2012 Animation Book Preview

The future of animation books, like the rest of the publishing industry, isn’t rosy. Page counts and print runs are shrinking, and …

“A Monster Calls” Book Trailer

This smartly crafted book trailer for Patrick Ness’s YA novel A Monster Calls actually makes me want to read the book. The After Effects …

2011 Brew Holiday Gift Guide #1

As part of their Library of American Comics series, IDW Publishing just released Chuck Jones: The Dream That Never Was, a spectacular …

Two New MUST-HAVE Books!

It’s December. Holiday gift-giving time. Prepare for several posts in the next few weeks about new books and DVDs you must own – or give …

Saul Bass Bits

To celebrate the release of the new Saul Bass biography, Art of the Title created this nifty visual guide to some of Bass’s most …

The Definitive Saul Bass Book Has Arrived

Resistance is futile! Pat Kirkham’s long-overdue book about graphic design legend and motion picture title innovator Saul Bass is finally …

“The Art of Pixar” Now Shipping

Amazon’s website is now showing that they have copies of my latest book in stock. That would be The Art of Pixar: The Complete Color …

Puss In Books

Never judge a book by its cover – especially the one pictured at left. The artwork inside is more like the fantastic painting above. I …

More New Books

Who says print is dead? It’s been about a month since my last batch of book reviews and I’ve come up with four new books worthy of your …

JibJab Launches iPad Book App

Publishing isn’t dying, it’s just becoming more animated. Los Angeles-based JibJab sees an opportunity to benefit from the emergence of …

Ward Kimball: A Biography

I’m sure that after all my incessant musings and ramblings about this guy, some readers have already figured out that something’s up. So …

An Update on Sketchtravel

Here’s an animated piece by Maud Remy and Gérald Guerlais describing Sketchtravel, a sketchbook that has been sent around the globe and …

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