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Book Review: “Animating Your Career” by Steve Hickner

Steve Hickner’s “Animating Your Career” promises practical advice for artists entering the animation field. Does the book deliver?

Roger Rabbit is back! The character, which began its life in an adult-oriented novel written by Gary K. Wolf, will …

The thirteenth volume of Walt’s People: Talking Disney with the Artists Who Knew Him has been released. I own at least half of the …

“The Noble Approach: Maurice Noble and the Zen of Animation Design” ranks among the most unique and delightful animation books in recent memory.

Fantagraphics has made available a 26-page PDF preview (download here) of their forthcoming Virgil ‘VIP’ Partch retrospective book that …

Laura Heit’s Animation Sketchbooks (published this month by Chronicle Books in the US, and earlier by Thames & Hudson in the UK) offers a …

I’ve been remiss in not writing about one of my favorite animation-related books of recent times, It’s Kind of a Cute Story, the memoir …

Today, La Luz de Jesus Gallery (4633 Hollywood Blvd) will host the Adventure Time Super Event, celebrating the release of The Adventure …

Enough time has passed that the cable channel Nickelodeon can now be seen to have had a ‘Golden Age.’ That’s the theory, at least, for …

Dark Horse Comics announced this week the launch of the newly formed Kitchen Sink Books imprint. The venture will begin publishing books …

IDW Publishing and Yoe Books are set to release John K Presents: Spumco Comic Book in June. The 160-page book reprints the original run …

Rebecca Dart lives in Vancouver and works on animation productions as well as creating comics and drawings for personal …

What are the essential reference books that anyone with an interest in animation history should have on their bookshelf? It’s a question …

Animation veteran Tony Bancroft (co-director of Mulan) has an interesting sound book in the works. It’s called Directing for Animation: …

Uli Meyer runs a studio in London which has examples of its film, TV and commercial productions here. The real ‘meat and …

I’ve received dozens of emails this week asking about the status of my Ward Kimball biography. Apparently, Amazon sent out emails to the …

To support its bid for a Best Animated Feature Oscar, Focus Features has released an interactive “making of” ParaNorman booklet. The …

There’s no question Spumco changed the face of television animation. Love it or hate it, this book explains how that came to be.

These two newly published books should be worth a look, especially for those who are interested in the 19th century roots of American …

The pet project of UP director and flipbook aficionado Pete Docter: a packaged boxed-set of nine flipbooks.