Cal: [David and Cal Playing a video Game] You're *gay* now? David: No, I'm not gay I'm just celibate. Cal: I think? I mean, that sounds ga- I just want you to know this is like the first conversation of like three conversations that leads to you being gay. Like... there's this and then in a year...
Sometimes when my friends and I go to the movies as the credits start to roll and we begin talking about what we liked and didn't like about a film, I also tend to have in the back of my head... "This coulda' been a Disney film." What do I mean by that? Well, usually it comes up when I've seen a...
Unfortunately I was awaken during those recent vacations by a terrible phone call. One of my friends had just learned of the tragic death of Bruce Gordon at the age of 56. Here is the official message that was released to announce this death: [We are sorry to report that Bruce Gordon passed away...
I received this morning the cover proof of Walt's People - Volume 6. Still about 7 weeks until its official release but I am always excited when those proofs start coming my way. By the way, here is what will have been accomplished after the release of Volume 6: Volume 1 JB Kaufman : Rudy Ising Mike...
Over on Cartoon Brew Jerry Beck has cited a rare exhibition of Walt Disney's Carolwood Railroad train in southern California. With the post he's put up a terrific picture of Walt apparently seeing his gift locomotive, the "Lily Belle", for the first time. Three Disney employees involved in crafting...
Michael Barrier makes some sharp--and challenging--comments about the point of great character animation in his most recent post. He describes his friend, animator Milt Gray, flipping some of Ollie Johnston's animation of "Jock" from Lady and the Tramp, and being startled by the amazingly lifelike...
I have just received today one of the keystones of Walt's People - Volume 7, which allows me to confirm its table of content. Foreword by Hans Perk David Lesjak: William Rast Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston: Wilfred Jackson Richard Hubler: Wilfred Jackson Wilfred Jackson: The New Spirit Grim...
Of course with the passing of a now-legendary artist like Ollie Johnston the blogosphere as expected is filling up with tributes and ponderings of all kinds. If you read this blog you're bound to visit Cartoon Brew on a regular basis; they've just posted a lovely essay by Brad Bird that must be...
An award-winning reporter asked me the above question after she communicated with the interns about the field of journalism. She touched on topics including the role of the media as it relates to informing audiences, creating an environment in which social change occurs and the importance of...
Do not miss today: - Popular Science on Fantasia Sound by Jerry Beck - End of an Era by Brain Sibley - Ollie Johnston: Last of the Red-Hot Animators by John Canemaker - Did Walt Really "Hate" the Goofy Cartoons? by Michael Barrier (April 23, 2008) - A great series of photos of the Walt Disney Studio...
Do not miss today: - More gold on Michael Barrier's site thanks to both Michael and Tim Susanin, posted on April 19, 2008 (When Rudy Met Walt, Cont'd and Walt's Skeptical Supervisor) - Two Days in the Life: Kansas City, 1922 by Michael Barrier on April 21, 2008 (the photo of Iwerks is just superb!)...
Ben assigned a post[1] topic to the interns: write about someone or something that you disagree with. I think that the wording of the assignment could be more positive: write about something in which someone said or did that you take a different position or a different approach. Perhaps this is just...
Do not miss today: - Mermaids, donuts and musical concrete by Floyd Norman - Where's Walt, No. 7 by Michael Barrier (April 16, 2008) - Ollie Johnston by Will Finn
(Via LRC: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/05/24/paul-offers-giuliani-a-few-policy-tips/) During today’s press conference, Mr. Paul expressed disbelief that Mr. Giuliani had never heard the occupation explanation before and suggested the “possibility that Mr. Giuliani has not been well...
I love getting Christmas cards with photos on them or in them. They give lots of information about the people who send them, in addition to what the senders put into words. I hope the photos on this blog give you a huge, holiday bellyache of information about what we've been doing here for the last...
Do not miss today: - The History of it's a small world by Wade Sampson - Johnston/Peet Bd by Michael Sporn - Mickey shots by Michael Sporn - Tribute to Ollie Johnston in Flip Magazine
Well, it certainly has been a pretty long time since I've logged into vox. There seems to have been some changes around here. So I guess I myself have made a little bit of a change. I dyed my hair black. It turned out alright. Hadn't had it black in a long time. Anyway, it feels pretty good. Also...
I have been away for a little over a month but it seems like a lifetime. The month of June was a trying time for me but a very humbling time...a time for reflection, a time for getting my act together in reference to my priorities and I thank God for his mercy, his grace, my beautiful wife and big...
I was commenting in a thread over at the-engine.net regarding the state of comic criticism in today's markets and after expressing my surprise that there weren't publications that have the same passion and quality as shows in the music or film markets I went on to ask the question if comics are...
Extract from Courier Mail website (13 July 2008): HOUSE prices are falling in the US, Britain, Spain and western Sydney. Could Brisbane be next? There is a precedent. In 1995 the median house price in Brisbane slipped 2 per cent. And in the first five months of this year it crept up a mere 1.8 per...
