Michael Mallory

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We All Grew Up With June

Michael Mallory - September 19, 2013

I have written several times before in this blog about the amazingly talented June Foray, but the astonishing thing about June is that after...

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The Legendary, Undefinable Joe Grant

Michael Mallory - September 12, 2013

In an industry noted for producing "legends," Joe Grant is in the A-list of legends. Joe got his start working as a print cartoonist...

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From Rim to Rim

Michael Mallory - September 5, 2013

In today's global marketplace it is not uncommon of for a tentpole movie to earn the majority of its box office take overseas. In...

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Working Out the Bugs

Michael Mallory - August 29, 2013

I've written before about the special challenges for an actor who has to work alongside nothing, which will at some point be replaced by...

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The University of DIC

Michael Mallory - August 22, 2013

Having just packed my son Brendan off to college, the subject of higher education is big on my mind this week. I'm reminded that...

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He Was America’s Favorite Uncle –– I Swear!

Michael Mallory - August 15, 2013

A number of years ago, while working for Disneyland, I was allowed to hear a surreptitiously-made (and archived) tape of a recording session with...

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Close Friends Get to Call Him T.C.

Michael Mallory - August 8, 2013

Did everyone rush out and see Top Cat: The Movie when it opened in theatres the first weekend of August? Did anyone even know...

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Disney’s ‘Planes’ Ready for Summer Takeoff

Michael Mallory - August 8, 2013

Disney's Planes takes off thanks to a crowd-pleasing storyline and colorful cast of high-flying characters. At first glance, Planes, a spin-off from Disney/Pixar's Cars franchise,...

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The Prank That Tanked

Michael Mallory - August 1, 2013

Some anecdotes require the passage of time to safely relate. One such, which has always stuck in my mind out of the thousands of...

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Old Visitor from Another Planet

Michael Mallory - July 25, 2013

One of the themes of the 2013 Comic-Con, which ended last week, was the 75th anniversary of the most popular space alien of American...

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Goodbye, Dali

Michael Mallory - July 18, 2013

It has been 10 years now since the release of the longest-in-production film in history, Disney's animated short Destino. Begun in 1945 as a...

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Anyone Remember ‘Budgie?’

Michael Mallory - July 11, 2013

Animation has become such a juggernaut within the film industry that it seems as though everyone has tried their hand in it at one...

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A Non-Technical Chat with Ed Catmull

Michael Mallory - July 3, 2013

In Tom Sito's excellent and exhaustively researched new book, Moving Innovation: A History of Computer Animation, no one has quite as many index listings...

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The Art of Being Peter Chung

Michael Mallory - June 27, 2013

Whenever I begin to despair that animation has fallen into a rut (which usually happens after watching the latest major-studio sequel), I start thinking...

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It’s Good to Be the ‘King’s’ New Guy

Michael Mallory - June 20, 2013

Every now and then I find a surprise in my garage. On bad days, it's a baby rattlesnake or a black widow. On good...

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The Acknowledged Art of Gary Baseman

Michael Mallory - June 13, 2013

Even with the growing awareness of cartooning as an actual art, it is still rare that a popular cartoonist is honored with an exhibition...

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Saturday Morning Fab Four Flashback

Michael Mallory - June 6, 2013

One of the hard truths about animated cartoons is that many of them simply do not stand the test of time very well. For...

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3-D or Not 3-D

Michael Mallory - May 30, 2013

Show business seems to thrive on marking anniversaries for marketing purposes––25th or 50th or 75th Anniversary DVD releases of something, for example––but here’s one...

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You Think Your Film Was a Challenge?

Michael Mallory - May 23, 2013

Any discussion of the different styles of animation invariably cover traditional, digital, stop-motion, paper cut-out, sometimes even puppetry. But there is one style that...

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