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These Are My Seven ‘Desert Island’ Animation Reference Books

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.

Christmas is next Tuesday, so here’s a few last minute gift-giving ideas for that cartoon-freak in your life.

The new biography Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices by Ben Ohmart starts shipping this week. Blanc created the voices…

After a lot of blood, sweat and tears, Jim Korkis’ latest book about Disney’s Song of the South is ready for publication.

Just in time for the holidays… I’ve received hard cover revised editions of two essential animation books. Both were must-have’s in …

Looking for the perfect unique gift for that special animation nerd in your life? Or maybe you just want to give yourself a special …

Here’s something special I want to you to be aware of: Making its debut at next week’s CTN Expo in Burbank, The Picture Book Project …

To recap: this season has already brought two must-have books – J.B. Kaufman’s Snow White history, The Fairest One Of All and Charles …

I’ll be posting a Holiday Gift Guide next month, but one book leapt out of the pack and I want to give you the heads-up right now. I just …

Ready…set…pre-order Tod Polson’s book about legendary Warner Bros. layout man Maurice Noble. The book is called The Noble Approach: …

I’ve received a slew of messages in the past week from people who pre-ordered Full Steam Ahead!, which is the biography I wrote about the …

Diane Disney Miller, author J.B. Kaufman and Lella Smith (creative director of the Disney Animation Research Library) discuss the art …

Perhaps the best book of animation history and Disney scholarship being published this year, The Fairest One Of All: The Making of Walt …