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BEAR NECESSITY
This deluxe hardcover ($50) includes a
curated selection of animation veteran
Bob Scott's syndicated comic strip Bear
with Me about a tween and her 800-pound best
friend, Bear, who happens to be afraid of everything.
You can pre-order the book, out in January, at
hermes-press.myshopify.com/products/bear-with-
me-pre-order.
PLEIN-AIR PRESENTS
Visual Development Artist Angela Sung co-runs Warrior
Painters, a plein-air painting group based in Los Angeles.
Her coastcard sets of five high quality art prints ($30,
angelasung.com/store) are inspired by life's moments from
sunsets to travels to nature. "I love just observing how time
passes by every day," she says. Sung has also collaborated
with Kayleigh Ma on a series of handmade ceramic items
such as planters that include potted plants ($25-$40;
klayhaus.square.site).
SHARE A LAUGH
Art Director and Visual Development Artist Michael Blackman
might be known for his work on Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs,
but his crotchety gag cartoons have gained fans online. When
he was a kid, he proclaimed that he wanted to be a cartoonist.
To which his teacher responded, "That's wonderful, you want
to make the world laugh." "I never forgot the impact those
words had on me," he says. In Los Angeles, he found his clan in
animation "coming together to make the world laugh." Share the
smiles with your family with one of Blackman's T-shirts or coloring
activity book (both $14 .95) at crotchetycomics.bigcartel.com.
SHARE A LAUGH
Art Director and Visual Development Artist Michael Blackman
passes by every day," she says. Sung has also collaborated
with Kayleigh Ma on a series of handmade ceramic items
$25-$40;
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