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• "Character Animation Crash Course !" is a terrific how-to-toon book

  Jim Hill reviews Eric Goldberg's 25-years-in-the-making instructional manual, which shares this animation master's secrets on how to do great character animation Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 10, 2008 12:00 AM | 1 Comments Filed under: animation, book, Disney, Brad Bird, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Hollywood, DVD, Eric Goldberg, animation student, 2008, September, hardcover, pencil, California Institute of the Arts, CalArts, character animation, hand-drawn animation, animation industry, high profile project, character , August, Comic-Con , Comic-Con International, Looney Tunes : Back in Action, Woodbury University, RISD, SCAD, back to class, school, school supplies, pencils, erasers, lined paper, son, daughter, paperback, Barnes & Noble, art of books, hardcovers, conceptual paintings, preproduction art, would-be animator, medium, Character Animation Crash Course !, Silman-James Press, nuts-and-bolts, instructional book, craft, timing, how to, break down a scene, squash & stretch, squash, stretch, instructions, lessons, teacher, Genie, Aladdin, Care package, 2008 Comic-Con International, bookshelf, fledgling, foreword, professionals, beginners, Hercules, satyr, Phil, colorful career, industry vet, The Princess and the Frog, Donald Duck, Pink Panther, classic cartoon character, Looney Tunes: Back in Action, supervisor of animation, Pocahontas, co-director

• Could you please have the Rat whip me up some crow?

  Here (finally) is the JHM column that Pixar fans have been waiting for. Where Jim Hill talks about how well "Ratatouille" has been doing overseas ... as well as other Disney-related matters Read More... Posted Friday, November 23, 2007 12:00 AM | 31 Comments Filed under: Disney, movies, TV, Visual Effects, Gore Verbinski, Walt Disney Pictures, Ratatouille, Brad Bird, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Pixar Animation Studios, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, television, The Game Plan, Hollywood, WDSHE, DVD, box office, film, movie, Thanksgiving, leftovers, crow, international, worldwide box office, Disney / Pixar, animated feature, production costs, release date, stateside, exhibitors, ticket sales, top selling, FX, effects, The Michael Eisner building, Michael Eisner building, character-based merchandise, 2007, Wild Hogs, Wild Hogs 2, titles, floss, promotional costs, The Best Reviewed Film of the Year, domestic performance, The Ivy, opening weekend grosses, opening weekend, Hollywood Reporter, Variety, strip-mining, wild-assed guess, Magic 8 Ball, television program, TV show, television programs, TV shows, The Hollywood Reporter, The Nielsen ratings, Nielsen ratings, domestic box office numbers, entertainment industry, initial domestic run, evergreen title, franchise, film franchise, film franchises, merch, nuturing, long term profit potential, long term profitability

• "Raggedy Ann" reunion features look at rarely seen Richard Williams film

  Jim Hill talks up this Saturday's benefit for the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive. Which will feature a screening of this 1977 release, followed by a panel discussion with various members of the "Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure" production team Read More... Posted Thursday, November 15, 2007 12:00 AM | 6 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, theme park, Broadway, traditional animation, podcast, Ward Kimball, Art Babbitt, Disney Legend, benefit, television, YouTube, Disneyana, Hollywood, DVD, California, 30th anniversary, ASIFA-Hollywood, CinemaScope, 35MM, American Film Institute, West Coast, Mark Goodson, Mark Goodson Auditorium, Nathan Rose, MagicalMountain, resort, film, movie, Joe Raposo, Raggedy Andy, Raggedy Ann, VHS, Richard Williams, Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure, Bobbs-Merrill, The Camel with the Wrinkled Knees, Magical Definition, Magical Definition Podcast, animated character, Mason Adams, Paul Dooley, George S Irving, Golden Age of Animation, Grim Natwick, Emery Hawkins, UPA, Corny Cole, Tissa David, Eric Goldberg, Dan Haskett, Tom Sito, Michael Sporn, master class, traditionally animated feature, break-out character, John Canemaker, rag dolly, Little Nemo, Winsor McCay, Looney Land, John Kimball, animation student, roughs, clean-up, voicework, Joe Silver, candy, The Greedy, Fred Stuthman, Laurel & Hardy, Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, spine, car crash, 1974, 1977, Macmillan Publishing, The Animated Raggedy Ann & Andy: An Intimate Look at the Art of Animation: Its History Techniques and Artists