I’m Joyce Pensato. I’m from Brooklyn and I’m still in Brooklyn -
How’s that?
All these guys! Look - this guy is really great.
Look at that nose.
There’s something about it I thought was very unusual.
I love the South Park guys. So there they are.
Also a slipper you could wear
At 25 I realized that this is going to be my life.
I love discarded toys -
and pop culture from my youth.
Pop culture images of Batman and what was going on -
And continue it to this day, thank you!
I don’t watch cartoons, but I love how it’s drawn.
Like Homer with the bald head and the eyes -
and the hairdos of each character.
First of all I’m not criticizing them. I love them all.
Some writers have said that I was making criticism of the American culture.
I don’t feel that. I just feel like say Mickey Mouse -
You see Mickey and it’s almost like he had a lobotomy!
And then we have all the Elmos who kind of perform.
Maybe this guy doesn’t work anymore *Elmo starts talking*
Here’s the Batman I’ve been working with.
I usually… I look here and I go…
I’ve been working with this guy and actually his neck got broken -
so I had to duct tape it, thank you!
I think a dog got at it.
Somebody broke his little neck-y!
I feel like I’m giving them a human personality -
they have more emotions going on than just being a happy Mickey or Ducky.
No, happy. Ha-ha-ha ha-ha-ha.
No! We don’t want happy, we want more than happy.
Something more to grab onto.
Happy? No. I can be happy but I don’t want my work to be happy.
This is Dopey from the movie… There’s a bigger scale of it…
I also do a lot of Felixes so I have a lot of Felixes around too.
I love this! This is a really demented rabbit -
I’ve had this for years. His face is great.
I’m not closing the door on anything.
Recently I’ve been doing photography, but it’s exploring new areas.
The great thing now for me is that I can live my dream -
and actually do it whatever dream I have… hopefully.
I wanted the Cookie Monster…
Arg!
Nah, forget it!