Thursday, February 02, 2017
Wednesday, February 01, 2017
February Fun!
February is starting out great! We have been cooking up a Shagadelic
Monster project for weeks and it is moving further down the road (I will
give details when I can). I see the Academy Awards are coming up on
the 26th, and while I do not watch them anymore, it made me reflect.
The Afterword in my second book, The Making of the Rankin/Bass Holiday
classic: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (MISER BROS PRESS), was
www.miserbros.com
written
by my dear friend and Academy Award winning Director Andrew
Stanton (Finding Nemo, Wall-E, etc.). Andrew and I were connected by
John Lasseter during the making of Toy Story. He gave me a quote for
the back cover of my first book, because he was as big a fan of
Rankin/Bass as I am. It turned out many of the crew were huge fans and
the late, great Joe Ranft (Nightmare Before Christmas, Cars, Toy Story
2, etc.) and I became great friends as well. Joe gave me commentary
that I used through out my 2nd book. I have all the ART OF books signed
and drawn in by the crew and hadn't looked through them for a long
while. By request, Andrew made me the LIFE MAGAZINE cover from TOY
STORY 2 and I really treasure that. I was very proud of Andrew when he
won the Oscars and they were well deserved! My Rudolph book is part of
our sale and in-stock too! #Pixar #disney #Academyawards #oscars #hollywood
Rankin/Bass' The Reluctant Dragon and Mr. Toad show
Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Monday, January 30, 2017
Chee-tos or Fritos?
Today I got a nice email from Joey. She bought an advertising cel that
she was sure was designed by Paul Coker, Jr. and wrote
him a letter.
It definitely has the Coker style, but he informed her that is was
inspired by his style but not his and showed her the difference. A lot
of this was going on in the 1970s...the RAID commercials were definitely
inspired by Jack Davis' art. I vaguely remember this campaign as
either a Frito campaign or Chee-tos campaign. It is funny how her cel
also borrows from the Warner Bros Looney Tunes character, Merlin the
Magic Mouse. I told her all I know. Do you recall this campaign?
Today there would be lawsuits filed all over the place.
Remembering Arthur!
Remembering Arthur Rankin, Jr. Today..3 years since we lost him now! #Rankinbass #20thanniversaryeditionoftheenchantedworldofrankinbass #arthurrankinjr #newyork #bermuda #Rudolphtherednosedreindeer #Frostythesnowman
Sunday, January 29, 2017
Fang Mail!
Just got an email from Pat Mazza🎨 Looks like he picked up Jack's original! I don't even remember doing any of those Mad Monster Party drawings...but I guess I did 😄 #Jackdavis #fangmail #Madmonsterparty
Saturday, January 28, 2017
J5
Mike Bardesi
Our friend Mike Bardesi at publishers' Graphics, LLC is one of the staff that makes it all happen #Rankinbass #Animagic #20thanniversaryeditionoftheenchantedworldofrankinbass
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