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Fiep Westendorp

SHEEP IN THE BIG CITY creator Mo Willems, who recently picked up his second Caldecott Honor for KNUFFLE BUNNY,writes in to let me know …

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101 Dalmatians – Polish Style

This Polish poster for 101 DALMATIANS by Liliana Baczewska caught my eye while I was browsing through the recent book A CENTURY OF MOVIE …

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OSCAR GRILLO’S FAUSTO

From our pal, Oscar Grillo:Publisher Ediciones de la Flor just published this book. It is profusely illustrated by me (around 50 …

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REVIEW: MIND GAME

It’s not often that I get excited about an animated feature, particularly a Japanese animated feature, but I’m really eager to check out …

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50s animation design book update

If you have called or emailed me in the past couple months and have not received a response, please accept my apologies. I have been …

Ward Kimball

Tips from Ward Kimball

I was re-reading the Ward Kimball section in John Canemaker’s masterful WALT DISNEY’S NINE OLD MEN AND THE ART OF ANIMATION and ran …

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Flight 2

FLIGHT 2 debuts this weekend at the Alternative Press Expo (APE) in San Francisco. FLIGHT is, in short, one of the most original and …

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Book Review: the ARt of robots

The only thing I enjoy more than plugging the work of animation artists is plugging my own work, so with that in mind, let me direct you …

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CHUCK JONES: CONVERSATIONS

I’ve been neglect in mentioning the forthcoming publication of Maureen Furniss’s wonderful collection of Chuck Jones interviews, Chuck …

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AT THE COMIC SHOP

Friday is the day I usually walk over to Golden Apple and see what’s new. I’ve noticed that I’ve become very picky in recent years. I …

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All Wrapped UP

Shane Glines gave a positive plug on Cartoon Retro to the new Chronicle book ALL WRAPPED UP: GROOVY GIFT WRAP OF THE 1960s by Kevin Akers …

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Liz Smith Loves My Book

Wow, I’ve finally made Liz Smith’s legendary entertainment gossip column. No, not for my many torrid love affairs with various Hollywood …

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Klasky Csupo Drawing LEssons

Looks like Christopher Hart may have some new competition. Behold, animation and drawing lessons from Klasky Csupo. What’s next – singing …

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Hack My Robots Book

Amazon has enabled the “Search Inside This Book” feature on my recently published book, THE ART OF ROBOTS, and because a handful of names …

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DISNEYWAR

DISNEYWAR by Pulitzer-prize winning author James B. Stewart is a blistering new indictment of the Eisner regime. Stewart had all sorts of …

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