Meet Clarke Mallery, a Healthy Animator
I’m not sure where the stereotypical image of the pudgy, slovenly animation artist originated, but animators haven’t always been …
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Bonhams & Butterfields To Auction Rare Animation Art from Walt Disney and “Nightmare Before Christmas”
Bonhams & Butterfields’ Entertainment Memorabilia auction on June 26, 2011 in Los Angeles will feature a wide variety of items …
Two Incredible Documents: NFB Animation Chart and T. Hee Caricature Notes
A little bit about two incredible documents that have turned up online recently: NY animation director Michael Sporn shares scans …
Buy Mary and Lee Blair’s Home
A little over a month we posted about Ward and Betty Kimball’s home being listed for sale. That home was purchased almost immediately. My …
Buy Ward Kimball’s House
Here’s the ultimate animation collector’s item: the San Gabriel, California home of animation legend Ward Kimball is currently for sale …
A side-by-side comparison of Disney’s “Orphan’s Benefit”
Michael Ruocco, who discovered a lost Fred Moore animation scene on eBay recently, created this side-by-side comparison of the 1934 …
Bill Littlejohn (1914-2010)
Word has just reached us that veteran animator Bill Littlejohn passed away in his sleep last night. He was 96. Littlejohn was born in …
Bob McIntosh, R.I.P.
Bob McIntosh passed away on June 17, 2010 at the age of 94. Born on March 11, 1916 in Vallejo, California, and raised in Stockton, Bob …
Betty Kimball, R.I.P.
Betty Lawyer Kimball passed away last Thursday evening at the age of 97. She died from natural causes. Betty (birth name: Mary …
Merry Christmas from Harman-Ising
It’s the first day of Summer – and Mike Van Eaton has just shared with me another rare piece of animation history. Click the thumbnails …
Facebook Fun
That’s Dave Fleischer in the center, at the Paramount gates in Hollywood, with his two big stars of 1939, Gulliver and Popeye. I …
Craig Yoe’s Milt Gross Comic Books and Life Story
How do I love thee, let me count the ways: this isn’t so much a book review, but a book RAVE. Craig Yoe’s massive new tome reprinting the …
David Levine 1926-2009
David Levine was one of the great caricaturists of the 20th Century. He was best known for his work for the The New York Review of Books. …
Christmas Cards by Disney Artists ca. 1940
Christmas Card by Bill Hurtz Here’s a collage of holiday cards by Disney artists that I guarantee you haven’t seen before. They are …
Tuesday: Cartoon Dump / Friday: Fleischer Double Feature
Once again, a plug for my monthly comedy-and-cartoons craptacular: Cartoon Dump! MST3K’s Frank Conniff (TV’s Frank) and J. Elvis …
Hi Diddle Diddle (1943)
For the sake of film history, I’ll occasionally seek out odd bits of animation contained in obscure Hollywood movies and post them here – …
Fleischer double-feature at the Egyptian 9/25
Just a quick heads-up that I’ll be introducing a double feature Max Fleischer’s two great animated features, Gulliver’s Travels (1939) …
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Advice To Walt Disney
This is one of the most sage pieces of filmmaking advice I’ve ever run across: “Don’t let this idea ‘Box Office’ and this idea of what …
Cartoons at the Academy
I previously posted about the Academy’s upcoming Monday night series of 1939 Oscar nominees (May 18th through August 3rd). With each film …
The two heads of Gulliver
Last night I had a great time catching up with one of my favorite animated features of all time, Max Fleischer’s Gulliver’s Travels …
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