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Another amazingly talented co-worker here Pixar, Sanjay Patel has just released a fantastic book Ramayana: Devine Loophole with Chronicles Books. This is a four year in the making labor of love for Sanjay and it shows, every page is filled with an astounding amount of beautifully designed detail. I was totally blown away by his [...]

Great news, “A, kikoetayo” (“I can hear”) the beautiful japanese kids book that Dice illustrated and his mom wrote is available for purchase at StuartNgBooks, don’t miss this gem and the nice little special artwork that comes with it. Details here on Dice’s blog.

Finally Amazon has the Venice Chronicles in stock again … for the cost conscious, and who is not lately, it’s still the best deal you can find. And don’t miss this other wonderful book, Fio’s favorite!

You can read a recent interview I had with Jeremie Noyer mostly regarding the Venice Chronicles, atAnimated Views in english or atMedia Magic in french. Cheers.

I am so happy for Ronnie with his brand new book coming out in matter of days. My name is Dug is written by Kiki Thorpe and illustrated by Ronnie del Carmen, it features one of the stars of the upcoming Pixar film UP: Dug. It’s a beauty of a book and I can’t wait [...]

I can’t wait for this book to be out. Miyazaki’s Shuppatsu ten is getting a US release by Viz in July. The book contains writings and essays about film-making and philosophy by MiyaSan. Read more about what the book contains in this wonderful post at GhibliWorld.com. And since we’re on the subject, I was [...]

“Yuppi!” means “Yay!” in italian … strange word … but anyway the reason for my joy is that I just received in the mail Gipi’s latest book: “La mia vita disegnata male“!!! I read it last night from front to back and I was just blown away, what an amazing read! He weaves very personal [...]

Wow, Publishers Weekly sure disliked the Venice Chronicles. Ouch. Ah well, gotta roll with the punches … and take some in the face here and there … (Go here and scroll way down to read the review)

I’ve known of these books for a while now, Ronnie was singing their praises a while back and man was he right. After reading Gus I finally broke down and had to get to these other books by Christophe Blain. What amazingly compelling story he has created here! Stunning drawing and wonderful writing that make [...]

Here it is! The ALTERNATIVE PRESS EXPO is happening this weekend in San Francisco’s Concourse center. Venice Chronicles is officially debuting at this convention and I will be sharing the table with friends Ronnie del Carmen, Dice Tsutsumi and Scott Morse. Tons of great books like Paper Biscuit, Out of Picture and Tiger!Tiger!Tiger!. We even [...]