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• Toon Tuesday : Nobody wins in the Hollywood blame game

  Marketing may be Tinsel Town's new religion. But Disney Legend Floyd Norman is not a believer Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 09, 2008 12:00 AM | 8 Comments Filed under: movies, 101 Dalmatians, Sleeping Beauty, failure, 1961, motion picture, animated film, executives, success, cover your butt, market, marketing, experts, Stanley Kubrick, marketing campaign, box office, film, marketing budget, film marketing, animated feature film, motion pictures, studio, stinker, marketing blitz, marketing dollars, marketing strategy, religion, new religion, opening weekend, easy answers, better marketing, 1959, 2008, 2009

• Toon Tuesday : Here's to the real survivors

  Disney Legend Floyd Norman pays tribute to all those animation veterans who have hung in there through the tough times Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 19, 2008 12:00 AM | 5 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, movies, traditional animation, CG, Walt Disney Studios, Walt Disney, 101 Dalmatians, Sleeping Beauty, 1950s, Hollywood, Glendale, Burbank, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Disney Legend, Faster! Cheaper! The Flip Side of the Art of Animation, How the Grinch Stole Disney, Afrokids.com, Son of Faster Cheaper, Animation Building, 1956, television show, shorts , young artists , animators, animation artist, director, layoffs , Walt Disney Productions , writer/director , television , television series , Mr. Fun , Mr. Fun's Blog, Disney artist , Disney animator , artists, young animators, Survivor, desert island , craft services , drawing board, shorts unit, Rick Gonzales, cutbacks, layout artist , character designer , Hanna-Barbera , Ruby-Spears, pink slip, industry veterans , MGM Animation , Visual Arts , Bob Clampett, Bob Clampett Studio , 3400 Cahuenga Blvd , Hanna-Barbera Studio , television animation , Filmation, 1980s, Granada Hills , Dave Michener, storyman, The Great Mouse Detective, Michael Eisner , Orlando , CGI , digital bandwagon , job security, animation professionals, third world potentates, overpaid gig, old survivor, real survivors

• Toon Tuesday : In Defense of Mavericks

  Animation industry legend Floyd Norman returns with a cautionary tale. Where he points out that while animation studios do need employees who know how to follow the rules, there's an even greater need for artists who know when to break the rules Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 14, 2007 12:00 AM | 17 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, movies, traditional animation, Walt Disney Studios, Walt Disney, Ward Kimball, Tom Oreb, Walt Peregoy, 101 Dalmatians