{"product_id":"bob-fosters-christmas-cards-signed-w-drawing","title":"BOB FOSTER'S CHRISTMAS CARDS Signed W\/Drawing","description":"\u003cp\u003eA collection of personal holiday greeting cards that \u003cstrong\u003eBob Foster\u003c\/strong\u003e sent out to fewer than 40 friends and family members spanning the years 1974 - 2018. Most cards were written in quirky rhymes and illustrated with amusing cartoons. Plus two more surprises inserted inside the back cover. Bob's writing, illustrating and editing career has spanned the decades with Disney and Hanna-Barbera, and he was Art Director at Egmont, Disney's comics licensed in Denmark.\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eWilliam Stout\u003c\/strong\u003e has written an elegant foreword that covers a lot of history and insight. Bob's friends Sergio, Wilie Ito and Disney artist extraordinaire Daan Jippes provide heartfelt testimonials to our boy. Bob is also a lifelong fan, and he managed to rub shoulders with all the greats of the comics and animation world, beginning in the 1970s with the likes of Floyd Gottfredson, Carl Barks, Stan Lee, many of Disney's Eight Old Men, Russ Heath et al. He was close friends with Dave Stevens, and has been a lifelong attendee at the San Diego Comic-Cons. His next project may well be the spectacular sketchbooks where he had his friends and artist acquaintances try to outdo one another, beginning in 1973. Harvey Kurtzman doing little Annie Fanny? check. John Severin? check. Alex Niño? check. And on and on.\n\nThis book is limited to a tiny number, possibly under 200 copies, and is only distributed by ourselves and one other retailer. It takes seriously the term Labor of Love; Bob just kept adding cool stuff to it, like the full color goodies in the inserted envelopes, right up to the last minute. Literally at our warehouse, after he drove down from Oregon to deliver these to us. And he couldn't resist adding \u003cspan class=\"pwa pwa2 pwa-color pwa-red\" title=\"Unknown word: greytone\" data-report=\"grammar\" data-suggestions=\"creating,creatine\" data-index=\"2\" data-category=\"grammarspelling\" data-sub-category=\"greytone\" data-urls=\"\" data-help=\"SIMPLE_SPELLING\" data-original-text=\"greytone\" data-tag-id=\"a989ef98-c992-4491-b496-950dcef31798\"\u003egreytone\u003c\/span\u003e shading to more than half of the remarques he did for us, which will go out to the first orders we get. Sergio was late with his introduction, so Bob printed the book without it, \u003cspan class=\"pwa pwa1 pwa-color pwa-blue\" title=\"Possible confused word\" data-report=\"grammar\" data-suggestions=\"then\" data-index=\"3\" data-category=\"grammargrammar\" data-sub-category=\"than\" data-urls=\"\" data-help=\"CONF_N_THEN_THAN_PWCE\" data-original-text=\"than\" data-tag-id=\"7e38a3d2-4b80-4fcd-bfa0-ed8f3d2da000\"\u003ethan\u003c\/span\u003e carefully (and all by himself) hand-tipped it into every book on the inside front cover. It also includes a drawing, although printed, by Sergio. That boy can't resist doodling any less than Bob can resist adding extras to this unique collection.\n\nI asked Bob to send me a bio for those of you not acquainted with his work—I've edited it down a bit here, but I found it entertaining and also enlightening. Here we go:\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eAnimation stuff:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\nAfter art school and 2 years with the Army Signal Corps Training School at Ft. Monmouth, \u003cspan class=\"pwa pwa1 pwa-color pwa-blue\" title=\"Possible missing comma\" data-report=\"grammar\" data-suggestions=\"NJ\u0026amp;#44;\" data-index=\"5\" data-category=\"grammargrammar\" data-sub-category=\"NJ\" data-urls=\"\" data-help=\"MISSING-COMMA_PWCE\" data-original-text=\"NJ\" data-tag-id=\"bf7dcf56-3238-4209-bb01-e2af0c2f002d\"\u003eNJ\u003c\/span\u003e I returned to Los Angeles to look for work in the film or animation business.