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The Art of George Scribner The Panama Canal Paintings
BY DAVID A. BOSSERT
“I know all fans of Dave, George, and great human endeavors captured in art, will treasure this collection.”
— BOB WEIS,
IMAGINEERING GLOBAL AMBASSADOR,
WALT DISNEY IMAGINEERING
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At The CornerofFantasy and Main: Disneyland, Midlife, and Churros
BY MATT MASON
“Matt Mason thrives at the crossroads of Disney and Whitman.”
— PAT HAZELL, WRITER FOR SEINFELDV
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“Matt Mason thrives at the crossroads of Disney and Whitman. This is page-turning poetry that is Walt-to-Walt nostalgia sprinkled with cinnamon-sugared fairy dust. At the Corner of Fantasy and Main is an E-ticket ride back to an age of cinnamon sugar-coated vacation fantasies seen through the Viewmaster with a poet’s perspective. You will want to get back in line to ride these poems again and again.”
-Pat Hazell, writer for Seinfeld & host of Creativity in Captivity podcast
“When author David A. Bossert left a long career in animation at the Walt Disney Studios, the company gave him the gift of his vintage animator’s desk to take home. The history of the dinged-up, nicotine-stained workhorse used by generations of artists intrigued him, and now we have the definitive guide to the work of a designer who not only created the studio buildings but the gorgeous and highly specialized furniture for the directors, writers, and animators who filled them. Weber’s original drawings are magnificent, and historic photos of the designer inspecting the work side by side with Uncle Walt highlights the level of detail that the Burbank studio has always been famous for.”
—Chris Nichols, Los Angeles Magazine
“Teddy Roosevelt in 3D? You are going to love the result. You can almost smell the sulfur burbling from the mudpots or hear the deafening sound of the waterfalls at Yellowstone as these images of the past snap to life before your eyes.”
Review by C.J. Bunce, for Borg: Your Daily Science Fiction, Fantasy & Entertainment Fix
“Claude Coats brought joy to people who perhaps didn’t even know who he was. Bossert’s book shines a bright light on this talented, unassuming creative whose contributions literally helped make Disneyland the great place on earth that it is. What a special story so very deserving of being told!”
— Nonfiction Authors Association Book Award
“Animator-turned-Walt Disney Imagineer Claud Coats shaped many of Disneyland’s early attractions, his expertise as a background artist bringing extravagant tableaux to life. David A. Bossert’s book focuses primarily on Coats’ theme park work and, in so doing, treats large-scale and expansive environmental storytelling as the works of art they are. Many of Coats’ designs still stand in Disneyland today, and they helped to define what a ride-like environment would look and feel like.”
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times
“To capture the enormity of the Panama expansion, and the historical significance, would take a very unique, special artist. Someone who can create great art from massive real-life achievements, yet capture the individual worker, the passion and dedication, and even the subtleties of ever-changing form and light and color over years. The only artist to do this is George Scribner. I am so excited to see this wonderful volume, with David Bossert’s insightful commentary, and appreciation of this moment in history, as well as such an extensive collection of George’s pieces, a side of him we’ve not seen before. I know all fans of Dave, and George, and great human endeavors captured in art, will treasure this collection.”
Bob Weis
“Scribner is a master storyteller. His work transforms the treacherous construction sites of the Canal Zone into narratives of man and machine that are full of atmosphere, texture and subtle color. There is real emotion in his work that communicates the sacrifice, innovation and insane persistence needed to build this wonder of the modern world.”
Don Hahn
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