It’s coming to the end of a crazy, often challenging and emotionally intense year, and all these difficulties have really brought home the importance of the family and friends we love. There’s never been a more important time for celebration and choosing joy. This holiday season, the ArtInsights animation and film art guide has everything …
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Production designer Stuart Craig died this September after a long journey with Parkinson’s. We remember Stuart Craig for his many contributions to the film world, but especially for his work on the Harry Potter films. Famously saying “how the hell are we going to do this?” after reading the source material, he set about building …
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Well, the cat, as they say, is out of the bag. The John Alvin Art Estate, a collection of over 1000 original pieces by John Alvin is going up for sale as one glorious collection. John Alvin is the cinema artist and creator of over 100 movie posters from the 70s, 80s, and 90s known …
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Well, the cat, as they say, is out of the bag. The John Alvin Art Estate, a collection of over 1000 original pieces by John Alvin is going up for sale as one glorious collection. John Alvin is the cinema artist and creator of over 100 movie posters from the 70s, 80s, and 90s known …
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It’s coming to the end of a crazy, often challenging and emotionally intense year, and all these difficulties have really brought home the importance of the family and friends we love. There’s never been a more important time for celebration and choosing joy. This holiday season, the ArtInsights animation and film art guide has everything …
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Production designer Stuart Craig died this September after a long journey with Parkinson’s. We remember Stuart Craig for his many contributions to the film world, but especially for his work on the Harry Potter films. Famously saying “how the hell are we going to do this?” after reading the source material, he set about building …
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It’s very exciting to see It’s A Peanuts Celebration, such a great new limited edition, which came out on Tuesday after much consideration, work, and reworking on the part of Sandy at Sopwith and Peanuts animation director Larry Leichliter! It has so many great moments we all remember from our favorite Peanuts specials! See if …
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I want to tell you about Mary Costa, not just about her career and her importance to Disney animation history, but about the WOMAN. I can do that, because I met her. Even now, as the world seems topsy-turvy, she is what I think of when I think of goodness and the best of humanity. …
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I’ve decided to start writing blogs not only about the history and trivia surrounding animation, but also about my own experiences. We just got a collection of original art from The Little Mermaid, and that made me think of my many memories selling art from The Little Mermaid, or, “Selling Under the Sea”… The Little …
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A few days ago, I was thinking about my favorite Bugs Bunny cartoon. I bet you can’t guess, although it’s true most of my most beloved Bugs cartoons were directed by Chuck Jones. No, it’s not What’s Opera, Doc, considered by many, despite not winning the Oscar the year it was released, to be the …
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Imagine my surprise when I discovered NO ONE was having the official 50th celebration of one of my favorite Peanuts animation specials, Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown. The show premiered on January 28th, 1975, and went on to nominated for an Emmy, against two other Bill Melendez Productions studio releases, It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie …
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Disney’s Fantasia, rightly, is one of the most beloved and appreciated films in Disney history. It’s a film I have loved it my whole life. My experience as a gallery owner though is that it’s also been loved by some of my favorite clients at ArtInsights. So often, the smartest and most engaged kids I …
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It’s the holidays again, which means I’m not only handling holiday shopping with ArtInsights, but my film critic and journalist hat is on for much of the time! I’m not only the lead contributor to the Alliance of Women Film Journalists and write for the Motion Picture Association’s The Credits, I’m also part of 3 …
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The Joker is one of the most iconic characters in pop culture. He’s been leveraged by DC in nearly every merchandising campaign centered on superheroes of the comic company. He’s also been portrayed by some of the best and most talented actors in the many films and tv shows in which he appears. Folks who …
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To paraphrase Joni Mitchell, “it’s comin’ on to Halloween”. For film lovers, that means lots of great classic horror. There’s 1922’s Nosferatu, James Whale’s Frankenstein and the other wonderful Universal Monsters, seminal works of the 60s like Hitchcock’s Psycho, Romero’s Night of the Living Dead and the best Hammer horror, to 70s and 80s classics …
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Assuming you’re a Disney fan overall, your memories and appreciation of Scrooge McDuck, or Uncle Scrooge to his friends and family, largely depends on how old you are. Folks of the “Silent Generation”, all born before 1946, will remember him from his debut comic book in 1947, Christmas on Bear Mountain. Baby Boomers will remember …
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Yes, it’s true. I was an SDCC special guest for 2024, and for the geeky among you, it was indeed as cool as it sounds. But let me back up and give you come context about my history with SDCC… The first time I went to San Diego Comic-Con was almost 30 years ago. It …
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Talking about doing a “Christmas in July” show all began when we discovered there would be a new limited edition being released based on the Tree Lot scene in the classic and historic 1965 animated Peanuts TV special A Charlie Brown Christmas. In case you didn’t know, “CHRISTMAS IN JULY” is an actual thing, and …
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So, why talk about Alan Bodner, Pee-Wee’s Playhouse, Mid Century Mod Art, and the nostalgia of classic TV? Because there’s NEW ART to show and discuss! YAY! As many of you know, I love nostalgia. That’s how I wound up both owning a film and animation art gallery and writing about movies. My knowledge of …
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