Thursday, 29 September 2011
TIME-PIECE THURSDAYS: Disney Watches & Clocks
Turning back the watch to in 1985 when Disneyland turned 30...
Monday, 26 September 2011
Thursday, 22 September 2011
Monday, 19 September 2011
MICKEY MONDAYS: Manifestations of the Mouse
Franklin Mint crystal sculpture of Mickey Mouse as the Sorcerer's Apprentice...
Thursday, 15 September 2011
TIME-PIECE THURSDAYS: Disney Watches & Clocks
Lucky is watching TV super-dog, Thunderbolt, whose adventures unfold on screen as time goes by...
Wednesday, 14 September 2011
DEL CONNELL 1918-2011
Prolific animation and comic book writer, Del George Connell died last month aged 93.
Connell’s credits – though all too often uncredited – included the story of ‘Pablo the Cold-Blooded Penguin’ featured in Walt Disney's The Three Caballeros.
Connell was also resposnsible for the Disney short The Pelican and the Snipe and worked on the Oscar-nominated Ben and Me, as well as the studio’s animated feature Alice in Wonderland.
Responsible for the original Disney comic book characters, Supergoof and Daisy Duck’s nieces, April, May and June, Connell also wrote and sketched 20 years of the Mickey Mouse daily and Sunday comic strips. – one of many ways in which the studio's foundation character was kept in the public eye long after his film career had faded.
Connell worked on comic-books featuring characters from many other animation studios including MGM, Hanna-Barbera and Walter Lantz whose Chilly Willy was clearly a relative of hos own Pablo.
Another of claim to fame is that Connell launched the comic-book careers of the Robinson family who first appeared in the Gold Key publication, Space Family Robinson and later found fame on TV in Irwin Allen's cult series, Lost in Space.
You can read my full obituary in The Guardian newspaper, here.
Connell’s credits – though all too often uncredited – included the story of ‘Pablo the Cold-Blooded Penguin’ featured in Walt Disney's The Three Caballeros.
Connell was also resposnsible for the Disney short The Pelican and the Snipe and worked on the Oscar-nominated Ben and Me, as well as the studio’s animated feature Alice in Wonderland.Responsible for the original Disney comic book characters, Supergoof and Daisy Duck’s nieces, April, May and June, Connell also wrote and sketched 20 years of the Mickey Mouse daily and Sunday comic strips. – one of many ways in which the studio's foundation character was kept in the public eye long after his film career had faded.
Connell worked on comic-books featuring characters from many other animation studios including MGM, Hanna-Barbera and Walter Lantz whose Chilly Willy was clearly a relative of hos own Pablo.
Another of claim to fame is that Connell launched the comic-book careers of the Robinson family who first appeared in the Gold Key publication, Space Family Robinson and later found fame on TV in Irwin Allen's cult series, Lost in Space.
You can read my full obituary in The Guardian newspaper, here.
Monday, 12 September 2011
Thursday, 8 September 2011
TIME-PIECE THURSDAYS: Disney Watches & Clocks
Personalised Cheshire Cat watch from Walt Disney World...
Monday, 5 September 2011
Thursday, 1 September 2011
TIME-PIECE THURSDAYS: Disney Watches & Clocks
You'd be plane crazy not to like this watch...
The only trouble is the propeller doesn't go round quick enough to keep that crate airborne! No wonder Minnie looks so alarmed!
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