Mark McCray is an animation historian, podcaster, author, voice actor and
television host who has worked in the entertainment business for over 20
years. McCray’s book, The Best Saturdays of our Lives which chronicles
how Saturday morning became a competitive business was featured on
Gilbert Gottfried’s Amazing Colossal Podcast and Turner Classic Movies
when McCray was invited as a special guest.
McCray worked as a television programmer for Cartoon Network, and was
a key member of the team that launched the Boomerang Network. Mark
McCray also spent 12 years at Adult Swim as the senior manager of
Programming Operations overseeing Adult Swim’s on-air promotions and
scheduling strategy. While working at Adult Swim, McCray was invited to
lend his voice to a character on the animated Adult Swim series,
Gemusetto Machu Picchu!
McCray has recently penned his second novel which combines his lifelong
passion for comic book heroes, true-life ghost experiences, and magic
elements which come alive in his Afrofuturism novel, The Paperboy:
Dimensional Adventures. When a young, aspirational superhero loses his
powers, Rudolph St. Clair resigns himself to civilian life. The former hero
moves his family into the perfect brownstone apartment. Rudolph soon
finds out that the apartment is haunted, and he would have to fight for his
survival to solve the mystery of The Paper Boy: Dimensional Adventures.
Currently, Mark McCray is the host of The Best Saturdays of our Lives
Podcast along with his cohost Dan Klink. The Best Saturday of Lives
Podcast was the winner and recipient of the Dilectio Sapientiae Award
which was presented by The Miami International Film Festival in February
of 2021.
You can follow Mark McCray on X: @ MarkMcTBSOOL & Instagram,
Best_Saturdays_of_our_Lives and check out his website: www.tbsool.com .