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and you’d be wise to add 
to your library as well. Didier has provided us some excerpts from the new book, offering a glimpse of the hundreds of stories that can be found in the book. Read them after the jump.
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January 31, 2012 3:18 am
I’m new to the work of Michel Klöfkorn, but he’s been creating music videos, commercials and experimental films in Germany since the 1990s. He’s a relentless experimenter whose animation techniques look familiar but foreign at the same time. Take, for example the first short after the jump, Fluid Paper. We’ve seen books used as the raw material for animation before, but Klöfkorn charts exciting new territory with the concept. 3 Comments » posted in Animators, Experimental, Shorts, Germany, Michel Klöfkorn 
January 30, 2012 4:43 am
Watch the trailer for The Pub, the latest short by British animator Joseph Pierce. His rotoscope-based technique, which he’s used to powerful effect in shorts like Stand-Up and A Family Portrait, explores the expressive potential of live-action reference in ways that few have ever done. 4 Comments » posted in Shorts, Joseph Pierce, Rotoscope, UK
January 27, 2012 8:16 am
On February 1st, indie animation rockstar Don Hertzfeldt kicks off a coast-to-coast 13-state US tour. The main event is the debut of It’s Such A Beautiful Day, which completes his ambitious trilogy about a mysterious man named Bill. Head to BitterFilms.com for ticket info, and go there quick because tickets have already sold out for a number of the cities. 3 Comments » posted in Events, Don Hertzfeldt, It's Such a Beautiful Day
January 27, 2012 5:25 am
Canadian cartoonists Seth Scriver and Shayne Ehman recently finished raising over $10,000 to complete their animated feature Asphalt Watches. They describe their collaborative two-man animated epic in the following way:
The film should be finished this year. There’s an official film blog and the trailer below: (via Meathaus) 12 Comments » posted in Feature Film, Flash, Asphalt Watches, Canada, Seth Scriver, Shayne Ehman
January 26, 2012 2:57 am
Stephen Colbert’s two-part interview with Where the Wild Things Are author/illustrator Maurice Sendak easily ranks as the most entertaining interview I’ve ever seen with a children’s book author. I’m sure it’ll be much discussed at the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators winter conference, which starts tomorrow in Manhattan. 34 Comments » posted in Illustration, Maurice Sendak, Stephen Colbert
January 26, 2012 12:55 am
Over the last seven years, with quiet persistence and unwavering dedication, French animation historian Didier Ghez has been publishing one of the most important animation history documents of our time. His book series, Walt’s People: Talking Disney With The Artists Who Knew Him, is an incredible accomplishment that casts new light onto the operation of the Walt-era Disney Studios. Each edition of this ever-growing interview anthology series reprints rarely seen and unpublished interviews with Disney artists, both famous and unknown. Didier’s newest volume, the eleventh in the series, is also the largest to date, weighing in at over 600 pages. The historians who have contributed interviews are a who’s who of Disney research royalty. The volume is expansive and extends to a handful of contemporary figures who didn’t personally know Walt (Ed Catmull, Brad Bird, Glen Keane), but who have absorbed the Disney tradition into their work. In fact, the sheer scale and scope of this volume guarantees something for everybody. The interview subjects are Ray Aragon, Frank Armitage, Brad Bird, Carl Bongirno, Roger Broggie, George Bruns, Ed Catmull, Don R. Christensen, Andreas Deja, Jules Engel, Joe Hale, John Hench, Mark Henn, John Hubley, Glen Keane, Ted Kierscey, Ward Kimball, I. Klein, Mike Lah, Eric Larson, Ed Love, Daniel MacManus, Tom Nabbe, Carl Nater, Dale Oliver, Walt Pfeiffer, Jacques Rupp, David Snyder, Iwao Takamoto, Shirley Temple, Frank Thomas, Ruthie Tompson, and Richard Williams. Walt’s People #11 is available for $25 on Amazon 5 Comments » posted in Books, Disney, Didier Ghez, Walt's People
January 24, 2012 5:25 pm
I never noticed until a few nights ago that Richard Williams’s rarely seen 1962 Love Me, Love Me, Love Me can be viewed online. It was uploaded onto YouTube by the Thief Archive, which is a remarkable collection of over 300 videos related to the life and work of Williams. 18 Comments » posted in Classic, Shorts, Richard Williams
January 23, 2012 1:55 pm
Place some watercolors and crayons in the hands of Brooklyn-based filmmaker/animator Jeff Scher and you’ll get this mesmerizing (mostly) nonfigurative music video for the band American Royalty. 2 Comments » posted in Experimental, Music Videos, American Royalty, Jeff Scher
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