\n\nFrom 1968 - 1970, I worked in the animation business as an assistant animator at Filmation, \u003cspan class=\"pwa pwa2 pwa-color pwa-red\" title=\"Unknown word: DePatie\" data-report=\"grammar\" data-suggestions=\"deep,data,dust,empty,Deep\" data-index=\"7\" data-category=\"grammarspelling\" data-sub-category=\"DePatie\" data-urls=\"\" data-help=\"SIMPLE_SPELLING\" data-original-text=\"DePatie\" data-tag-id=\"ce019afd-8377-4465-abdc-521f18236afa\"\u003eDePatie\u003c\/span\u003e-Freleng, Film Fair, \u003cspan class=\"pwa pwa2 pwa-color pwa-red\" title=\"Unknown word: Spungbuggy\" data-report=\"grammar\" data-suggestions=\"spongebag\" data-index=\"8\" data-category=\"grammarspelling\" data-sub-category=\"Spungbuggy\" data-urls=\"\" data-help=\"SIMPLE_SPELLING\" data-original-text=\"Spungbuggy\" data-tag-id=\"29d8389e-cba5-4edc-93b6-007604951c35\"\u003eSpungbuggy\u003c\/span\u003e and Haboush in Los Angeles.\n\nIn 1970 - 1971 I was invited to join the first training group at Disney Studios to see if I qualified to be trained to replace some of the old guys at Disney who were dead or retiring. I created storyboard sketches for movies in development, such as \u003cem\u003eCatfish Bend, Pete the Pelican\u003c\/em\u003e and as an Assistant FX animator on \u003cem\u003eBed Knobs and Broomsticks\u003c\/em\u003e.\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eA taste of publishing:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\nFrom 1971 until 1977, I was an animation Layout Artist at Hanna-Barbera, Marvel Productions and Ron Campbell Films. \u003cspan class=\"pwa pwa1 pwa-color pwa-blue\" title=\"Always use a comma after a long introductory prepositional phrase.\" data-report=\"grammar\" data-suggestions=\"\" data-index=\"10\" data-category=\"grammargrammar\" data-sub-category=\"In\" data-urls=\"\" data-help=\"LONG_INTRO\" data-original-text=\"In\" data-tag-id=\"9d72f017-d6e2-428e-a96c-ecca1e984ce3\"\u003eIn\u003c\/span\u003e 1971, some friends and I produced material for the first issue of \u003cem\u003eMyron Moose Funnies\u003c\/em\u003e. This was spotted by Marv Wolfman who hired me to write and illustrate \u003cem\u003eThe History of Moosekind,\u003c\/em\u003e based on my Myron Moose character, for a new humor magazine from Marvel Comics titled \u003cem\u003eCRAZY\u003c\/em\u003e. In 1978, The History of Moosekind was spotted by some people at Disney and I was hired by Disney Consumer Products, Publishing. My first assignment was to write gags for the Donald Duck comic strip, which I did between 1980 and 1989. From 1981 until 1985 I was a layout supervisor at XAM! Productions in Salt Lake City, Utah. Yeah, I was living in Utah and was employed by Disney Publishing, continuing to write the Donald Duck strip while at the same time I was a layout supervisor in Salt Lake City. Whew! I returned to Burbank and Disney Studios in 1986.\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eA Big Bite of Publishing stuff\u003c\/strong\u003e:\n\nAround 1988 I wrote seven \u003cem\u003eDisney Rhyming Reader\u003c\/em\u003e children's books for Grolier Books in Danbury, CT.\n\nDisney canceled the license that had been granted to Gladstone comics, deciding to produce their comics in \u003cspan class=\"pwa pwa1 pwa-color pwa-blue\" title=\"Possible missing determiner\" data-report=\"grammar\" data-suggestions=\"a house\" data-index=\"13\" data-category=\"grammargrammar\" data-sub-category=\"house\" data-urls=\"\" data-help=\"MISSING_DETERMINER_PWCE\" data-original-text=\"house\" data-tag-id=\"fbac65a1-782f-49b7-b1ca-6d8b595f4f61\"\u003ehouse\u003c\/span\u003e in Burbank with an all-Disney staff.