# John Evershed

> John Evershed is the San Francisco-based co-founder and former CEO of Mondo Media and chief strategy officer at Trioscope. His work spans online animation distribution, television and film financing, international co-productions and licensing. He is also the author of The Adult Animation White Paper and runs the animation advisory business High Concentrate.

- **Role:** Chief Strategy Officer at Trioscope
- **Organizations:** Mondo Media, Trioscope, High Concentrate, Chronicle Videotex, University of Toronto
- **Nationality:** American, Canadian and British (his personal website states that he holds all three passports)
- **Education:** BA, English Literature, University of Toronto
- **Known for:** Co-founded and led Mondo Media through web syndication, YouTube distribution and subscription programming., Helped build the business around Happy Tree Friends, including television licensing and merchandise., Helped bring Dick Figures from web distribution to a crowdfunded feature release.

## Career timeline

- **1981** — Graduated from the University of Toronto with a BA in English Literature.
- **Before 1988** — Worked on online content and advertising at Chronicle Videotex.
- **1988** — Co-founded Mondo Media with Deirdre O’Malley.
- **1993–1995** — Mondo developed the CD-ROM games Critical Path and The Daedalus Encounter.
- **1999–2000** — Built web syndication for Mondo Mini Shows; the network included 14 sites by March 2000.
- **2005** — Happy Tree Friends had expanded into DVDs, merchandise and international television licensing.
- **2012** — Mondo participated in YouTube’s original-content initiative; Dick Figures: The Movie raised $313,411 on Kickstarter.
- **2013** — Dick Figures: The Movie was released digitally, with a serialized free YouTube version.
- **2015–2016** — Mondo’s merger with Six Point Harness closed in late 2015 and was announced in September 2016.
- **2016** — Negotiated a Mondo animation channel on Ellation’s VRV subscription platform.
- **By 2018** — Brendan Burch had become CEO of the combined Mondo/Six Point Harness business; Evershed remained on its board.
- **2020** — Published the first Adult Animation White Paper; his High Concentrate biography dates his Trioscope advisory work to this year.
- **2021** — Published the white paper’s second edition and became Trioscope chief strategy officer; the appointment was publicly announced in November.
- **2023** — Appeared on Thinking on Paper to discuss hybrid filmmaking and storytelling.
- **2024** — Published a LinkedIn article on generative AI in film and television pitch decks.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and led Mondo Media through web syndication, YouTube distribution and subscription programming.
- Helped build the business around Happy Tree Friends, including television licensing and merchandise.
- Helped bring Dick Figures from web distribution to a crowdfunded feature release.
- Negotiated Mondo’s 2016 VRV channel deal.
- Executive-produced television animation including Happy Tree Friends, Gary and His Demons and Like Share Die.
- Authored The Adult Animation White Paper and made an associated animation database publicly available.
- Helped Trioscope raise seed financing before becoming chief strategy officer.

## Latest updates

- **2024-06** — Published Generative AI’s Use in Film and TV Pitch Decks on LinkedIn on June 10.
- **2023-04** — Appeared on the April 14 Thinking on Paper episode Hybrid Entertainment and The Future of Storytelling.
- **2021-11** — Trioscope publicly announced his appointment as chief strategy officer.

## Links

- Website: https://www.johnevershed.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnevershed

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