Review: The Animator’s Survival Kit
animated version of Williams’ cover logo. Richard Williams, one of the greatest animators of his generation, has dazzled audiences in short films, movie titles (i.e., The Return of the Pink Panther;...
View ArticleJeff Smith Opens Up About the Upcoming Bone Film
[Ed. note: Academy Award-winning animator John Canemaker will be writing a monthly column about animation for Print. This is his first entry.] I met master cartoonist Jeff Smith last November when he...
View ArticleCharles Burchfield’s Animated Spirit
[Ed note: This is the second entry in Academy Award-winning animator John Canemaker’s exclusive monthly column for printmag.com entitled “John Canemaker’s Animated Eye.” His forthcoming book, Two Guys...
View ArticleGiotto and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
The Adoration of the Magi (detail), by Giotto, ca. 1305 The northern Italian city of Padua offers an elegant, leisurely setting of history and art, without the madding crowd of tourists in its more...
View ArticleHappy Birthday Marge Champion and Willis Pyle
This month marks the birth dates of two nonagenarian wonders who happen to be among the very few remaining participants in the Golden Age of Hollywood Animation of the 1930s: dancer Marge Champion, who...
View ArticleInside the Walt Disney Family Museum
Photo by Jim Smith, Courtesy The Walt Disney Family Museum. One year ago this month, the Walt Disney Family Museum, dedicated to the life and achievements of Walt Disney (1901-1966), opened in San...
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