself with your hands. ...
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