Category Archives: Animation

Telling Stories About Heroes

Posted on February 7, 2021 by Brian D. Butler

I was dead chuffed to stumble upon the wonderful short film “Troll Bridge” which was based on an original short story of the same name by the late great Terry Pratchett. Directed by Daniel Knight, the movie was created after … Continue reading →

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Building Drama

Posted on February 4, 2021 by Brian D. Butler

 

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Because we love watching the flock’s precision glide

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Brian D. Butler

Artist Kate Sweeney turned  the poem “Murmuration” by Linda France (below)into a profound and heartfelt animated short film. Created for the 2020 Durham Book Festival, the timely work will surely resonate during this trying period for all of us. MURMURATION … Continue reading →

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Writer At Work ?

Posted on January 30, 2021 by Brian D. Butler

 

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Making Travel Fun (again)

Posted on January 27, 2021 by Brian D. Butler

I was completely charmed by this new tourism ad (below) created for Travel Oregon by the folks at studio Sun Creature. Maybe I’m just primed for hitting the road again, but the short animation has me thinking about the wonders … Continue reading →

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Trees and books, books and trees

Posted on January 7, 2021 by Brian D. Butler

Yvan Guillo, aka Samplerman, aka Yvang, is a French cartoonist and artist. He started publishing comics in the early nineties and has never stopped. He recently created some children’s comic books at the éditions “Le Moule à Gaufres”. Guillo also … Continue reading →

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Hide the Microfilm

Posted on January 3, 2021 by Brian D. Butler
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The Year in Review

Posted on December 30, 2020 by Brian D. Butler
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The Person of the Year

Posted on December 27, 2020 by Brian D. Butler

The book trade magazine Publishers Weekly has named the “Book Business Worker” as person of the year. The wonderful graphic above illustrates just some of the multitudes who keep publishing and bookselling going even in the midst of a world-wide pandemic. You … Continue reading →

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Bookmarking it old school

Posted on December 19, 2020 by Brian D. Butler

How to use a medieval bookmark: 1.) Read. 2.) Spin the volvelle to mark where on the page you stopped reading (I-IV correspond to different sections on the page. 3.) Close book. 4.) Repeat as necessary. By the way, the … Continue reading →

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