Walt Disney was a multi-faceted entrepreneur.Frank, Ollie and Marc all started working at Disney’s Studios at around the same time, a little before the start of Snow White and the…Dec 16, 2021Dec 16, 2021
For today’s post I want to talk about a relatively new animated TV show that I had the pleasure to…Solar Opposites is an animated adult sitcom about a group of aliens that, after leaving their home-world of Shlorp before it got destroyed…Dec 8, 2021Dec 8, 2021
When I went back to digging through the list of Academy Awards winners for Animated Shorts, I got…The charming pink fella was created by Blake Edwards, Friz Freleng and Hawley Pratt to be an animated representation of the elusive pink…Dec 2, 2021Dec 2, 2021
After recently starting to read Working with Disney (2011) by author Don Peri, a book containing a…Formed around 1945, Disney’s Nine Old Men is the name of a group of men to whom was assigned by Disney himself the task to study and find…Nov 11, 2021Nov 11, 2021
After digging through the list of Oscar winners, I’ve noticed that before the 50s the Academy Award…It was only in 1950 when there was a new addition to this select group of people for producing a short that would breathe some fresh air…Nov 9, 2021Nov 9, 2021
The 40s was a very meaningful decade for the history of animation industry.But going back to the animated short’s world, two iconic characters were born right at the beginning of the decade with the release of Puss…Nov 6, 2021Nov 6, 2021
Directed by David Hand, The Mad Doctor (1933) was the second Mickey Mouse cartoon short released by…Although not missing the classic gags and comedic feel, it flirted with the horror genre, with spooky skeleton filled scenes and a menacing…Oct 14, 2021Oct 14, 2021
Felix in Hollywood (1923) is a short animated film directed by Otto Messmer and featuring Felix the…The storyline is simple and separated into two acts: Felix finding a way to gather money for his owner so he can travel to Hollywood and…Oct 7, 2021Oct 7, 2021
To kick off my newly created blog I’ll write about my relationship with animation, which hasn’t…I’ve always had a passion for fantasy, the possibility of creating a whole new world unbound by the laws and rules of reality. As most…Sep 23, 2021Sep 23, 2021