Dave Carter is the creator of Psychotown and various other short, brilliant, animations. He is also a good friend of mine and one of the most kick ass people I know. I can guarantee that after an hour with Dave you will be a more interesting person… and you will probably be drunk and most likely be talking with complete strangers, or you’ll be in jail, or you might be in jail talking to complete strangers… or you might just be sitting drinking your beer and getting your mind blown off by one of Dave’s brilliantly honest observations about creativity. After an hour and a half you might be scouting locations for the goth horror action flick that the two of you just penned on a bunch of bar napkins.

I met Dave randomly in Moscow and we hung out for two hours before it came up that he was deaf (you would never know it, nor does it seem to matter at all when you’re with him). He doesn’t do any sign language he just reads lips about as well as I can hear. Dustin, Sara, Dave and I ran around in Moscow and St. Petersburg for about 8 days, going to museums (I almost cried in the Hermitage… I don’t cry… I punch people that cry), and exploring, and making weird travel videos.

I’m really hoping that we both get our acts together one day and are able to work on something together. He is a creative wrecking ball in the best possible way and a genius stop-motion animator. His Psychotown series was featured this past year in Mike Judge’s Animation Show and I guarantee his best work has yet to come.  Take a look at his site