Animator Spotlight: Rod Scribner
In today’s world of focus-tested blandness and homogenized AI sludge, watching Scribner’s boldly personal weirdness from 80 years ago is a breath of fresh air.
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Animator Spotlight: Emery Hawkins
“I go berserk as far as the formula,” Hawkins explained of his approach. “I just can’t resist the temptation to take the formula and change it.”
Modern Car-Toons: A Look At Autos In Mid-Century Animation
Animation can provide a fascinating window into the past. In the 1950s and 60s, cars became a daily part of life and animation reflected the new automobile culture.
FRIDAY IN LA: Robert McKimson Tribute with Darrell Van Citters and John K.
Call it “McKimson-palooza!” Next Friday December 7th, in Santa Monica, California, in celebration of the critically acclaimed book, I …
Four Fantastic New Books: On McKimson, Gottfredson, Henson and Wreck-It Ralph!
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 …
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 …
Mike Barrier interviews Robert McKimson
Whenever I want to remind myself why I love cartoons, I simply have to watch a classic Warner Bros. cartoon. Whenever I want to remind …
