Memorial Day at the Movies: Memorial Day Cartoons Saluting the Military
By: Leslie Combemale | May 20, 2021
Another Memorial Day is here, and it’s always a good time to celebrate our brothers and sisters, both veterans and those actively in the military with Memorial Day cartoons. At first I was going to write about the many really impressive propaganda cartoons of WW2, because I’ve always been fascinated by propaganda of all eras.
Free Dedicated Signed Drawings with Peanuts Art Purchases through May 12th
By: Leslie Combemale | April 30, 2021
As part of our 40th anniversary show for It’s Magic, Charlie Brown, we are giving original drawings by Larry Leichliter that are hand-dedicated by the artist with purchases of any Peanuts art. Pick well.. it’s one drawing per family, not per piece of art purchased! Here is all the art available for order & purchase,
It’s Magic Charlie Brown 40th Anniversary Show with Larry Leichliter!
By: Leslie Combemale | April 15, 2021
In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Peanuts animated special “It’s Magic, Charlie Brown“, which first aired on April 28th, 1981, ArtInsights is having a (virtual) special event! It will feature Peanuts cartoon animator and director Larry Leichliter. We will have exclusive original animation art from It’s Magic, Charlie Brown as well as rare
The Art of Pepe Le Pew and a Cartoon Cancel Culture
By: Leslie Combemale | March 18, 2021
Today I’m going to discuss Pepé le Pew and the controversy around the classic cartoon character, who won an Academy Award for 1949’s For Scent-imental Reasons. a cartoon we’ll talk about in this blog. I’ll also drop the images of art available for sale representing the character, since purchases have gone through the roof, in
ArtInsights: How an art gallery is surviving and Adapting in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic
By: Leslie Combemale | January 3, 2021
Many of our great friends who also happen to be clients have been supporting ArtInsights gallery since last March when the Covid Pandemic effectively shut down the country (or it certainly should have..), and it’s not just heartwarming but an honor for that to be the case, but we’ve been asked many times by them,
ArtInsights Animation and Film Art 2020 Holiday Gift Guide
By: Leslie Combemale | November 13, 2020
It’s the most wonderful time of the year? Ok, well in 2020, it stands to reason that the end is the most wonderful time, right? Still, even with the challenges and stress of a pandemic, an election, strife, and not nearly enough films watched in theaters to make up for it, we’re finding ways to
A Charlie Brown Christmas, cartoon history, and Peanuts animation art
By: Leslie Combemale | October 16, 2020
One of my favorite releases by Sopwith Productions, who release all the official Peanuts art from the animated specials, is “Snoopy’s Audition”, from everyone’s favorite Christmas cartoon, the ultimate mood stabilizer, A Charlie Brown Christmas. It’s one of the early limited editions created and designed by Peanuts animator and director Larry Leichliter, and especially the
Selling Cartoon and Film Art COVID Masks: A Small Business Owner on the Importance of Face Masks
By: Leslie Combemale | June 26, 2020
We are selling cartoon and film art masks. Why? Because we are 100% in on wearing them and 100% in on supplying the most awesome ones we can, to inspire people to wear them. As a small business owner, I’ve been impacted by the shutdown, to be sure. Not only were all the stores in
Mission Control: We’re Ready for Assignment: NASA, SpaceX, Peanuts & Charlie Brown Cartoons
By: Leslie Combemale | June 2, 2020
ArtInsights is so excited about the new release of Peanuts animation art, which celebrates the long history of collaboration between Peanuts and NASA. This new collection includes “Mission Control: We’re Ready for Assignment” The NASA Space Station limited edition of 50, and original production cels from the Peanuts animation featurette, which is the 4th episode
Animator Bob Clampett, Ruth Clampett, and The art of Beany and Cecil
By: Leslie Combemale | May 19, 2020
For Father’s Day, an interview with Ruth Clampett about growing up with Bob Clampett, plus a vintage collection of Beany and Cecil art! We have the incredible luck to have gotten just a few of the extremely rare Beany and Cecil original production cels from the original 1960s show. These Beany and Cecil originals come
Our 1990 The Little Mermaid Original Production Cels Collection
By: Leslie Combemale | April 21, 2020
Over the years, and there have been many, (we’ve been selling animation since 1988), we’ve sold a LOT of Little Mermaid production cels. So many, in fact, that there are lots of cels that go at auction (and for a pretty penny) that are framed in what I call “The Little Mermaid frame”, which sadly
ArtInsights Gallery in the Time of Corona
By: Leslie Combemale | April 1, 2020
Well this is a fine mess the world has gotten into, no? All politics aside, it’s terrifying to imagine our loved ones, or ourselves at risk to Corona virus, so we at ArtInsights love that people are staying home for as long as is necessary to get this pandemic behind us all. It has brought
