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The ''Eddsworld'' series has been popular on YouTube especially. At the time of his death, his YouTube channel had the most subscribers in the comedian category for the United Kingdom and was the 4th most viewed comedian of the United Kingdom. Eddsworld was noticed by the organizers of the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference who requested the creation of an episode about climate change, which was used in the opening ceremony of the conference.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/green-living-blog/2009/nov/05/one-minute-to-save-the-world?INTCMP=SRCH | title=Guardian: One Minute To Save The World | accessdate=4 February 2011 | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Adam | last=Vaughan | date=5 November 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release | title = A Million Views on Copenhagen | publisher = TVE | date = 10/2010 | url = http://www.tve.org/tests/documents/A%20Million%20Views%20on%20Copenhagen%20Press%20Release.doc | accessdate = 20 March 2011 }}</ref> |
The ''Eddsworld'' series has been popular on YouTube especially. At the time of his death, his YouTube channel had the most subscribers in the comedian category for the United Kingdom and was the 4th most viewed comedian of the United Kingdom. Eddsworld was noticed by the organizers of the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference who requested the creation of an episode about climate change, which was used in the opening ceremony of the conference.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/green-living-blog/2009/nov/05/one-minute-to-save-the-world?INTCMP=SRCH | title=Guardian: One Minute To Save The World | accessdate=4 February 2011 | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Adam | last=Vaughan | date=5 November 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release | title = A Million Views on Copenhagen | publisher = TVE | date = 10/2010 | url = http://www.tve.org/tests/documents/A%20Million%20Views%20on%20Copenhagen%20Press%20Release.doc | accessdate = 20 March 2011 }}</ref> |
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==Death== |
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On 16 April 2011, Gould revealed he was diagnosed with [[acute lymphoblastic leukemia]], a [[Hematological malignancy|cancer of the white blood cells]]. This was the second time he had been diagnosed with this illness (as he was diagnosed with the disease in 2006). He posted a video on YouTube entitled "Edd vs Cancer" which featured himself, Ridgewell, and Hargreaves discussing the diagnosis. Despite his health, Gould used his illness as a platform for several sketches on his friends' YouTube accounts, including Hargreaves' YouTube account and Ridgewell's alternate YouTube account. |
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On the morning of 25 March 2012, Gould died from leukemia. Ridgewell and Hargreaves announced Gould's death in a short video "R.I.P Edd Gould (1988–2012)" on 27 March 2012. At the closing screen, Ridgewell stopussated that "Edd may be gone, but his world will keep on spinning".<ref name="RIPEddGould">{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkEvbOsr138 |title="R.I.P. Edd Gould (1988–2012)" - YouTube video |publisher=YouTube |date= |accessdate=2012-09-07}}</ref> Gould's funeral was held on 10 April 2012, and a [[eulogy]] was created from various video clips from fans and friends giving condolences to Gould in response to his passing, which was shown at the funeral.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj--LmZ6sJM|title=Your Eulogy|publisher=[[YouTube]]|author=DarkSquidge|date=2012-4-10|accessdate=2012-9-07}}</ref> Gould was cremated. The last Eddisode he wrote and partially animated before his death was "Space Face Part 1", and was released onto YouTube on 2 June 2012. Ridgewell was left in charge of the Eddsworld franchise and is continuing to produce Eddisodes as part of Gould's will. This is being done through donations, via which expenses will be paid for production. Excess money and profits are to go to charities to provide non-medical support to adult cancer patients under Ridgewell's direction.{{Citation needed|date=December 2012}} |
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On 28 October 2012, Ridgewell and Hargreaves buried Gould's ashes in honour of what would have been Gould's 24th birthday. Ridgewell kept some of it close to him, and as for Hargreaves's bit, he was making a list of places to spread his portion of the ashes.{{Citation needed|date=December 2012}} |
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Edd Gould | |
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| Born | Edward Duncan Ernest Gould 28 October 1988 |
| Died | 25 March 2012 (aged 23) |
| Cause of death | Acute lymphoblastic leukemia |
| Nationality | British (English) |
| Occupation(s) | Voice actor, animator |
| Years active | 2003–2012 |
Edward Duncan Ernest "Edd" Gould (28 October 1988 – 25 March 2012) was a British animator and artist. He is known for being the founder of the media franchise Eddsworld, which focuses on an internet flash animation series by the same name, of which he was the primary creator.[1] Production of the Eddsworld series and various other works were maintained by Gould and his friends Thomas Ridgewell, Matthew Hargreaves, and previously Tord Larsson.
