Illustration & Books & Articles on Animation 05 Jan 2010 09:03 am
Canemaker’s J.P. Miller - 2
- Last week I posted the first part of a two-part article written by John Canemaker for the magazine, Cartoons, the International Journal of Animation published by ASIFA Int’l. The two part article appeared in the Winter 2006 and Spring 2007 issues. (See Part 1 here.)
John Parr Miller worked at the Disney studio from 1934 to 1942 as part of the Character Model Department run by Joe Grant. After Miller’s service in WWII, he designed and illustrated many children’s books and he continued in that field for the remainder of his life.
This is an extraordinarily well-researched article by John Canemaker, and I’m pleased to post it here for all those who don’t have access to the magazine, Cartoons. Thanks go to John for his permission to post both parts of the article.
With more of a focus on his children’s books, this is part 2:
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on 05 Jan 2010 at 1:00 pm 1.Scott said …
Michael—clicking on Page 6/17(with the blue bear playing the lute) brings up Page 3/11 (with the gallery photo). Hope it’s just a broken link!
on 05 Jan 2010 at 1:50 pm 2.Michael said …
Thanks, I’ve corrected the problem.
on 05 Jan 2010 at 2:09 pm 3.Ward said …
Big fan of J. P. Miller. I was so happy to see this two-parter article about him in the ASIFA magazine and called Canemaker up immediately to thank him for doing such a great job on it. Miller’s one of my influences, especially on the children’s book I’m working on right now.
on 05 Jan 2010 at 2:20 pm 4.Bill said …
Is it just me, am I missing sometin’, is page 5/16 upside down?
on 05 Jan 2010 at 2:35 pm 5.Michael said …
It all seems to be there and page 5/16 is right. All of the type reads correctly.
on 05 Jan 2010 at 3:09 pm 6.Bill said …
Did you look at the page (rabbit in head of cabbage)upside down? I’d say the original typo was done in the magazine.
on 05 Jan 2010 at 4:02 pm 7.Michael said …
Of course you’re right, Bill. The ASIFA magazine got it wrong. I corrected the image in photoshop.
on 05 Jan 2010 at 5:50 pm 8.Bill said …
Thank you Michael, J.P.’s another grand old master that should have a big old coffee table book all to himself, beautiful stuff.
on 06 Jan 2010 at 11:37 am 9.nick said …
Thank you for posting this. Miller is truly an influence to many. A fasinating read!
on 07 Jan 2010 at 1:02 pm 10.Paula Sigman Lowery said …
Thanks so much for sharing John’s article. I’ve always loved J.P.’s art–it’s wonderful to know more about him.