Brian Levant is the director of the live action Flintstones movies, and has directed movies with Scooby Doo and Beethovan, written for Happy Days and the new Leave It To Beaver. But his greatest joy in life is his toy collection… and he’s now found a way to share it with the world. Just published […]
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Baobab Studios announces “The Art of Baobab: The Beginning”
November 18th, 2020 
Jerry Beck To celebrate their five-year anniversary, Baobab Studios are proud to announce that for the first time, they are publishing a compilation of over 230 pieces of never-before-seen art that went into the making of their award-winning projects. Entitled The Art of Baobab: The Beginning and written by Jacob Johnston with a foreword by Baobab co-founder […]
BOOK REVIEW: “Sharing a House with the Never-Ending Man: 15 Years at Studio Ghibli”
June 1st, 2020 Charles Solomon Although there have been numerous books and countless articles published about Studio Ghibli and its creations, few, if any, journalists have been able to write about the internal workings of the studio. Steve Alpert, who speaks Japanese fluently, came to Ghibli in 1996 and spent the next decade and a half there as a senior […]
ASIFA-Hollywood Announces its Animation Educator’s Forum 2020 Faculty Grant recipients
April 28th, 2020 Jerry Beck ASIFA-Hollywood announced today its Animation Educator’s Forum (AEF) fourth annual Faculty Grant recipients: Zoya Baker (New York University), Mindy Johnson (CalArts), Nazil Eda Noyan (Bahcesehir University, Istanbul/Turkey), Jack Parry (Deakin University, Australia) and Kevin Sandler (Arizona State University). The AEF faculty grants are designed to provide support for individuals or groups with expenditures associated with […]
REVIEW: “Dragon Ball: A Visual History”
December 3rd, 2019 Charles Solomon Since its modest beginning as a serial in Weekly Shonen Jump 35 years ago, Akira Toriyama’s Dragon Ball has become one of the most popular properties in the world. It’s sold more than 250 million books, and has been animated for four TV series, twenty theatrical features, video games, etc. It’s also accounted for billions […]
Mindy Johnson’s Advice to the Young Generation of “Film Experts”
January 6th, 2018 Lauren Ashton Creativity meets expertise in Mindy Johnson: an award winning author, historian, musician, playwright, and professor based in the Los Angeles area. Johnson has produced several books on early film and animation, and conducted astounding works of research in regards to women’s role throughout the history of cinema. Her newest book, Ink and Paint- The Women […]
BOOK REVIEW: 20 Years of “Zits”
December 22nd, 2017 Charles Solomon Twenty years ago–July 7,1997–a lanky blond teenager slouched down to breakfast; his father and mother bid him good morning (“Did you sleep well, Sweetie?”). His reaction: “As usual, my parents were on my case.” Comics readers discovered “Zits,” written by Jerry Scott and drawn by Jim Borgman, a genuinely funny new strip that combined the […]
90th Anniversary of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Celebrated in Definitive New Book
August 28th, 2017 Dave Bossert Before there was a mouse, there was Oswald the Lucky Rabbit . But just how important this character is to the legacy of The Walt Disney Company has never been fully understood—until now. From David A. Bossert, an acclaimed 32-year veteran of The Walt Disney Company, and award-winning artist, filmmaker, and author, comes an exclusive […]
Taschen’s Disney Book: “The Walt Disney Film Archives. The Animated Movies 1921–1968”
October 12th, 2016 Jerry Beck This isn’t a review – but an unabashed plug for one of the most exciting animation book releases of the year. The Walt Disney Film Archives. The Animated Movies 1921–1968 is the first volume in Taschen’s illustrated history of Disney animation. Having some 1,500 images and essays by eminent Disney experts (including our own Charles […]
Animation Historian Ray Pointer Discusses His Book “The Art and Inventions Of Max Fleischer”
August 15th, 2016 Jerry Beck Now available for pre-order is the long awaited history of the man and studio behind a few of the most famous cartoon characters and some of the greatest, most-influential animated films in the history of the medium. Author and historian Ray Pointer is a forty-year film and animation professional. He has spent a life time […]
