Lone Sausage

Lone Sausage is an independent production company that produces short animated films.[1] The company was founded in 1998 by Breehn Burns and Jason Johnson.[2] Their most popular production is the edgy and absurd miniseries entitled Dr. Tran. Lone Sausage's cartoons are distributed primarily via the web through an association with Mondo Mini Shows.[3] The shorts were released to DVD in 2006 and are frequently shown at touring festivals such as Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation. Lone Sausage is characterized by their logo of a single sausage served in a small bowl.[4]

Productions

Dr. Tran MAIL

Dr. Tran MAIL is a series of webisode shorts where viewers can write in to Dr. Tran and have a cartoon based on their email:

DVD release

A DVD collection of all of Lone Sausage's films from 1998 to 2006 was released August 3, 2006. The DVD was self-produced and released by Lone Sausage.[6]

The special features for Dr. Tran: #1 American Icon - The Lone Sausage Collection Vol. I include:

In 2004, Lone Sausage released a limited edition DVD "single" of the popular short Here Comes Dr. Tran.

Showings

Lone Sausage's cartoons tour with Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation.

Episodes of Dr. Tran aired on G4's Late Night Peep Show on G4 (TV channel). The show was originally titled, "Happy Tree Friends and Friends."

Their short films show up annually at the San Diego Comic-Con with Spike & Mike, and at film festivals such as Sundance and Annecy. Many anime conventions around the US often have underground screenings of Dr. Tran shorts as well.

References

  1. "Meet the Creators of Dr. Tran". G4TV. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
  2. Tanner, Dylan (February 25, 2004). "Farting with impunity". Portland State University Vanguard. Retrieved 2006-08-25.
  3. "Lone Sausage Production Journal". Retrieved 2009-03-13.
  4. http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=A33989B65116A425
  5. "Lone Sausage Production Journal". Retrieved 2009-11-05.
  6. Levy, David B (2010). Your Career in Animation: How to Survive and Thrive. Allworth Press. pp. 119–120. ISBN 9781581158397.

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