Joe Kwaczala is a stand-up and sketch comic. His sketch comedy series, Kwaczala, and follow-up "21 for '21" series, are a wild assortment of characters performed by Joe and his incredibly funny collaborators. I provided graphics for the series overall, and for individual sketches, as well as a fully animated short (below), and two live action/animation composited sketches.
Series directed by Daniel J. Clark
Animated/Live Action Sketches
Chocolate Rocket (above) was released by Comedy Central, and sends up a very specific type of YouTuber, and what the writing process might be like for those videos.
Design, Illustration, Compositing and Animation - Michael Lloyd
Directed by Daniel J. Clark
Written by Joe Kwaczala
Produced by Daniel J. Clark & Joe Kwaczala
Featuring Joe Kwaczala, Dave Horwitz, Sara June, Shawn Kenji Pearlman
Associate Producer - Caroline Clark
Director of Photography - Daniel Clark
Music - Yoo Soo Kim & Joe Kwaczala
Color - Jeff Altman
Special thanks to Michael Tucker
Written by Joe Kwaczala
Produced by Daniel J. Clark & Joe Kwaczala
Featuring Joe Kwaczala, Dave Horwitz, Sara June, Shawn Kenji Pearlman
Associate Producer - Caroline Clark
Director of Photography - Daniel Clark
Music - Yoo Soo Kim & Joe Kwaczala
Color - Jeff Altman
Special thanks to Michael Tucker
Soap (above) is a catchy, absurd song that will get stuck in your head for days.
Design, Compositing, and Animation - Michael Lloyd
Directed by Daniel J. Clark
Written by Joe Kwaczala
Produced by Daniel J. Clark & Joe Kwaczala
Featuring Joe Kwaczala, Richelle Meiss
Associate Producer - Caroline Clark
Music - Yoo Soo Kim & Joe Kwaczala
Color - Jeff Altman
Special thanks to Michael Tucker & Ferguson Draper Winston
Written by Joe Kwaczala
Produced by Daniel J. Clark & Joe Kwaczala
Featuring Joe Kwaczala, Richelle Meiss
Associate Producer - Caroline Clark
Music - Yoo Soo Kim & Joe Kwaczala
Color - Jeff Altman
Special thanks to Michael Tucker & Ferguson Draper Winston
Animated Short
This interpretation of the classic fable of the Lion and the Mouse appears in Episode 5 of the sketch comedy series Kwaczala on Amazon Prime.
Directed, Designed, Illustrated, and Animated by Michael Lloyd
Written by Joe Kwaczala & Joe McAdam
Produced by Daniel J. Clark & Liz Maupin
Voices by Joe Kwaczala, Meghan Lloyd, Michael Lloyd
Music - "Is Everybody Happy?" Digital Juice Music, LLC
Written by Joe Kwaczala & Joe McAdam
Produced by Daniel J. Clark & Liz Maupin
Voices by Joe Kwaczala, Meghan Lloyd, Michael Lloyd
Music - "Is Everybody Happy?" Digital Juice Music, LLC
Additional Graphics
Below are two products that I needed to design for different sketches in the "21 for '21" series. The first, Chimmy, is a fictional classic video game, designed to evoke the very specific aesthetic of 1980s video game packaging. In addition to the visual elements of the game illustration, logo, and system logo, I also took photos of existing system cartridges and Photoshopped them together to create an authentic feeling fake game cartridge.
Second is a play on the 90's product Boku, a juice box for adults. The fictional product we created here is called NuVo, baby food for adults.
Branding Assets
The above images were used as branding to promote the show on social media and as its thumbnail images, header, etc. on Amazon. The idea was to highlight the wide range of characters depicted in the show.
Below is the graphic promoting the "21 for '21" series.
Youtube thumbnail images for Kwaczala songs and sketches
