Cereal:geek

cereal:geek is a magazine created by James Eatock and Harriet Cornwall first published by Busta Toons Productions in 2007 that focuses strictly on animation from the eighties. On a quarterly basis the one-hundred page glossy publication with no adverts features articles, illustrations, scripts, storyboards, a wealth of unseen production materials and interviews with the individuals that helped shape that particular decade of animation history.

Issues
*Issue One - First Quarter 2007 Violence - Features Transformation (a visual transformation of the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe character of Teela); Heavy Metal Mistakes (a production comparison guide for an episode of The Transformers); Dark Side Of The Eighties (an article about The Real Ghostbusters); More Than Meets The Censors Eyes (an article about The Transformers); War In The Color Pink (an article discussing the lack of violence in She-Ra); To The Bitter End (an article about the character relationship between Megatron and Starscream in The Transformers); Toei's Original Transformers (an article showing stills from the first animated appearance of The Transformers); Punks, With(out) Syle (an article discussing the characters of Rumble and Frenzy from The Transformers); and Aimee Was The Smartest Girl At School... (an article about the character of Aimee from Galaxy High School).

*Issue Two - Second Quarter 2007 Magic and Science - Features Racing To Disaster (an article about the second season of the M.A.S.K. series); Horde Science (a visual guide to the creation of the Princess of Power character Catra); Magic Vs, Science (an article that discusses the two polar opposites in eighties animation); The Magic And The Mystery (an article about the magical aspects of The Transformers); May The Light Shine Forever (an article that discusses in-depth the Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light series); The Secret Origins Of The Centurions (an article about the two origins of ; Channel 6 Happy Hour News (a comical look at the channel found in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon); There's Something About Jem... (an article that points out the odd moments in the Jem series); The Evolution Of Smurfette (an article that explains the origin of the popular Smurfs character Smurfette); and Who Ya Gonna Animate? (an article talking about the differences between the movie Ghostbusters and the cartoon The Real Ghostbusters).

*Issue Three - First Quarter 2008 Evolution (due out soon)

Artists
*Nathan Baertsch
*Art Baltazar
*BOO
*Cody Constable
*Mark Fairless
*Pedro Figue
*Franchesco!
*Sean "Cheeks" Galloway
*Micah J. Gunnell
*Leanne Hannah
*Mike Jungbluth
*Tim Kane
*Tim Kelly
*Randy "Rantz" Kintz
*Robert Lamb
*Jon Landry
*Teody Lopez
*Eric Marshall
*Aaron Masik
*Rich A. Molinelli
*Matt Moylan
*Chester Ocampo
*Keith O'Malley
*Daniel Morales Olvera
*Makoto Ono
*Emiliano Santalucia
*Dan Schoening
*Ken Steacy
*Michal Szyksznian
*Andie Tong
*Tori
*Kieth Tucker
*Charles Valderama
*Sam Wells

Colorists
*Nathan Baertsch
*Nicolas Chapuis
*Andrew Cramer
*Thomas Gabel
*Jukka Issakainen
*Tim Kelly
*Eamon O'Donoghue
*Joshua Ravello
*Val Staples

Writers
*Harriet Cornwall
*Aidan Cross
*James Eatock
*Topher Hance
*Rod Hannah
*Alex Hawkey
*Jon Kallis
*Robert Lamb
*Mark Lungo
*Eric Marshall
*Ross May
*Dave Newman
*Tara O'Shea
*Martin Smith
*Jon Talpur

Trivia
*Robert Lamb who storyboarded and wrote many Filmation cartoons in the eighties has his own column in the magazine.
*Ken Steacy returned to illustrating The Real Ghostbusters after having illustrated them for NOW Comics.
*The idea for the cover of issue one was based on a photo of Norwegian model and actress Natassia Malthe.
*Franchesco's She-Ra pin-up in issue two is based on the cover of The Sensational She-Hulk issue one by John Byrne.
*A homage to the poster of features in issue two starring The Real Ghostbusters in Ghostbusting.
*The kiss between Jem and Pizzazz in issue two mocks the infamous Britney Spears and Madonna kiss.
*The three illustrations in the Magic Vs, Science article in issue two are based on three Uncanny X-Men covers by John Byrne.

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