Stories By Michael Mallory
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Tales from the Toon Trenches
There is No ‘I’ in Team (If ‘I’ Means ‘Interest’)
October 9, 2014The above title may be a provocative one since motion pictures, both live action and animated,...
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Tales from the Toon Trenches
When the Studios Saw Red
September 25, 2014These days, it’s difficult not to wander into a social-media argument over unions, with organized labor...
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Tales from the Toon Trenches
Surviving the Uncommon Cold
September 11, 2014What could be more frustrating for a voice artist than having to call in sick because...
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Tales from the Toon Trenches
Bicoastal Bakshi
August 28, 2014Back in the early 1970s, when feature animation was believed to be in its final days,...
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Tales from the Toon Trenches
Working with a Genius Genie
August 14, 2014As these words are being written, the world is still reeling from the shocking news of...
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Tales from the Toon Trenches
Talking Villainy With Ian McKellen
July 31, 2014Those who have had a long-term relationship with the San Diego Comic-Con, whose 2014 incarnation wrapped...
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Tales from the Toon Trenches
The Early Hanna-Barbera, a la Benedict
July 24, 2014San Diego Comic Con is once more upon us, offering a virtual Roman coliseum packed with...
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Tales from the Toon Trenches
The Man Who Liked Eddie Selzer!
July 10, 2014Having been lucky enough to have met and spoken with many pioneering artists from the Golden...
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Tales from the Toon Trenches
The Other Animated Bugs
June 26, 2014With so much discussion of border crossings in the news lately, I could not help but...
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Tales from the Toon Trenches
A Jolie Holiday from the Usual
June 12, 2014Given all the reporting that has been done on Disney’s Maleficent, the studio’s revisionist take on...
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Tales from the Toon Trenches
Everything Old Is New Again, Part 3: ‘X-Men’
May 29, 2014I doubt that anyone is surprised that X-Men: Days of Future Past opened huge and promises...
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Tales from the Toon Trenches
Everything Old is New Again, Part 2: ‘Godzilla’
May 15, 2014In a summer filled with old, familiar characters getting high-tech, big-budget, cinematic reboots, the venerable Godzilla...
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Tales from the Toon Trenches
Everything Old Is New Again, Part 1: Captain America
May 1, 2014The venerable Captain America has lately been burning up the box office through the film Captain...
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Tales from the Toon Trenches
Remembering Sol Sigall
April 17, 2014I was saddened to get a call a few days ago from Martha Sigall informing me...
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Tales from the Toon Trenches
Along Came A Spider
April 3, 2014Maybe you haven’t heard, but something called The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is going to be released...
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Tales from the Toon Trenches
Five Toon Trivia Facts You Don’t Know (And With Good Reason)
March 27, 2014When Howard Djadouin passed away last year at the age of 108, few in Hollywood mourned,...
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Tales from the Toon Trenches
A Tale of Two Walts
March 20, 2014This weekend is the 20th anniversary of the passing of Walter Lantz, creator — or at...
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Tales from the Toon Trenches
In Toon With The Universe
March 13, 2014For a long time I’ve opined to anyone who would listen that I would regain hope...
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Tales from the Toon Trenches
Firsts Among Equals
March 6, 2014I doubt anyone was really surprised last week when Frozen was announced as the winner of...
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Tales from the Toon Trenches
The True Tale of Br’er Oscar
February 27, 2014Every year around Academy Award time, I think about a particular film, one that despite its...
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