Contribute to Our Research
|
By Michael - February 13th, 2011
One more notice for those of you who – like me – insist on having physical representations of media instead of digital: Four Decades of Magic is now available in actual, made-of-paper form from Amazon. It is, of course, also available for Kindle.
For more details on its contents, and on my contributions, check […]
By Michael - February 10th, 2011 One day more…
Tomorrow marks the end of an era, when Mickey’s Toontown Fair closes in Orlando. Twenty-two years after its opening as a “temporary” area, Mickey’s Birthdayland, the cobbled-together land will face the bulldozer in preparation for the Fantasyland expansion.
Mickey’s Birthdayland debuted to celebrate the Mouse’s 60th birthday in 1988. Pieced […]
By Michael - February 10th, 2011 Bill Justice in his animation years (Photo via Cartoon Brew)
The sad news arrived today that Disney animator, artist and Imagineer Bill Justice passed away this morning only a day after his 97th birthday. During a remarkable 47-year career at the company, Justice contributed to the animated features of Disney’s golden era as […]
By Michael - February 10th, 2011
Word has arrived that Four Decades of Magic, the collection of essays we recently discussed and to which I contributed two essays, is now available. It’s currently available in print and for Kindle; the print version will be available at Amazon in about a week. Other authors in the collection include Foxx from Passport […]
By Michael - February 1st, 2011 In his recent Imaginerding review of Steve Alcorn’s excellent Building A Better Mouse: The Story Of The Electronic Imagineers Who Designed Epcot, George Taylor linked a number of fantastic snapshots on Alcorn’s site that depict the creation of EPCOT Center.
You should head over to Alcorn’s site posthaste to investigate, but I’m going to reprint […]
|
The Progress City Primer
 From the Progress City archives comes this collection of 33 tall tales and true from Disney history. Available in paperback, hardback, and ebook formats.
|
Recent Comments