\n\nFrom 1989 until 1992 I was the Managing Editor, Editor and Art Director at Disney Publishing, charged with overseeing production, doing gag roughs for the covers, and editing of four titles of Disney Comics (\u003cem\u003eWalt Disney's Comics and Stories, Donald Duck, DuckTales\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eUncle Scrooge Adventures\u003c\/em\u003e) plus several graphic novels which I wrote, edited, and\/or created page-by-page layouts for. I oversaw the production of six other titles that had different editors, but it all came across my desk before it went to press. I also sketched out ideas for covers and cover gags for the comics for which I was the editor.\n\nWhile I worked in Disney Publishing, some of the graphic novels I was responsible for as an editor included the adaptations of \u003cem\u003eMulan, Toy Story, White Fang, Pocahontas\u003c\/em\u003e (I drew layout sketches for the entire book,) \u003cem\u003eDick Tracy\u003c\/em\u003e 1, 2, 3, \u003cem\u003eThe Rocketeer\u003c\/em\u003e movie adaptation (by Dave Stevens and Russ Heath),\u003cem\u003e Hercules\u003c\/em\u003e (I did storyboard sketches for the entire book), and \u003cem\u003eResurrection of Doom\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cspan class=\"pwa pwa1 pwa-color pwa-blue\" title=\"Make sure that all of the quotations and brackets in this paragraph are closed.\" data-report=\"grammar\" data-suggestions=\"\" data-index=\"14\" data-category=\"grammargrammar\" data-sub-category=\"(\" data-urls=\"\" data-help=\"STRUCT_PUNCT_PARENTHESES\" data-original-text=\"(\" data-tag-id=\"8e3d1a72-e787-424d-975b-2ec2556d9151\"\u003e(\u003c\/span\u003ean original story that I wrote, story-boarded in comic book format and edited. It was not an adaptation of a movie or script.\n\nIn \u003cspan class=\"pwa pwa1 pwa-color pwa-blue\" title=\"Missing comma after time phrase\" data-report=\"grammar\" data-suggestions=\"1993\u0026amp;#44;\" data-index=\"15\" data-category=\"grammargrammar\" data-sub-category=\"1993\" data-urls=\"\" data-help=\"MISSING-COMMA_TIMEPHRASE_PWCE\" data-original-text=\"1993\" data-tag-id=\"fa8b1bf5-a2d7-4345-8b64-237c8199d860\"\u003e1993\u003c\/span\u003e I accepted an invitation to go to work for Egmont Publishing in Copenhagen, Denmark. I had never been outside of the States and, at age 49, when I told a friend of mine that I was considering accepting the job, he told me I was too old to be doing that kind of thing. Naturally, I HAD to go! I moved all of my possessions to Denmark with the idea of staying there for the rest of my career. It was basically the same job I had in Burbank, but on a bigger scale. I was editing scripts, correcting artwork, meeting and working with great writers and artists from all over Europe as well as Burbank, CA. This was an unbelievable opportunity to work in foreign countries, to see most of Europe, to teach comic book storytelling and art in Dublin and Moscow. Details upon request.\n\nWhen I returned to Los Angeles in 1994, I did a few layout assignments at Ogilvy-Mather Advertising for Flintstones Cocoa Pebbles, got one storyboard assignment on \u003cem\u003eGarfield\u003c\/em\u003e, then got a full-time staff job at Warner Bros on \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"pwa pwa2 pwa-color pwa-red\" title=\"Unknown word: Freakazoid\" data-report=\"grammar\" data-suggestions=\"forked,frenzied,freaked,Forked,frizzed\" data-index=\"17\" data-category=\"grammarspelling\" data-sub-category=\"Freakazoid\" data-urls=\"\" data-help=\"SIMPLE_SPELLING\" data-original-text=\"Freakazoid\" data-tag-id=\"552e2105-cf18-4ad6-959d-38dfe8c0773a\"\u003eFreakazoid\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e.