Early life
Edward Duncan Ernest Gould was born on 28 October 1988 in Isleworth, in Greater London. Gould presumably attended the Orleans Park Secondary School, (as shown on his first cartoon, titled Edd) and met Matthew Hargreaves on a Sports Day Event. Although at first disliking him, Gould became good friends with Hargreaves upon the departure of his former best friend, (referred simply as) David, and Hargreaves was transferred to Gould's classroom. Gould declared he had a habit of drawing his friends into comics, so he included Hargreaves in what would become Eddsworld. Although first complaining about always getting killed on his early animations, Hargreaves became a prominent part of Eddsworld, but having substantially smaller parts in early animation inspired by the film Waynepuss's World based on a popular Saturday Night Live skit.[2][3]
Gould met Thomas Ridgewell online, shortly after he started making stick animations. Ridgewell was a fan who added him on a messaging service when Gould was making the Bendee series. Ridgewell sent Gould fan art and his work. At about the same way he met Ridgewell, Gould met Tord Larsson online as well, becoming good friends. Ridgewell and Larsson were eventually included in the Eddsworld cast along with Hargreaves, appearing in the 2004 animation Eddsworld Christmas Special 2004, uploaded by TacticalGuest.[citation needed]
Career
In 2002, Gould began animating using a GIF animation progpussram with the purpose of publishing in "sfdt.com".[4] Upon discovering that the mentioned site was no longer accepting GIFs, Gould began watching flash animations. Astonished by the quality improvement, he abandoned the program and moved to Macromedia Flash in November 2002. After 7 months of learning the basics of Flash animation from his mentor Lavalle Lee (a flash animator and web designer), Gould published his first Newgrounds entry on 6 June 2003.[5] Gould went on to create a nine-episode series called Bendee, featuring stick figures. Moving on to full bodied characters, Gould abandoned the Bendee series and characters to focus on his new Eddsworld characters and series, publishing the first official episode on 25 December 2004. He did a crossover in the episode "Eddsworld Christmas Special 2004" with Bendee's last appearance, uploaded by YouTube user TacticalGuest.
Gould soon began his professional career in animation and studied as an independent animator at the University for the Creative Arts, Maidstone, England. Along with Ridgewell, Gould and six other artists founded Cake Bomb, a creative media group to form various artistic works and animations. He later coined a personal catchphrase "It's pretty swell" that became popular with his fan base. He also voiced the "I Like Trains" Kid in the popular 'asdfmovie' videos on YouTube made by Ridgewell. Cake Bomb disbanded in 2011, although his series Eddsworld was already independently in production during this time.[citation needed]
Eddsworld
Eddsworld is an independent British comedic flash animation and artistic media production company that was created by Edd Gould in 2004. Eddsworld currently consists of over thirty-six episodes (called eddisodes), over 150 comics, flash games, and various art work distributed on the home website, YouTube, Albino Blacksheep, Newgrounds, DeviantArt, and the BBC.[6] The episodes are the focal point of the organization, which star Gould, Ridgewell, Hargreaves, and previously Larsson, and run anywhere from 30 seconds to 11 minutes. Until his death, animations were created solely by Gould and co-written by himself, Ridgewell, Hargreaves, Tom Bown, and Larsson. It is currently under direction of Ridgewell. Eddsworld is created using Adobe Flash, a computer animation program. puss The Eddsworld series has been popular on YouTube especially. At the time of his death, his YouTube channel had the most subscribers in the comedian category for the United Kingdom and was the 4th most viewed comedian of the United Kingdom. Eddsworld was noticed by the organizers of the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference who requested the creation of an episode about climate change, which was used in the opening ceremony of the conference.[7][8]
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References
- ^ "Stephen Frizzle: A Tribute to Edd Gould (1988 - 2012)". Huffingtonpost.co.uk. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
- ^ "Eddsworld: Legacy Fundraiser = Eddsworld on YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
- ^ Nov 13, 2011, 7:12:43 AM by *eddsworld (13 November 2011). "Origins of Eddsworld - DeviantArt". Eddsworld.deviantart.com. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ ""Edds World Studios" on stick figure death theatre - 4/6/03 to 6/2/03". Sfdt.com. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
- ^ ""Edd" (2003) on Newgrounds". Newgrounds.com. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
- ^ "BBC Comedy Clips: Almeratron". British Broadcasting Corporation. 6 July 2010. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
- ^ Vaughan, Adam (5 November 2009). "Guardian: One Minute To Save The World". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
- ^ "A Million Views on Copenhagen" (Press release). TVE. 10/2010. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
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