During one of my visits to see Milt in Northern California I brought along a Colonel Hathi sketch, I had just purchased. Milt didn't ...

This sequence of drawings was done for a scene from an unproduced Mickey Mouse short film. My guess is that they date back to the early 1950...

Milt Kahl animated this line of dialogue, as Medusa is sitting down on her desk while she answers the phone. Initially upset at this late...

I will update my blog again toward the weekend. In the meantime I am off to New York to see my friend Jonathan perform Jafar on stage. As...

I am not sure if I recall this Kahl statement from one of his lectures, or if he told me in person. It is an interesting comment on how a p...

Some animators are great handling scenes that involve dancing. Eric Goldberg is one of them, so is Ken Harris and Ollie Johnston. Frank T...

This is an unusual Disney short film from 1952. It brings to life the most rigid objects imaginable, buildings. I love the story and ar...

...could be the title of this illustration by Heinrich Kley. It's a little unsettling to see these Fauns treating the old Centaur so ...

Woolie Reitherman was an expert in animating action sequences such as fights and chases. In  Lady & the Tramp he drew the street do...

These photos were taken sometime during the early 1990s, when Ollie had invited friends and their families to ride on his model train. Th...