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Saturday, Sunday and Monday in LA: UPA, Silent Disney and Cartoon Dump
Saturday, May 22nd: UPA Tribute and fundraiser – 5:00 to 9:30 pm at Woodbury University’s 250 seat Fletcher Jones Auditorium. A Ragtime …
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Directors of Disney, Pixar and DreamWorks Films
Even though I’ve always been aware of the dominance of CalArts alumni within the West Coast industry, I was still surprised to see the …
Dressing Up As Classic Disney Animators
Trevor Hutchison and Shane McCarthy were invited to a Disney-themed costume party recently, and instead of dressing up as a cartoon …
Disney ends deal with Zemeckis and his Mo-Cap
The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Disney has ended its deal with Robert Zemeckis’ mo-cap factory, Image Movers. Disney is closing …
Send Your Love to Disney Legend Bill Justice
Bill Justice working on “A Symposium on Popular Songs.” From Miehana’s Flickr. If you’re a fan of Disney legend Bill Justice, here’s …
Walt Kelly + Famous Studios = Cilly Goose
Walt Kelly, a former Disney animator and one of the greatest cartoonists of the 20th Century, is not one usually associated with the …
Chuck Jones’s Opinion of Working at Disney
I’ve praised this blog before, but the Chuck Jones blog, run by Chuck’s grandson Craig, continues to be a treasure trove of artwork and …
Book Review: South of the Border with Disney
The Three Caballeros will always hold a place in my heart. As a child of the 1960s and early 70s, at a time when my class mates were …
Next on the Disney 2D drawing board: Winnie The Pooh
Some disappointing news out of the Licensing Expo now going on in Las Vegas. Disney has officially announced their next hand-drawn …
Disney Gives Credit, 1932
As a follow-up to Amid’s post yesterday on Disney’s Pinocchio trade ad, David Lesjak (who runs two of the best Disneyana blogs on the …
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 …
An interview with Walt Disney
For your weekend pleasure, here’s a terrific interview with Walt Disney circa 1963, conducted by Fletcher Markle. Markle, who had just …
Disney Artists Write Home During WWII
During World War II, dozens of Disney artists were drafted into the US military. Today I’m sharing letters written by three of those …
If Disney is Mickey Mouse… is Pixar Silly Symphonies?
Within the last two weeks I saw Disney’s Bolt and rewatched Pixar’s Wall•E (as well as moderating a Q&A with writer/director Andrew …
BOOK REVIEW: The Art of Disney’s Bolt
I received a complimentary copy of the The Art of Bolt in the mail recently. I’m going to ignore the fact that it wasn’t intended for me …
Eric Goldberg
Eric Goldberg, a veteran Director, Designer and Animator, has worked extensively in New York, London and Hollywood creating feature …
LA Times on Lee Blair’s Olympic Gold
Disney animator Lee Blair won a Gold medal for watercolor painting at the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. That was back in the day …
The Disney Company on Ollie Johnston
(Above: Milt Kahl, Marc Davis, Frank Thomas and Walt Disney flank seated Ollie Johnston) Howard Green just sent over the official …
A Disney Animation Filmography
At the Ottawa International Animation Festival last week, attendees recieved a unique little publicity piece. An eight-inch round …
Report from Ottawa: Persepolis and Goofy
From the sublime to the ridiculous… My laryngitis on Wednesday developed into a full fledged cold on Thursday and Friday, forcing me …
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