Pittsburg Animator Leland Hartman Dies at 82

December 30, 2012 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment

Former Disney and Warner Bros. animator Leland “Lee” Hartman passed away at a nursing facility in Glen Hazel, PA on Dec. 24. He was diagnosed with dementia six years ago, shortly after losing his wife of 50 years, Elizabeth Hartman. A former Navy veteran, Hartman worked at Disney Studios after [...]

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ToonSeum Offers Tribute to ’70s-Era Black Animation

January 4, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments

Pittsburgh’s ToonSeum is offering a unique retrospective of original production cels and drawings from the 1970s that promoted positive African American characters and storylines. Titled  “Funky Turns Forty,” this special exhibit chronicles how the Saturday morning cartoons of the 1970s became a direct conduit of social change, introducing a host [...]

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