- Linda Simensky
Linda Simensky is a production manager of various works of animation. Simensky served as an executive for NickelodeonFurniss, Maureen. "Art in Motion: Animation Aesthetics". "
Indiana University Press ". [http://books.google.com/books?id=aQ4mrirF5nkC&pg=RA2-PA240&dq=Rocko+cartoon&lr=&sig=yBazOcnam1xNXnEQ2jcpLYaBubI 240] .] " [http://www.title14.com/rocko/contributors/murray.html Lisa (Kiczuk) Trainor interviews Joe Murray, creator of Rocko's Modern Life] ", "The Rocko's Modern Life FAQ"] andCartoon Network . [" [http://joemurraystudio.com/bio/bio.shtml Bio] ", "Joe Murray Studio"] [" [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4895/is_200301/ai_n17987747 Tuned into toons: Linda Simensky turned her love for animation into Cartoon's success.(Cartoon Network)(Company Profile)(Biography)] ." "Multichannel News"]Simensky graduated from
University of Pennsylvania in 1985. [" [http://www.upenn.edu/gazette/1097/1097pro3.html Linda Simensky, C'85] ." "University of Pennsylvania "]Simensky received the
June Foray Award in 2000. [" [http://www.annieawards.org/juneforayaward.html Juried Awards: June Foray Award] ." "Annie Awards "]On
October 28 ,2003 Public Broadcasting Service appointed Simensky the position of senior director of children's programming. [" [http://www.pbs.org/aboutpbs/news/20031028_Simensky.html PBS APPOINTS LINDA SIMENSKY AS SENIOR DIRECTOR, PROGRAMMING, PBS KIDS ] ." "PBS "]Views of gender and cartoons
Simensky said that many male creators of cartoons find difficulty in creating female "strong, positive role models" with "substance." She asked the creators of "
Rocko's Modern Life ", one of the series which she produced, about why the women in the series were drawn to be "top-heavy", the creators told her that they believed that drawing women "the traditional way" was easier. Simensky described the creators as "talented guys" who formed "a boy's club" and added that "we pushed them to be funny, but a lot of their women are stereotypical."References
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* [http://www.awn.com/mag/issue1.2/articles1.2/simensky1.2.html Women in the Animation Industry--Some Thoughts]
* [http://www.awn.com/mag/issue4.02/4.02pages/deneroffchamp.php3 Supporting Independents: Five Champions]
* [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JSF/is_16_6/ai_30214833 O Canada: - Canadian animators]
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