Part 1. Origins of animation -- Chapter 1. Setting the scene for animation. Early innovations in simulating movement ; The printing press and comic strips ; The impact of photography on studies of ...

This course takes a comprehensive look at the artists and studios that shaped the history of the dynamic art form of Animation, from its beginning in the silent film era and American entertainment ...

The Comic-Con Museum in Balboa Park. Photo courtesy of the museum Childhood memories will come flooding back to visitors checking out the newest exhibits at the Comic-Con Museum in Balboa Park. “The ...

Tom Sito is an animator, author of Moving Innovation: A History of Computer Animation (MIT Press, 2013), and professor of cinematic practice at the USC George Lucas School of Cinematic Arts in Los ...

Excerpted from "Toy Story: A Critical Reading" © Tom Kemper (2015). Reprinted with kind permission of the author, the British Film Institute and Bloomsbury ...

Leslie Iwerks' "The Pixar Story" charts the company's rise to infinity and beyond, so to speak, and who better to chronicle the journey than the Oscar-nominated granddaughter of animation pioneer Ub ...