Fred Ladd, The Godfather of “Astro Boy” (1927-2021)
Today we mark the passing of the man Osamu Tezuka, the God of Manga, dubbed “the Godfather of Astro Boy”!
Category Archives: THE GOLDEN AWARDS INTERVIEWS
A Chat with Joan Pabian and Al Pabian
Martha Sigall’s interview series concludes with an interview with ink and paint artist Joan Pabian and her husband, Lantz/WB/MGM animator Al Pabian.
A Chat With Art Leonardi and Joe Siracusa
Today’s video from the archives of The Animation Guild features an interview with long-time friends Art Leonardi and Joe Siracusa.
A Chat with Karen Storr and Mercedes Hoffman
Next up for our all too brief series of Martha Sigall’s interviews is a chat between ink and paint artists Karen Storr and Mercedes Hoffman.
A Chat with Irene Wyman
Today’s episode from Martha Sigall’s fascinating series of video interviews features veteran ink and paint artist-production manager Irene “Peewee” Wyman.
A Chat with Bill Melendez and Bill Littlejohn
Producer-director Bill Meléndez and animator Bill Littlejohn are the subject of this previously lost 1998 interview by Martha and Sol Sigall done for the Animation Guild.
A Chat with Maurice Noble and Bob Givens
Here’s a surprising find – a cache of rare interviews, for an unfinished oral history project done for the Animation Guild by Martha Sigall, turned up in my quest for Golden Award Banquet materials.
The Second Annual Golden Awards Banquet, March 1, 1985: The Video, Part 2
Today we present the roll-call of the honorees, which were mostly presented in alphabetic order. As before, I have prepared some thumbnail bios of each.
The Second Annual Golden Awards Banquet, March 1st, 1985: The Video, Part 1
Another treasure from the archives of The Animation Guild, IATSE Local 839: part one of the video of the Second Annual Golden Awards Banquet in 1985.
The 1984 Golden Awards Banquet Video, Part 3
Today we conclude our playback of the official video of the First Golden Awards Banquet from 1984, with the roll call of the honorees and their gathering for their group photo.
