The Cartoonist DVD on sale now!
Mills James Productions, the company that produced the Jeff Smith documentary, have a beautiful interactive website to purchase the DVD.
The film’s Emmy-winning director, Ken Mills, is also the president of the Columbus-based company.
Ken’s major focus for the last 25 years has been the growth of Mills James Productions, the company he co-founded with partner Cameron James. With buildings packed with studios, edit suites, cutting edge gear and a staff of 140 – writers, producers, directors, DPs, art directors, editors and composers – Mills James resembles a scaled-down version of the classic Hollywood studio.
The employee-owned firm produces commercials, original television productions, documentaries, infomercials, corporate videos, interactive media and special events.
Here are some stills from The Cartoonist: Jeff Smith, BONE and the changing face of comics.
For more information on Mills James, visit the company’s Web site at www.millsjames.com.
Very cool! I love their promo website for the documentary, and the stills have increased my anticipation to see this! When’s it going to show up in the Boneville Store (along with those mysterious other new items you promised), Tom?
I would purchase it from their site, but I want to combine my purchase with other Cartoon Books goodies 
Comment by Brandon Klassen — July 20, 2009 @ 1:39 pm
The DVD will be available (along with the other items) on our site as soon as we return from Comic-Con next week. Stay tuned!
Comment by Tom — July 20, 2009 @ 2:34 pm
One tiny question: can this dvd be viewed on region 2 dvd players (in europe)?
Comment by Steven — July 20, 2009 @ 2:42 pm
Is it only available through the website, or would some stores carry it?
Comment by Marcus — July 20, 2009 @ 3:42 pm
Steven, I got in touch with David at Mills James and this is his answer regarding the dvd playing in various regions.
“I spoke with our video compression/format specialist and he said that the master DVD was created region free — meaning it should play in all players. You can play NTSC DVDs on PAL players, but not vice-versa.
There should not be any issues with playing the DVD in various regions. Also, both formats (NTSC and PAL) can definitely be played on a computer.”
Comment by Tom — July 20, 2009 @ 4:42 pm
This looks insane. I mean awsome i have been waiting for this to come out on DVD since i heard about it it sound really good and looks like it will give Bone and Jeff Smith alot of publicty and credit.
Later
Reilly
Comment by Reilly — July 20, 2009 @ 10:31 pm
What is the running time of the documentray? I can’t find any info on the official website on that…
Comment by Sean — July 21, 2009 @ 9:05 am
Thanks for the update on The Cartoonist , I am really looking forward to seeing this.
Comment by BennyB — July 21, 2009 @ 11:54 am
The Film / Film Synopsis:
The film’s running time is 76 minutes.
Comment by Brandon Klassen — July 21, 2009 @ 7:09 pm
The promo site is awesome I love how Old Man’s cave is the backdrop! It reminds me so much of the area of eastern Iowa that I live and grew up in. Can’t wait to see the dvd!
Comment by Jeanette — July 21, 2009 @ 10:09 pm
Hah, I just noticed.
Terry Moore and Paul Pope do the same hand-gesture when describing the detail and level of depth to Bone.
=p
I do that to, hahaha.
Comment by Marcus — July 22, 2009 @ 5:42 pm
Just got my order in now. Really looking forward to seeing it!
Comment by David Tobin — July 23, 2009 @ 11:37 am
I fought the incredibly slow internet connection at the beach cottage I was staying at last week just to order the DVD. Can’t wait for it to show up!
Comment by Rian — July 25, 2009 @ 6:44 pm
DVD just arrived! Super fast delivery to Ireland. The run-time on the extras is phenomenal. Very happy with my purchase!
Comment by David Tobin — July 27, 2009 @ 7:17 am
The DVD is awesome. Jeff is such an inspiration to those of us just starting out in the field!
Comment by Eric Cockrell — July 31, 2009 @ 10:49 pm
I can’t wait until I can order this for myself. I admit to eating stuff like this up with a proverbial spoon and the opportunity to really SEE the inside process from one of the greatest living cartoonists is ten kinds of awesome.
Comment by Derrick Fish — August 2, 2009 @ 5:28 am
Jippee! Just ordered mine. Can’t wait!
Comment by Steven — August 3, 2009 @ 9:11 am
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Comment by sanjun — August 7, 2009 @ 12:21 pm
Does anyone know what Jeff Smith’s e-mail is? I really need to ask him something!I’m really in to him now because I met him and he signed my books for me in Toronto yesterday! Which was and always will be his only appearance in Canada!
Comment by Trinity — August 9, 2009 @ 9:09 am
[...] Watching Jeff Smith’s documentary video is quite nice to do while you are drawing comics all night. So inspiring. And I am deliriously happy to see I don’t have a pimple or anything. You can get it here. [...]
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