Remembering Annette

April 12, 2013 by Michael Mallory No Comments

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 Walt Disney Studios in the 1950s, and whose passing was just was announced: Annette Funicello. Anyone of my generation knows both versions of Annette: the teenaged [...]

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Avengers Cast Lands on Three Collectible D23 Covers

April 19, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments

Disney twenty-three magazine is offering three special collectible covers featuring different Avengers’ characters for its summer issue, which will be available on May 1. Coinciding with the worldwide theatrical release of Marvel’s The Avengers, the summer issue of Disney twenty-three features a 10-page story on the creation of the superhero film. Author and Disney Imagineer [...]

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