Books

Schulz and Disney

Here’s a book that I recently picked up. The unlikely pairing of Schulz and Disney on a book cover was simply too good to pass up. The …

Ideas/Commentary

The Saga of Todd Goldman

Todd Goldman is a talented artist whose t-shirt/apparel company David and Goliath, Inc. made $90 million in 2004. That’s hardly a …

Disney

Disney Tiki Sculpture

I can’t decide if these are cool—or really creepy. These tiki garden statues are being sold through the Disney Stores …

Animators

Eric Pigors

Eric Pigors has worked at Disney Feature animation for fifteen years. He’s also contributed his art to Family Dog, Ed, Edd and Eddy and …

Disney

Walt Disney Treasures live again!

It was announced late Friday and posted on several other websites since: the Walt Disney Treasures will go on. At least, for another …

Books

The Complete POGO

Great news for fans of Walt Kelly (like me). Fantagraphics Books has acquired the rights to publish a comprehensive series of Walt …

CGI

The Mouse Goes Mo-Cap

“Hi! I’m Mr. Mo Cap! I’m the future of animation!” I woke up this morning to the news that Disney is entering a partnership with …

Old Brew

DISNEY’S TRAIN

For Christmas of 1949, Walt Disney received a miniature ride-on steam locomotive from Santa, as seen in the first Disney TV special, One …

Old Brew

Major Disney Exhibit in Paris

I’ve known about this exhibition for a while, but it didn’t occur to me that I should post about it until a friend mentioned that it …

Old Brew

Flickr: Disney in the Fifties

My latest Flickr set is comprised of photos from the collection of animation legend Ray Aragon. The photos were taken in June and July …

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Animation History Gone Awry

Mark Mayerson rips apart the new book CREATORS: FROM CHAUCER AND DURER TO PICASSO AND DISNEY by British historian and journalist Paul …

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Random Disney Photo of the Day

Jenny Lerew recently posted a photo on her blog of Disney legend Ken Anderson posing for a publicity snap with an unidentified Japanese …

Animators

Disney’s Story of Menstruation

After posts about Disney’s forays into VD prevention and gonorrhea drugs, I’d be remiss to not post Disney’s 1946 film THE STORY OF …

Old Brew

WALT DISNEY’S OSWALD

The Walt Disney Company has acquired the rights to OSWALD THE LUCKY RABBIT. And somewhere in heaven, Walt Disney is smiling.Disney’s …

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Disney’s The Wild

This recent GLOBE AND MAIL story reveals that the cost of Disney’s upcoming THE WILD was $80 million. Judging from the film’s nearly …

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Disney/Pixar: Artists Speak

We asked yesterday evening for artists to send in their thoughts about the Disney/Pixar deal. Below are a select number of the responses …

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Same old, same old at Disney

“You’ve got to embrace [computer animation] or there isn’t going to be a place for you.” It was with that ultimatum, Walt Disney Feature …

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Disney Officially Saved

Show’s over folks. Time to head home. Disney is officially saved, according to THIS LETTER that Roy Disney Jr. posted on SaveDisney.com. …

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