The Looney Tunes Studio’s Near-Death Experience

June 29, 2011 by Michael Mallory 3 Comments

Throughout the history of animation, there have been plenty of train wrecks (metaphorically speaking, of course), usually on the feature film side of things, but how about bus wrecks?  And literal bus wrecks at that? While interviewing legendary layout and design artist Bob Givens in 1992, for an article that [...]

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The ‘Toy Story’ Toy That Got Away

June 23, 2011 by Michael Mallory No Comments

Tales From the Toon Trenches: From the Files of Michael Mallory Editor’s Note: Author and journalist Michael Mallory has been covering the animation and visual effects scene for over two decades. Beginning today, he looks back at some of his earlier scoops and shares some of his “untold stories” with [...]

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