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• “Milt Kahl : Animation’s Michelangelo” paid tribute to a true Disney Legend

  Todd James Pierce reports in on Monday night’s Marc Davis Celebration of Animation event at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. Where many industry vets recalled Kahl’s artistry & attitude Read More... Posted Thursday, April 30, 2009 12:00 AM | 1 Comments Filed under: Disney, Walt Disney Studios, Hollywood, drawings, Walt Disney, animation, Leonard Maltin, Disney animation , Disney animators , hand-drawn animation, animators , Milt Kahl , John Musker, Ron Clements, Brad Bird, character-based animation , Marc Davis , 1940s, art, draftsmanship, Jekyll & Hyde, Freddy Moore, Bambi, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, fine art, fine art drawings, Great Depression, Fox West Coast Theater, draftsman, Samuel Goldwyn Theater, Andreas Deja, Alice Davis, Academy Awards, Academy Awards Symposium on Animation, Sybil Byrnes, Floyd Norman, James Joyce, 1976, 1934

• CalArts celebrates the 100th birthday of animation pioneer Jules Engel

  Todd James Pierce reports on Saturday night's event, where industry vets Henry Selick, Mark Kirkland and Jorge Guttierrez discussed the impact that Engel's teachings had on their careers Read More... Posted Monday, April 20, 2009 12:00 AM | 2 Comments Filed under: Disney, Walt Disney Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles , Paris , drawings, Disney Studios , Walt Disney, SpongeBob, golden age of animation, animation, John Lasseter , Fantasia , Warner Brothers , Jules Engel, The Simpsons, Coraline, centennial, 100 years, USC, UCLA, Chouinard Art Institute, Charles Mintz Studios, inbetweener, 1938, 1940s, Mister Magoo, Mr Magoo, Gerald McBoing-Boing, Madeline, UPA, Man Ray, Train Landscape, CMobile, Accident, CalArts, California Institute of the Arts, experimental animation, Tim Burton, art, high art, commercial art, classical dance, ballet, dance, athletics, Russian thistle dance, Chinese mushroom dance, colors, shapes, abstraction, greyhound, Other Mother, Sofa gags, El Tigre, Mexican folk art, Character Animation Program, Jorge Gutierrez, SpongeBob SquarePants, Stephen Hillenberg, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Toy Story, Mark Kirkland, scholarship

• Toon Tuesday : A tribute to Ollie Johnston

  JHM contributor Todd James Pierce looks back on last week's event at the El Capitan theatre. Where the cream of the animation industry came together to remember this Disney Legend Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 26, 2008 12:00 AM | 3 Comments Filed under: Disney, theme park , California, Walt Disney Studios, Disneyland, Hollywood, park, Disney park, president, animation department , the Walt Disney Company , sketches, drawings, Disney Studios , Walt Disney, Walt Disney Company , Tinsel Town, eBay, Bugs Bunny , SpongeBob, Ollie Johnston, the Nine Old Men, El Capitan Theatre, golden age of animation, animation, 2008, Leonard Maltin, Disney animation , Disney animators , hand-drawn animation, animators , ink-and-paint , Xerox, Milt Kahl , Rick Johnston, Ken Johnston, Robin Hood , Prince John , White House , 2005, National Medal of Arts , President George W Bush , 1970s, John Musker, Ron Clements, Brad Bird, steam trains, Michael Broggie, Dolby Studio, podcast, 1930s, Bill Justice , 1937, Marc Davis , Fantasia , Warner Brothers , Andrew Stanton

• Remembering Harriet Burns (1928 - 2008)

  JHM contributor Todd James Pierce reflects on the life & career of this Disney Legend reviews Read More... Posted Monday, July 28, 2008 12:00 AM | 3 Comments Filed under: Disney, theme park , California, Anaheim, Walt Disney Studios, Disneyland, Hollywood, park, Los Angeles , New York , theme park attraction, the Walt Disney Company , Dallas, WDI, Imagineer, Imagineering, Walt Disney Imagineering , San Antonio, Harriet Burns , WED , Texas , 1950s, 1953, props, set designer , Colgate Comedy Hour, TV , Disney Studios , Mickey Mouse Club, Fred Joerger, sets , models, WED Model Shop, attractions, Walt Disney, 1959, conceptual model, Matterhorn, Walt Disney Company , National Geographic , Vic Green, Submarine Voyage, mermaids, Enchanted Tiki Room , Pirates of the Caribbean, audio-animatronics, the Haunted Mansion, Freedomland, X Atencio, Blaine Gibson, Don Edgren, Bob Gurr, Bill Martin, Bible Storyland , Los Angeles County, Nat Winecoff, Bill Zeckendorf, 1960s, Six Flags Over Texas , Wathel Rogers