Tag Archives: Pixar

Best(ish)

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: August 14, 2012

“It’s not his best book…” That always strike me as a strange review. By definition, there can be only one best book, and it is highly unlikely that every book I write will be better than the last. I’ve published nine novels, and it’s safe to say that they don’t line up in some rigid [...]

Posted in Blog, Writing | Also tagged Beethoven, Disagreement, Disappointment, Entire World, Incredibles, Legacy, Love, Macbeth, Magnum Opus, Monsters Inc, Nostalgia, Novels, Pixar Film, Romeo And Juliet, Shakespeare, Sixth Symphony, T Line | 3 Comments

Ask a Smart Guy

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: June 13, 2012

Time for another Q&A session. The people ask, and I answer because I like to keep in touch with the common humans. At the end of the day, my career lives and dies by their affections, and it helps me when I can’t come up with a topic on my own. @badrobotbrain: “Cake or [...]

Posted in Blog, Film Adaptation, Movies, Writing | Also tagged Affections, Amp, Carrot, Coffee Tea, Coming Home, Desserts, Detective, Distinctiveness, Drink Tea, Eternal Struggle, Factions, Guy Time, Job, Novels, People, Pixar Film, Single One, Smart Guy, Soda | 1 Comment

Thursday Musings

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: July 16, 2010

Hey, there. Been a while. Things get crazy sometimes, but don’t fret. I’m back. Feel free to commence adoring me again. Isn’t it weird that we’ll push our television and movie technology to absurd levels of “improvement” while we’re still debating whether or not we should burn oil and coal to power our world? We’ll [...]

Posted in Blog, Comic Books, Writing | Also tagged 19th Century, Animated Films, Cheeses, Coal, Dances, Dilithium Crystals, Effective Technology, Energy Technology, Flying Cars, Gizmo, Good Humor, Ipads, Marginal Improvement, Musings, Originality, Soap Box, Steamboat Willie, Toxic Waste, Zeal | 16 Comments

Goin’ Hollywood

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: December 18, 2009

As you may or may not know, Gil’s All Fright Diner was optioned by Dreamworks Animation for a possible movie adaptation, and now the creative story team behind Kung Fu Panda has been given the go ahead to do their thing. This is fantastic news. This is a preview of Goin’ Hollywood. Read the full [...]