Caricatured here, a 1984 version of Steve Moore, Dan Jeup, Mike Genz, and Fred Cline   40 years ago this month, I was winding up my junior y...

The 1983-84 school year at Cal Arts was my favorite, and my student film that year, "Bob the Dragon" is a reflection of that.  I ...

Program for the 1982 show, designed by Fred Cline. Forty years ago this week, I took part in my first CalArts Character Animation Show.  Th...

Top row: Kevin Lima, Steve Moore, Chris Bailey, Fred Cline.  Middle row: Kirk Wise, Dan Jeup, Rob Minkoff, Wendell Luebbe.  Bottom row: Ti...

The overwhelming majority of Americans can agree that the return of Gary Larsen's "The Far Side" comics is great news.  I r...

I have posted before about artistic influences , artists who I did not work with personally, but had a strong influence on my o...

Yesterday's post on studio space seemed to resonate with readers.  FLIP heard from a couple of art department veterans.   Fred C...

Fed Ex delivered two boxes today from art director Fred Cline - boxes full of original materials from the ill-fated Betty Boop feature from ...

I was saddened to read of the passing of Richard Zanuck , film producer and one time head of 20th Century Fox.  What many of you may not ...

"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."  -"Big AL" Einstein Last month, I was shown this video...