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The Tale of ‘The Tale of Tillie’s Dragon’

May 16, 2013 by Michael Mallory Comment! divider image

One of these years I’m going to sit down and put together an entire book-length history of the “Toon Boom.” I’m not speaking of the Canadian software company by that name, but rather the period from the mid 1990s through the early 2000s, when every studio in Hollywood and even [...]


Remembering Ray

May 9, 2013 by Michael Mallory Comment! divider image

In 2002 I received a call from my editor at the Los Angeles Times, asking if I would be interested in interviewing Ray Harryhausen. After ascertaining who I had to kill to get such an assignment, I found myself a few days later driving out to a house in the [...]


Who Can Turn the World on with His Voice

May 2, 2013 by Michael Mallory 2 Comments divider image

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 and Don Messick among others––today one is just as apt to see a major Hollywood A-lister taking a role in an animated project as not. This [...]


The Life Cycle of DNA

April 25, 2013 by Michael Mallory 2 Comments divider image

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, and unfortunately late, Texas-based animation studio that was responsible for the hit TV show and feature Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, and the 2006 film The Ant [...]


The End of an Era …Yet Again

April 21, 2013 by Michael Mallory 4 Comments divider image

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 it was the final death knell for hand-drawn animation. For others, though, the announcement was déjà vu all over again. Like the Western movie, traditional feature [...]




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