Author's posts
Jun 27
Gake no ue no Ponyo (Ponyo on the Beach)
The new trailer for the next film from Studio Ghibli (Howls Moving Castle, Laputa, Totoro, Spirited Away) is on-line. Well a clip from Japanese TV with people talking over it. Director Miyazaki has created a very flat children’s book look with lovely Watercolor Backgrounds. I can’t wait to see it in the US next year …
Jun 22
Fan Art Sunday
[singlepic=529,320,240,,] Ulysse 31 was a cartoon TV show that appeared on Nickelodeon in the 1980’s. I never really saw much of the show as a kid since only my Grandmother and one of the neighbors had cable TV. The dubbing is pretty bad, but the design and animation holds up fine. It’s great that the …
Jun 21
Cartoon Boot Camp ’08 Character Creation results
On Friday was the last day of my first week of Cartoon Boot Camp at the Cartoon Art Museum. The kids each developed their own original cartoon character and did a final color illustration. Take a look at the work of these talented kids. Click for a bigger image…
Jun 12
Kid Beowulf and the Blood Bound Oath books are on their way.
My colleague Lex has posted photos of the printed copies of his book Kid Beowulf and the Blood Bound Oath. As some of you know I did the digital coloring on the cover of the book and I am thrilled to see how nice the books look in the photos. (I also did some watercoloring …
Jun 10
“Asterix unveils his secrets in English”
The official blog of the famous Belgian comic star, Astrix the Gaul has a fun post about the women who translates the books. Translator Anthea Bell writes in her New York Sun article: The great treasure of the Asterix saga is its inventive wordplay, which has forced translators such as me to adapt freely and …
Jun 09
Captain Scurvy
My friend Richard Becker gave me this awesome picture for my birthday in April. I just got the chance to scan the art and place it on-line. Captain Scurvy appears in fully painted comic strips in Pirate Magazine. art ©2008 Richard Becker
