The World of Bruce McCall Heads to CBC, My Damn Channel

TORONTO/NEW YORK: The original animated series The World of Bruce McCall, from the digital producer iThentic, is to air on Canada’s CBC as well as the online portal My Damn Channel.

My Damn Channel will host the videos and world premiere of a new episode of the series starting today. The show will also air on the CBC main broadcast network, as well as CBC’s cable channel Bold. The World of Bruce McCall is based on the Canadian born author and illustrator’s works, including several of his covers done for the New Yorker. The animated shorts were directed by Luke Gustafson and Denny Silverthorne and written by Jeremy Diamond. iThentic co-produced the short films with Smiley Guy Studios and Duopoly.

iThentic is also launching its first Kickstarter campaign to raise production funding for a new short film based on McCall’s New Yorker covers, Love in the Time of Dendur. The iThentic Kickstarter campaign features an incentive whereby contributors may have their animated likeness make an appearance in the short film.

“Bruce McCall’s vision of the world, interpreted in these brilliant short films, inspired us to create a new Artist Spotlight destination to share this work with our audience,” said Rob Barnett, the founder and CEO My Damn Channel.

“Bruce’s illustrations always evoke a bigger back story and this one got me thinking about tourists, a love story and mummies discovering New York,” added writer Jeremy Diamond. “We’re hoping to raise enough money to add to the body of work we have created as a tribute to the astonishing and hilarious Bruce McCall!”