THE BEST LAST BEST PLANE RIDE EVER | METS 86' | JAMES BLAGDEN INTERVIEW
2 min readOct 28, 2016
JAMES BLAGDEN, BEST KNOWN FOR HIS TRIUMPHANT DOCK ELLIS AND THE LSD NO-NO SHORT, AS WELL AS THE ANIMATION IN MICHAEL RAPAPORT’S BEATS, RHYMES AND LIFE DOCUMENTARY HAS RECENTLY RELEASED ANOTHER BEAUTIFULLY DRAWN SHORT, BASED ON THE 1986 NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES. THE SERIES IN WHICH THE NEW YORK METS BEAT THE HOUSTON ASTROS AND IN CELEBRATION, DESTROYED THE INSIDE OF AN OZARK AIRLINES DC-10 AIRPLANE DURING THEIR FLIGHT BACK TO NEW YORK.
BLAGDEN CAPTURES THE CHAOS OF THIS HISTORIC TALE THROUGH HIS ANIMATION AND IS ACCOMPANIED BY SOME OF THE 1986 NY METS NARRATING THE TALE, INCLUDING DARRYLL STRAWBERRY, KEVIN MITCHELL, LENNY DYKSTRA, AND DWIGHT GOODEN. SIMILAR TO THE DOC ELLIS SHORT, BLAGDEN HAS A TALENT FOR BRINGING ATTENTION TO DETAIL WITHIN SIMPLISTIC ILLUSTRATIONS.
I SAT DOWN WITH MR. BLAGDEN TO GATHER SOME INFO ON HOW THE SHORT WAS CREATED, HIS INFLUENCES, AND WHAT’S IN STORE FOR HIS FUTURE. HERE’S WHAT HE HAD TO SAY.
