Hanji and Andy are a Rockland, Maine based team and the co-founders of O’Chang Comics and Puckerbrush Animation (formerly O’Chang Studios).
We had the pleasure of hosting Andy O’Brien and Hanji Chang at the 2019 National Marine Educators Association Conference that was hosted in New Hampshire. We invited them to present the Stegner Lecture, which is a Memorial Lecture presented every year at the annual conference of NMEA. When GOMMEA began planning to host the 2019 conference, Andy and Hanji were immediately recommended as speakers. Watch the lecture from the video list below.
Hanji Chang is a Taiwanese-Korean painter, illustrator, graphic designer, and animator. She also teaches animation at Maine College of Art. Andy O’Brien is a Rockland, Maine-based writer, voice actor, and the communications director for the Maine AFL-CIO. Hanji and Andy are now the co-founders of O’Chang Comics and Puckerbrush Animation (formerly O’Chang Studios).
When they first uploaded a cartoon skit between two Mainers chatting about ice fishing, snowmobiling and “drinkin’ whatevah” in 2013, they never envisioned that Temp Tales cartoons would generate millions of views and a loyal fanbase. They thought to themselves, “what if we could use our cartooning skills to educate our fans and their kids about the threat climate change poses to our fisheries and coastal communities?”
Together, they are a Rockland, Maine-based team whose animation studio has produced a variety of videos for educational and nonprofit institutions including the US Geological Survey, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Louisiana Sea Grant, the Island Institute, the World Bank, the Red Cross, the Council on Foreign Relations and others. The studio is most known for its award-winning series “A Climate Calamity in the Gulf of Maine” about the impact of climate change on coastal communities and sea life.
GOMMEA is proud to host links to their work below, as a resource to all.