HAPPY BIRTHDAY - TO ME!

The perfect gift - He's exactly what I wanted! - My wife ordered him off of Amazon for me! Free shipping!

His name is Leo Rothko Briggs!

THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG

Opens today!

A lot of blood, sweat and tears from an incredibly talented group of people went into the making of this film. Yeah hand drawn animation! - grab your family and go see it!

SKETCHES

Micmacs a Tire-Larigot

Jean-Pierre Jeunet's new film -

CTN Animation EXPO 2009

I'll be at the Creative Talent Animation Expo this Saturday from 2 - 4 at the Disney Animation Booth. Swing by and say hello!

SEPTEMBER

The First Collaborative Exhibit of Mac and Retna
http://mac-arte.blogspot.com/
Vagos y Reinas
September 26 - October 17, 2009

Robert Berman Gallery
Bergamot Station Art Center
http://www.robertbermangallery.com


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Have you ever been to the Secret Headquarters?
http://thesecretheadquarters.com/

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Tenny Chonin started a new gallery! - www.suspendedanimationgallery.com

SANDRO CLUEZO

Need some inspiration? - Check out the insanely talented Sandro Cluezo's blog!

http://inspectorcleuzo.blogspot.com/

PRINCESS AND THE FROG - DECEMBER 11

Congratulations to all of the Animators and Clean up crew on their great work on this film!

VANCE GERRY BLOG

My new favorite blog: The Vance Gerry Blog

Thank you Ed Gombert.

WHOA

David Mazzucchelli - Asterios Polyp

As my friend Michael LaBash would say - "it's Mozzu-kelly! -"

I became a fan of Mazzucchelli after he did Batman Year One because I immediately could see an influence of two of my favorite Comic artists style in his work: Toth and Sickles. Later, when I was just beginning to get into story I was inspired by a short comic he did in a Marvel Fanfare. It was drawn with great simplicity and I knew that was something I wanted to achieve in my storyboards. Then his Rubber Blanket story titled Big Man came out and it really blew me away. A grittier style but with the same simplicity and a very limited tone. I noticed in all of these stories you could "turn of the sound" or remove the dialogue and you could still read the story just based on the images. A great visual storyteller.


I slipped into House of Secret's yesterday and purchased his new book titled - "Asterios Polyp." I started reading it and couldn't put it down - it's wonderful. This is a true graphic novel. Not just a collection of comic book stories or an extended comic. It's a novel in the visual narrative. Mazzucchelli does a masterful job in luring me in and making me believe in these characters and invest in them. A story that dives into one man's life and makes you understand why he ticks. "It's just a matter of paying attention - " and Mazzucchelli does, from every choice of line, acting, color/tone, dialogue bubble - every detail is well thought out. There are some great panels that flow from one to the next very much like Will Eisner's used to do. Very well done and I highly recommend anyone to buy it.

SINGIN' IN THE RAIN

RABBIT

This was a drawing I did for my trainee a long time ago.
I have little patience and I'm not a very good mentor.

CHICKPEA

This was an early design for a character I was going to use in my Torch Tiger story. I ended up deciding to save it for something else.

UP

Congratulations to all my friends and colleagues up north!
A really tender film with a lot of heart. Go see it!

WHAT IS TORCH TIGER?

Torch Tiger is finished! We had a party at work to celebrate all of the pages being turned in - and it looks incredible! This book is even better than Rocket Johnson and it's 216 pages! Now we ship the files to Transcontinental Printing. They're great to work with and if you're new to the printing process they really guide you through it. I'm looking forward to working with them again. If you ever need a printer contact Andre Martin and tell him I sent you!

MEXICO

SAN DIEGO COMIC CON 2009

"What is Torch Tiger?" is the follow up to the wildly successful "Who is Rocket Johnson?" A graphic novel anthology being self-published by Walt Disney Animation Studio's Story Artists and Directors. It's an all-ages book in which every artist answers the question: "What is Torch Tiger?" It will be sold exclusively at booth 2302 in San Diego (http://www.comic-con.org/) and is a limited edition of 1300 copies.

Cover painted by:
Paul Felix

Artists contributing stories:
Steve Anderson
Aaron Blaise
Paul Briggs
Kevin Deters
Rob Edwards
Mike Gabriel
Nathan Greno
Don Hall
Byron Howard
Trevor Jimenez
Mark Kennedy
Joe Mateo
Nicole Mitchell
John Musker
Jeff Ranjo
Aurian Redson
Jeremy Spears
Lissa Treiman
Josie Trinidad
Chris Ure
Mark Walton
Dean Wellins
Stevie Wermers
Chris Williams

Featuring pin-ups by:
Andreas Deja
Andy Harkness
Jeff Turley
Jin Kim
Shiyoon Kim

For more information please visit: www.torchtiger.blogspot.com

-Paul Briggs

WHAT IS TORCH TIGER?

San Diego Comic Con 2009!

Watch the Princess and the Frog Trailer in High Definition - HERE

LET'S DO NOTHING - TONY FUCILE

Here's a cool looking book by animator Tony Fucile -

Let's Do Nothing

Watch a short animated advertisement for it - here


An interview with Fucile - here