Robert Martens's video: UFOLOGY 101 - Space Spooks and Looney Goons

An mini-epic by Robert W. Martens, created with the unique MARTENS PROCESS! Artist's Statement: "UFOLOGY 101" is my most original and creative animation to date, but it didn't start out that way. My original intention was to animate and embellish a series of crude, but amusing, illustrations by a one-time acquaintance named Howard Allouf. As my project progressed it took on a life of its own to the point that the majority of its ideas came from my own personal reflections on the subject. Mr. Allouf's drawings only appear in 0:0 Captain Cornett, 3:18 Spiel of Fortune, and 5:50 Space Brother. 4:55 "The Alpine Armada" is based on a dream I had while sleeping off a college dorm party (oh, those 1980's). 7:05 "Jackie and Dick" was inspired by a musical performance I saw 20 years ago. The composer claimed to have been a UFO abductee, but when I last heard from her, she had switched her aluminum foil helmut for a turban and become a psychic. The stick aliens that devour Nixon derive from moon men characters that appear in a 1940's Terrytoon titled "The Nutty Network." 9:30 "Cloud Nine" makes an obvious reference to the infamous Jonestown Massacre, but it's initial inspiration was a passage in an obscure novel I read in college called "October Light." 11:40 "Cottage Cheese" comes as close to my personal sense of humor as you'll see anywhere. It's inspiration was a photocopied collage I saw pasted on an East Village wall in the 1970's. Next to the clipped faces of Joan Rivers, Jackie Onassis and Jodie Foster was the caption "Most Women Pretend to Like Cottage Cheese." Although it made little sense I never forgot it - - obviously. Enjoy the show. - Robert W. Martens 2015