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He used to be the lone figure at the desk and easel, writing and illustrating
such children’s classics as George Shrinks, Santa Calls, and Dinosaur Bob and
His Adventures with the Family Lazardo. But about 10 years ago, William Joyce
got an offer to turn a beloved book, Rolie Polie Olie, into a television series.
Animated films followed, including Robots in 2005 and Meet the Robinsons (based
on his most autobiographical book, A Day with Wilbur Robinson) in 2007.
Suddenly, William was part of a team, serving as producer and production
designer. “It’s exciting to work with a group,” he says. “It gets crazy and
wild, with shouting and hollering, throwing stuff, cheering, laughing till you
can’t breathe. That doesn’t happen when you’re working by yourself…I hope.”
(a) Artist as mad scientist. (b) Oil painting from deluxe edition of A Day with Wilbur Robinson. (c) Character sketch for the animated film Meet the Robinsons. (d) Conceptual city for same movie. (e) Budding story idea.
(f) Deluxe edition of A Day with Wilbur Robinson. (g) The Art of Robots celebrates the 20th Century Fox/Blue Sky Studios film Robots, for which William was producer and production designer. (h) Deluxe edition of George Shrinks, now a PBS series. (i) In the studio, visitors can relax on a Philippe Starck couch. (j) Vintage children’s books spark ideas. (k) Storyboards dedicated to The Leaf Men. A Roy McMakin armchair sits on a lazy Susan so William can easily swivel to view art.
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