Currently, there is an almost total lack of films by Émile Cohl, the pioneer French animator, who also worked in the United States, available in on DVD; I know of two DVDs that I that have his seminal Fantasmagorie (1908), which is often seen as the first fully animated film to explore the artistic [...]
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Émile Cohl: L’inventeur du dessin animé
June 16th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Books · DVDs · History and criticism
Book Note: Fred Ladd’s Astro Boy and Anime Come to the Americas
June 2nd, 2008 · No Comments
Astro Boy and Anime Come to the Americas: An Insider’s View of the Birth of a Pop Culture Phenomenon by Fred Ladd, with assistance from myself, has now been officially announced by McFarland, which is publishing it on November 30th. (It is also available for pre-order at Amazon.) The book is Fred’s story of his [...]