This week a great director and storyteller turned 70. Steven Spielberg's work and life have left an indelible mark on mine. Happy bir...

"To me, 'jump scare' horror movies aren't scary, because if you shine a flashlight on the darkness and run away gigglin...

In many of the courses I teach, I utilize the work of late mythologist and academic Joseph Campbell. For some time, I have planned to tal...

Guillermo del Toro is one of the finest ‘visual storytellers’ working in cinema today, in no small part as a result of his capacity ...

I will be giving a workshop on "Mythophoric Character Design" as a part of the illustration conference ICON7.  The worksho...