\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eBack in the states and back to animation stuff:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\nIn 1996 I did storyboards for Angry Beavers.\n\nIn \u003cspan class=\"pwa pwa1 pwa-color pwa-blue\" title=\"Missing comma after time phrase\" data-report=\"grammar\" data-suggestions=\"1997\u0026amp;#44;\" data-index=\"18\" data-category=\"grammargrammar\" data-sub-category=\"1997\" data-urls=\"\" data-help=\"MISSING-COMMA_TIMEPHRASE_PWCE\" data-original-text=\"1997\" data-tag-id=\"6b61a06a-8a00-4efe-b563-d04a0c983316\"\u003e1997\u003c\/span\u003e I worked \u003cspan class=\"pwa pwa1 pwa-color pwa-blue\" title=\"Possible confused word\" data-report=\"grammar\" data-suggestions=\"in\" data-index=\"19\" data-category=\"grammargrammar\" data-sub-category=\"on\" data-urls=\"\" data-help=\"CONF_N_ON_IN_PWCE\" data-original-text=\"on\" data-tag-id=\"e7d9f752-b13f-4f96-a3fe-e3850e184fc6\"\u003eon\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eJumanji\u003c\/em\u003e at Sony\/Adelaide Productions. Directed one episode.\n\nIn 1998 - 1999 I went to work again for Disney, this time at Disney TV Animation, doing storyboards and story sketches for \u003cem\u003eBuzz Lightyear of Star Command, \u003cspan class=\"pwa pwa2 pwa-color pwa-red\" title=\"Unknown word: Mouseworks\" data-report=\"grammar\" data-suggestions=\"housework's,Houseworks,houseworks,Housework's,Mouse works\" data-index=\"20\" data-category=\"grammarspelling\" data-sub-category=\"Mouseworks\" data-urls=\"\" data-help=\"SIMPLE_SPELLING\" data-original-text=\"Mouseworks\" data-tag-id=\"afc05f8c-5f71-4fb4-a040-223a52f9c857\"\u003eMouseworks\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMickey's Once Upon a Christmas\u003c\/em\u003e.\n\nFrom 1999 to 2000 I was at Fox TV Animation on \u003cem\u003eThe Family Guy\u003c\/em\u003e.\n\nLater in 2000, I did storyboard work on \u003cem\u003eButt-Ugly Martians\u003c\/em\u003e for Mike Young Productions.\n\nAfter that I did some \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"pwa pwa2 pwa-color pwa-red\" title=\"Unknown word: Capertown\" data-report=\"grammar\" data-suggestions=\"Capetown,Caperton,cooperation\" data-index=\"23\" data-category=\"grammarspelling\" data-sub-category=\"Capertown\" data-urls=\"\" data-help=\"SIMPLE_SPELLING\" data-original-text=\"Capertown\" data-tag-id=\"e9e75380-97b3-4a85-b8b4-0b78dacdc67a\"\u003eCapertown\u003c\/span\u003e Cops\u003c\/em\u003e storyboards for Una Bella Productions.\n\n2002 Storyboards for \u003cem\u003eCourage the Cowardly Dog\u003c\/em\u003e\n\n2003 \u003cem\u003eXiaolin Showdown\u003c\/em\u003e, Warner Bros.\n\n2004 Additional storyboards for\u003cem\u003e Mickey, Donald, Goofy - The Three Musketeers\u003c\/em\u003e.\n\n2006 Storyboards for \u003cem\u003eTom and Jerry Tales\u003c\/em\u003e at Warner Bros.\n\n2006 - 2010 \u003cem\u003eMickey Mouse Clubhouse\u003c\/em\u003e\n\n2011 - 2014 \u003cem\u003eJake and the Never Land Pirates\u003c\/em\u003e\n\n2014 Retired to Oregon. Writing, painting, developing interesting books.\n\nSigned by Bob Foster with a small original drawing, hand-tints, two extra blow-ins, and two tip-ins.\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eOut Of Print. Condition: Very Fine\/As New.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59641328369950,"sku":"RB5159","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/0684\/7006\/files\/RB5159-bob-foster-christmas-cards.jpg?v=1784503248","url":"https:\/\/shop.budsartbooks.com\/products\/bob-fosters-christmas-cards-signed-w-drawing","provider":"Bud's Art Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}