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• Disney’s timeless battle between the young punks and the old guard

  Everything old is new again at the Mouse Factory. Or so says Disney Legend Floyd Norman, as he talks about the creative struggles that have gone at the Studios for decades now Read More... Posted Monday, December 07, 2009 12:00 AM | 2 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, Walt Disney, Ward Kimball, Tom Oreb, Walt Peregoy, 101 Dalmatians, Sleeping Beauty, 1950s, Mouse House, John Lasseter, Burbank, Milt Kahl , Animation Building, Eyvind Earle , Disney Commissary , California, shorts , Nine Old Men , young artists , animators, layout artists, instruction, screening rooms , animation artist, design , development , Disney history , Burbank lot , Disney movie, Mr. Fun , Mr. Fun's Blog, wisdom, column, Disney staffers , gags, Disney backlot , artists, assignment , young animators, Disney shorts , top animators, sequence, shorts unit, layout artist , storyman, animation professionals, story team, storyboard, style, art direction, production design, screening, production, sequences, production team , story issues, color storyboards , layout, layout crew, film, studio, 2009, leader, legacy, John Musker, Ron Clements, Brad Bird, storyboarding, animated feature

• Toon Thursday: When Dad's a Disney Legend, that's a tough act to follow

  Floyd Norman looks back on the careers of Peter Kahl, John Kimball and Dale King. Each of them a talented artist in their own right. Who then had to struggle in order to escape the shadows of their far more famous fathers Read More... Posted Thursday, November 05, 2009 12:00 AM | 3 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, Walt Disney, Ward Kimball, 1960s, Milt Kahl , Animation Building, design , Walt Disney Productions , Disney's Animation Building , character designer , industry veterans , legacy, A-Wing

• Toon Tuesday : Home for the Holidays

  As a special holiday treat, Disney Legend Floyd Norman takes JHM readers on a tour of Walt Disney Studios circa 1957 Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 18, 2007 12:00 AM | 7 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, movies, Walt Disney Studios, Walt Disney, Sleeping Beauty, 1950s, Burbank, Disneyland, Disney Legend, holidays, 1957 , Christmas, ABC, Milt Kahl , D-Wing , Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol, Animation Building, Eyvind Earle , Ralph Hulett, Frank Thomas, key assistant, Dale Oliver , Glogg, Ink and Paint Building, Grace Bailey, Disney Commissary , North Korea , South Korea, Korea, US Army, replica, DMZ , California