Rare War Shorts from the Disney Studio
With Thunderbean ‘world headquarters’ moving out of the basement here and into an actual office, I’m finding time to work a little more on the titles for this year. As…
Tag Archives: Disney
In Her Own Words: Linda Woolverton
Born in Long Beach, California, Linda Woolverton holds a BFA in Theater Arts from Cal State University Long Beach and a Master’s Degree in Theater for Children from Cal State…
Animated Knock-offs #1: The Real ‘Mockbusters’!
So I get a lot of spam from Amazon.com trying to sell me books and DVDs similar to those that I’ve bought before. Usually I don’t pay much attention to…
Animation Anecdotes #174
Hidden Initials. Matt Groening hid his initials in the hair (M) over Homer Simpson’s ear and the center of the ear (G). Extinct Jurassic Park. Artist Bill Stout was the…
Talking with Jim Korkis about “Who’s The Leader of the Club?”
Cartoon Research regular columnist Jim Korkis has authored a new book for Theme Park Press entitled Who’s the Leader of the Club? Walt Disney’s Leadership Lessons. While the book contains…
Detroit Iron / Hollywood Hoopla
Longer. Lower. Wider. That was the mantra of the American automotive industry in the latter half of the 1950’s. Of course, for most of us human-being people, only the wider…
BOOK REVIEW: “Mickey Mouse Outwits The Phantom Blot”
It’s been almost a year since I last wrote a rave review for one of David Gerstein’s books about Mickey Mouse – so I guess I’m about due for another…
Animated Treasure Islands #2: 1986 – 2006
This is the second of my two-part checklist and survey of international animated interpretations of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novel, Treasure Island. For the first part of this survey, click…
Animation Anecdotes #155
The Spirit of Christmas. In 1994, Brian Graden was the head of Fox Broadcasting’s Foxlab television development program with such shows as “Cops”. He wanted a memorable Christmas card and…
The Launch of “Toon Disney”
To a lot of us back in the 1990s, the very idea of a 24-hour television channel devoted to cartoons seemed like a fantasy – and when Ted Turner launched…
