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Blog Post: The female artists & animators who changed Disney Studio’s “boys will be boys” culture

Floyd Norman

There’s a mistaken notion that back in the 1950s the Walt Disney Studio was strictly a man’s world and women were not even allowed in the Animation Building. It was believed that women employees were restricted to the “women’s work” over in the Ink and Paint Department where...

on5 Jul 2010
Blog Post: When you work in animation, there’s just no avoiding those Pink Slip Blues

Floyd Norman

It was late summer 1958 and things had been going well. The mad rush to wrap the animated feature film, “ Sleeping Beauty ” was finally succeeding, and the film was well on its way to completion. Taking a break from the drawing board, I headed up to the second floor of the Animation Building...

on1 Mar 2010
Blog Post: Toon Tuesday : Here's to the real survivors

Floyd Norman

There's a popular television show called " Survivor ." I've never been able to watch this show or even take it seriously. It's difficult to consider the consequences of surviving on a desert island when craft services is located nearby. However, I did see some real survivors a few weeks ago as I walked...

on18 Aug 2008
Blog Post: Toon Tuesday : Getting a head with Blaine Gibson

Floyd Norman

Like most old guys, I tend to get my brain stuck in a certain time frame. So I didn't immediately recognize the man sitting in the limo. For some odd reason, I expected to see the guy I remembered. The slender, dark haired young man with the horn rimmed glasses. However, this older gentleman didn't exactly...

on23 Jun 2008

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Blog Post: The female artists & animators who changed Disney Studio’s “boys will be boys” culture

Blog Post: When you work in animation, there’s just no avoiding those Pink Slip Blues

Blog Post: Toon Tuesday : Here's to the real survivors

Blog Post: Toon Tuesday : Getting a head with Blaine Gibson