Charles Ragins and Eddie Rosas may live in Los Angeles now, but they really just traded one small town for another. That’s because the two natives of Fairbanks spend their workdays drawing the characters and places that make up Springfield, the warped-yet-wholesome slice of Americana that’s the setting of Fox TV’s “The Simpsons.” The two animators had never met before they landed jobs with the seminal cartoon sitcom but they’ve since bonded in the studio over their own small-town roots. “It’s not only great to work with such a talented artist as Eddie, but we also share a lot of stories about Fairbanks,” Ragins wrote in an e-mail. “Who we both know up there, what is going on now, who’s beating who in hockey, when we plan to visit, and how lucky we both are having grown up in such a great place, a community that supported our artistic interests.” Read More >>>
