The trailblazers in human, academic, scientific and religious freedom have always been in the minority… It will take such a small committed minority to work unrelentingly to win the uncommitted majority. Such a group may transform America’s greatest dilemma into her most glorious opportunity.
Background
Frank Espinosa is an animator, cartoonist, and creative director at Zum Zum Books. Espinosa attended the School of Visual Arts in NY in film and animation, and has worked extensively for Disney and Warner Bros.
Interests
Espinosa’s work centers on graphic novels, illustration, art instruction and direction. Earlier in his career he worked for Walt Disney Animation and Consumer Products, and later was art director at Warner Bros. Consumer Products, producing an award-winning character-design manual, redesigning the Looney Tunes characters, and creating Baby Looney Tunes and the complete series of the Looney Tunes postage stamps.
His academic work includes participation in the Ohio State University and Collins College lecture series and developing a comic-book series for Princeton University. Espinosa created and illustrated a full-color graphic novel based on the life of Salvatore Ferragamo, from which illustrations were showcased in store windows world-wide.
MIT’s Media Arts and Sciences and Writing Programs hosted Espinosa during his two-year tenure as an MLK visiting scholar. He taught a series of classes on character design and world-making.
