Funny Farm Opens In Atlanta Funny Farm Opens In Atlanta Donna Ervin, former Manager and Producer for DESIGNefx cel animation, announced the formation of a new cel animation company, Funny Farm Studios. Ervin heads the new studio with Animation Directors Jim Peebles and Jeff Fastner. Funny Farm will target the national and regional commercial, interstitial programming and web development markets. Peebles says they are modeling themselves on studios such as Film Roman, Klasky Csupo, and Nelvana that gradually grew into animation powerhouses by delivering top quality animation, consistently and reliably over several years. In addition to his role as animation director at DESIGNefx, Peebles' credits include animating on such shows as Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs and Tazmania. He also animated the show open for Spiderman for Marvel Films. Jeff Fastner's experience comes through Reelworks in Minnesota and Cartoon Network. Prior to her role at DESIGNefx, Donna Ervin was Scene Planning for Disney's Lion King, Aladdin, Pocahontas, and Beauty and the Beast, among others.