Fujiko Fujio of Doreamon Fame

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Fujiko Fujio isn’t anybody. It’s a made up name for the inventor of the inventive character Doreamon. So, who was Fujiko Fujio? A pair of boys who met in elementary school, formed a partnership at 17, then went to see Astro Boy creator Osamu Tezuka together, and then worked as a team until 1987. And…

Being Waldo on Black Mirror

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Creating a character is a path to fame – for the character and not necessarily for the creator. If you saw the Waldo episode on Black Mirror, the puppeteer behind Waldo lives vicariously though his animated puppet. Waldo is just an animated video avatar in the form of a blue bear with a huge erection…