Scott Bateman
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New York City
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(he moved there from Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
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in 2005). For a number of years, his political cartoons were syndicated
Print syndication
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by King Features Syndicate
King Features Syndicate
King Features Syndicate, a print syndication company owned by The Hearst Corporation, distributes about 150 comic strips, newspaper columns, editorial cartoons, puzzles and games to nearly 5000 newspapers worldwide...
. After his syndication deal ended, he began the Bateman 365
Bateman 365
Bateman 365 is a project initiated by Scott Bateman in August 2005 to emulate the idea presented by the on the scale of one year. It utilizes a number of characters Bateman developed for his syndicated political cartoons and other works, as well as snippets from life in New York City and audio...
project to publish a flash animated short every day for one year. On June 11, 2007, he announced that his video for Low's
Low (band)
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song Hatchet (Optimimi version) would be one of the preloads on the new Zune
Zune
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.
Bateman also created and produced "Scott Bateman Presents Scott Bateman Presents," for Plum TV
Plum TV
Plum TV is a lifestyle television channel launched in 2002 by Nantucket Nectars founder Tom Scott, along with producer Cary Woods and television executive Chris Glowacki. Most recently Tom Scott has become CEO again. So far his performance has been lackluster. of The programming is locally...
, a network with stations in The Hamptons, Martha's Vineyard, Aspen and more. Three episodes aired in 2007. Bateman animated the entire production, as well as most of the writing, as well as voice performance. Guest voices included Kristen Schaal
Kristen Schaal
Kristen Schaal is an American actress, writer and comedienne, best known for her role as Mel in the HBO series Flight of the Conchords, as Louise in Bob's Burgers and as a contributor on The Daily Show.-Early life:...
, Pete Holmes
Pete Holmes
Pete Holmes is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and cartoonist based in Los Angeles, California.-Early life:Holmes was born in Lexington, Massachusetts, United States....
, Jenny Slate
Jenny Slate
Jenny Slate is an American actor and comedian best known as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 2009–2010 and for her recurring role as Stella on the HBO comedy series Bored to Death.-Early life:...
, UK band Clinic
Clinic (band)
Clinic are a Liverpool based post-punk revival band noted for their often fast-paced, eclectic sound. Their sound is often distinguished by the prominent use of vintage keyboards/organs, most notably the Philips Philicorda, and peculiar off-scale chord progressions.-Formation and early...
, and more. The show is currently on hiatus, but the episodes continue to run and the network uses many of the shorts interstitially between shows.
He is currently creating a daily animated short for Salon.com
Salon.com
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, uploading an animation to the site every weekday.http://dir.salon.com/topics/scott_bateman/ Here, he has animated bits from The State (TV series)
The State (TV series)
The State is a half-hour sketch-comedy television show, originally broadcast on MTV between December 17, 1993 and July 1, 1995. The show combined bizarre characters and scenarios to present sketches that won the favor of its target teenaged audience...
and Human Giant
Human Giant
Human Giant is a sketch comedy show on MTV, starring writer/performers Aziz Ansari, Rob Huebel, Paul Scheer and directed primarily by Jason Woliner.The show has completed two seasons. The status of a third season is unknown...
, news clips of Hillary Rodham Clinton
Hillary Rodham Clinton
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and Chris Matthews
Chris Matthews
Christopher John "Chris" Matthews is an American news anchor and political commentator, known for his nightly hour-long talk show, Hardball with Chris Matthews, which is televised on the American cable television channel MSNBC...
, plus scenes from the 1960 horror film Atom Age Vampire
Atom Age Vampire
Atom Age Vampire is a 1963 black-and-white Italian horror/science fiction film directed by Anton Giulio Majano and starring Alberto Lupo.-Plot:...
(he hopes to have the entire film animated by the end of 2008) and more.
He graduated from the University of Puget Sound
University of Puget Sound
The University of Puget Sound is a private liberal arts college located in the North End of Tacoma, Washington, in the United States...
in 1986.
Scott Bateman Presents Scott Bateman Presents
Scott Bateman Presents Scott Bateman Presents was an animated television show created and animated by Scott Bateman.It aired January 8 to January 22, 2007 on Plum TV
Plum TV
Plum TV is a lifestyle television channel launched in 2002 by Nantucket Nectars founder Tom Scott, along with producer Cary Woods and television executive Chris Glowacki. Most recently Tom Scott has become CEO again. So far his performance has been lackluster. of The programming is locally...
. Three episodes were completed before funding ran out.
Published works
- The Lithium League
- My Real Dad (2002)
- SCAN (2003)
- Scott Bateman's Sketchbook of Secrets & Shame (Word Riot Press, 2006)
- Unruly magazine
- Bateman 365Bateman 365Bateman 365 is a project initiated by Scott Bateman in August 2005 to emulate the idea presented by the on the scale of one year. It utilizes a number of characters Bateman developed for his syndicated political cartoons and other works, as well as snippets from life in New York City and audio...