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Remembering Ray

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In 2002 I received a call from my editor at the Los Angeles Times, asking if I would be interested in interviewing Ray Harryhausen....
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Who Can Turn the World on with His Voice

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Whereas once animation was the province of a small, but talented group of actors who specialized in voice work––Mel Blanc, June Foray, Daws Butler...
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The Life Cycle of DNA

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Don’t worry, there isn’t going to be a science quiz at the end of this week’s blog. The “DNA” in question is the great,...
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The End of an Era …Yet Again

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Last month’s announcement that the Walt Disney Company would no longer pursue traditional feature animation brought some mixed responses among toon heads. For many...
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Remembering Annette

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I’m going to take a little detour this week out of the Toon Trenches to remember a person who was enormously important to the...
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So Stan Lee Walks out of a Bar…

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If there was one take-away from last week’s WonderCon in Anaheim, it was this: the barriers between comic books, animation and live action have...
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A Face Made for Voice-Over

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Few men in the history of animation had as hard a time forging a career as actor Regis Frick. It was not that Frick...
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Jerry Eisenberg’s Flying Hippo

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Like all professional toonheads, I’m sometimes asked to identify my favorite cartoon character. More specifically, those who know I tend to specialize in the...
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So Jack and the Giant Haven’t Slayed ‘Em

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Okay, I’m not here this week to heap any untoward abuse onto Warner Bros.’ CG/vfx extravaganza, Jack the Giant Slayer, whose beanstalk has so...
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An Aardvark’s Road to Animated Success

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To paraphrase Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, there remains one fixed point in an ever-changing world of television animation: the desire to sell a show....
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The Unkindest Oscar Cut of All

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The Academy Awards are over for another year, and as often happens, some of the occurrences taking place behind the scenes were potentially more...
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Will Oscar Love Maggie?

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Some who read this will be doing so after the 2013 Academy Awards have already been handed out, making Daniel Day-Lewis, Jennifer Lawrence, Anne...
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The Elephant Not in the Room (or Anywhere Else)

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Last week's announcement DreamWorks Animation that it was shutting off the lights on its CG/2D mix Me and My Shadow might have surprised some....
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Iron Man the First (and Cheapest)

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Super Bowl fans who tuned in last Sunday solely for the commercials were treated to an "extended look" at the upcoming summer tentpole blockbuster...
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More Enduring Than the Average Bear

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This week marks the 52nd anniversary of the premiere of The Yogi Bear Show on television, and it would seem that the smarter-than-the-average bear...
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A Legendary ‘Calamity’

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I am writing this week's blog on the day that President Barack Obama is being sworn in for his second term. What has that to...
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Love Him or Hate Him, This Guy Changed TV Animation

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At a time when yet another national fistfight…um, I mean, debate…is heating up over who is responsible for the horrific gun violence in this...
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Hey, Arnold… Where Have You Been?

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Not every successful animated series goes on to become an enduring classic. To put it another way, anyone remember when Rugrats was the hottest...
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Iwao and Party Time at Disney

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January 8th, 2013, just a little over one week away from my setting down these words, will mark the fifth anniversary of the sudden...
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A Bill Melendez Christmas

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What would the holidays be without A Charlie Brown Christmas, which, believe it or not, premiered 47 years ago? And what would any Charlie...
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