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Toy Story meets Fantastic Four as Marvel celebrates 40 years of Pixar

Creative Bloq ·Joe Foley·4 months ago
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It's been four decades since Steve Jobs bought Lucasfilm's Computer Graphics Division and incorporated it as an independent company, giving birth to Pixar. The studio, now owned by Disney , has shaped the direction of animation in the 40 years since, winning 11 Oscars for Best Animated Feature along the way (For insights into its success, see the Pixar storytelling rules ). From Toy Story to Hoppers , Pixar has largely stuck to its 3D CGI approach to animation over that time, although it seems upcoming Gatto will break from that. Given that change of style, it's interesting to wonder what classic Pixar characters would look like in a 2D art style, and now Disney's giving us a taste in the form of Marvel's tribue to Pixar on its 40th anniversary. The comic publisher is adapting some of the animation studio's most iconic characters in a series of reinterpretations of classic Marvel covers, just as Toy Story 5 hits cinemas (see the fuss over the Taylor Swift Toy Story 5 Easter eggs ).…

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