Iwao and Party Time at Disney

January 4, 2013 by Michael Mallory 3 Comments

January 8th, 2013, just a little over one week away from my setting down these words, will mark the fifth anniversary of the sudden and tragic death of one of the industry’s most unique talents, Iwao Takamoto. It hardly seems like five years have passed, since I rarely go a [...]

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Tales from the Toon Trenches: Big Roy’s Bad Day

September 15, 2011 by Michael Mallory 2 Comments

When the late, great American artist Iwao Takamoto and his wife Barbara asked me to help write his memoirs in 2005, I was stunned and flattered. Iwao was a legend, and a quiet genius. He and I worked on the project for about two years, and then he tragically died [...]

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