Books

Disney’s Archive Series: Story

The first volume in the Disney Archive Series is coming out in a few weeks. I saw the galleys for this a while back and it’s a real treat …

CGI

Rocket Jo by Julien Charles

It’s plenty refreshing to see a CG character that is designed with a sense of caricature in both his appearance and physical movement. …

Comics

Disney Comics get topical!

Worthy of noting in this week before the U.S. elections, Gemstone’s Uncle Scrooge #381 (on sale this week, cover pictured below left) …

Books

Jerry’s Tuesday Triple Header

Take your pick: yours truly, Jerry Beck, will appear on stage, on screen and in print tomorrow, Tuesday October 21st. In Print: …

Disney

Online Animation News Round-Up

*Disney animator and character designer Jin Kim has started a sketchblog that includes the humorous image above of animator Glen Keane …

Advertising

British Style Genius Opening

Paul Greer, who is the head of 3D at British design studio BDH, offers a description of how they made the title sequence for the BBC TV …

Events

Don Hahn book event

In conjunction with the release of the new book, The Alchemy of Animation, Woodbury University and ASIFA-Hollywood will hold a book …

Events

Highlights from Ottawa

I’ve been in Ottawa since Wednesday and it’s been wall-to-wall screenings, presentations and panels (not to mention parties, meetings and …

Classic

The Ultimate Panther Collection

Now that you can buy a copy of my Pink Panther Guide for as little as 24¢ on Amazon, MGM Home Entertainment is including it with The …

Classic

Popeye in 3-D??

I found this on You Tube. Someone took a public domain Popeye cartoon and created a anaglyph 3D version of it… or tried to. It’s not …

Classic

Baby Huey

Over the past year I’ve collaborated with Leslie Cabarga on several Dark Horse Books compiling the best stories of the classic Harvey …

Books

Suck It Up, Tate!

It always delights me when animators do their own thing, like publishing sketchbooks, comics, and creating their own characters outside …

Books

The Alchemy of Animation

Head’s up on Don Hahn’s new book The Alchemy of Animation, which will be available on October 7th. Hahn is, of course, the producer of …

Animators

Eric Goldberg Speaks

The cuddliest man in animation, Eric Goldberg, is interviewed on the latest edition of the Animation Podcast. The chat is an hour long, …

Comics

Harvey Art Show Reception Friday

If I were in San Francisco this Friday, I’d attend this. The Harvey Comics Art Show, which began June 28th at the Cartoon Art Museum, …

Books

San Diego: Depth Charge

It looks like Katzenberg’s mania for 3-D is rubbing off on his artists. DreamWorks animator Donnachada Daly has created a new art book …

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