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Upcoming Chronicle Books
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May 16, 2008 12:45 am


Art of Pixar Short Films

I received the Fall/Winter 2008 Chronicle Books catalog yesterday, and there are a few animation-related books that should be of interest to Brew readers. The prelim cover to my book, the previously announced The Art of Pixar Short Films, is above. You can find out more about the book by clicking on this info sheet about the book. It’s slated now for a February 2009 release. Pre-order on Amazon.

I’ve also posted the info sheets below for two other cartoon entries from Chronicle (click for larger versions). Rogue Leaders: The Story of LucasArts by Rob Smith is the first history of Lucas’s videogame division, which turned out classic games like The Secret of Monkey Island, Sam & Max Hit the Road, Full Throttle and Grim Fandango. It’s coming out in December 08. Also notable, Disney Feature Animation is releasing its first ‘art of’ book through Chronicle. You guessed it…it’s The Art of Bolt by Mark Cotta Vaz, scheduled for release this November.

LucasArts and Bolt

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    • 19 comments   posted in Books

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    05/16/08  2:59am
    Bitter Animator says:

    Is there a chapter dedicated to the 2003 Great Knick-Knack Breast Crisis?
    05/16/08  3:30am
    rhinotonight says:

    no sander material in bolt?
    what a surprise.

    the lucas arts thing sounds fun.
    05/16/08  5:28am
    Paco says:

    Nice! I’m looking forward to these. Especially the LucasArts book, which hopefully will feature some amazing artwork by Steve Purcell, Peter Chan, Larry Ahern and Bill Tiller, to name just a few. I love the artwork and animation they did for the old LucasArts adventure games like Day of the Tentacle, Sam and Max and Monkey Island. Definitely looking forward to these!
    05/16/08  5:32am
    Zach says:

    The LucasArts book sounds exciting. I miss games that focused on story and characters and humor, as opposed to “amazing” graphics, excessive boobs, violence, and button-mashing.

    The Art of Pixar sounds most excellent, but… Bolt gets its own art book? That’s going to be possibly the most stale art book of the year.
    05/16/08  6:44am
    Dagan says:

    coooooool !
    The LucasArts book sounds great, especially!
    Gotta pick THAT one up, for sure! :)
    05/16/08  7:02am
    CTrombley says:

    Not to mention Tim Schafer(one of LucasArt’s resident geniuses)’s latest game Bruetal Legend. Yes I know that it’s supposed to be a gratuitous umlat, but for me it will never be just Brutal Legend.

    Here is the videogame website:
    http://www.brutallegendgame.com/splash/

    And this is Schafer’s company website:
    http://www.doublefine.com/news.php
    05/16/08  7:24am
    Michael F. says:

    Pretty cool to see a book at Lucasarts’ adventure games. Not only did those games have some impressive designs but they also really paved the way for today’s adventure games like Missing, Zack and Wiki and the ongoing Sam and Max series.
    05/16/08  7:47am
    Sean says:

    A Lucas Arts book?! This is incredible!
    05/16/08  8:05am
    Ben says:

    I love those old lucas arts graphic adventures- the secret of monkey island and its sequel le chuck’s revenge were the best. I can’t wait to see that.
    05/16/08  9:08am
    Lucky Jim says:

    All three books look terrific, but I’m with everyone on being most excited about the Lucasarts book. Anything that further immortalizes Sam and Max must be great.
    05/16/08  9:33am
    Mike Levine says:

    I am also looking forward to the Lucas book - I worked there from 90-97, but KNOW THIS - they didnt interview and basically blew off the art department for this book. didnt talk to hardly anyone for it, only to get some art. Foolish.
    05/16/08  10:42am
    Aleksandar Vujovic says:

    Unbelievable! I can’t wait for the LucasArts book! Never been more anxious.

    I don’t suppose the Bolt book will have Chris Sanders’ art in it, will it?
    05/16/08  11:26am
    The Tingler says:

    That does sound very silly Mike. They better get their facts right. If they misspell ‘Manuel Calavera’ we’re gonna have ourselves a good ol’ fashioned book (and publisher and author) burning!
    05/16/08  11:55am
    josh parpan says:

    I’m so glad someone finally wrote a book about Lucas Arts! Those old adventure games had a huge impact on me when I was a kid!
    05/16/08  1:22pm
    Floyd Norman says:

    Don’t diss “Bolt.” From what I’ve already seen, it’s a pretty darn good little film. Kudos to my young colleague, Chris Williams.

    Nice to see “Bolt” going to Chronicle Books for publishing. Doesn’t Disney have a publishing company? Oops! My bad!
    05/16/08  1:32pm
    Tobey says:

    I’ll be happy to shell out the cash for Chris Williams’ art thank you very much. Give the man some credit… he’s a rock star himself.
    05/16/08  3:44pm
    The Gagaman says:

    That concept art on the front of the Bolt art book is actually rather nice. It’d be worth a purchase to me if it has all the “American Dog” concepts in it, but somehow I doubt it.

    Add me to the list excited for the LucasArts book. They were one of the most creative game studios out there back in the 90’s, a shame they don’t seem to do anything but Star Wars cash ins nowadays..
    05/20/08  2:23am
    Max E. says:

    That doesn’t make sense–how can they do an “Art of LucasArts” book without talking to any artists?!
    05/23/08  10:42am
    Jon says:

    It doesn’t say anything about being an “Art of LucasArts” book. It’s about the history of the company according to the write-up.

    Definitely picking that up. Hopefully they did talk to Tim Schafer.
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