Heinz Edelmann and the Yellow Submarine
Edelmann was hugely influential in all aspects of the design of the film and the characters. Supposedly, he designed the Blue Meanies over a weekend.
Category Archives: ANIMATION ANECDOTES
Going Bonkers
Bonkers D. Bobcat was a star at WackyToon Studios and designed to be as frantic and extreme as Roger Rabbit, and reminiscent of a classic Tex Avery character of the 1940s.
Further Adventures of Robin Williams ‘Genie’
If you think Robin Williams only performed the voice of the Genie in Disney’s Aladdin – you might be surprised to hear he did it many more times. Here’s the full story.
Brad Bird’s “The Spirit” That Never Was
Things might have been different if Brad Bird had gotten to direct his first intended animated feature film, one based on Will Eisner’s newspaper comic strip.
In His Own Words: Herb Sorrell and the 1941 Disney Strike
One of the most colorful and controversial figures of the legendary Disney Strike of 1941 was Herb Sorrell. For your enlightenment, here is a first hand account of the Disney strike while it was happening.
Dumbo’s Mother: Adrienne Tytla
Adrienne le Clerc met her husband Bill Tytla in 1936 when she was a 22-year-old actress and fashion model from Seattle, earning extra money by posing for Disney Studio art classes.
Why the Beatles First Hated “Yellow Submarine”
There would be less than eleven months to make the film on a budget of roughly one million dollars. To meet that deadline, production had to start without a final script or storyboard in place.
In Her Own Words: Phyllis Craig on Disney Ink and Paint
Phyllis Craig started as a painter on Peter Pan moved up to do inking, and, eventually doing color key work on Sleeping Beauty.
Dick Tracy in Animation
While the show was called The Dick Tracy Show, Tracy only appeared very briefly at the beginning and end of each episode, sitting at his desk, assigning his agents to track down his famous foes.
Treasure Planet’s Long John Silver and Jim Hawkins
While most of the characters in Treasure Planet were completely hand-drawn, the character of John Silver was a hybrid of traditional animation and CGI.
