Donald Duck cell

This cell is for sale on eBay right now. But... isn't there something odd about it?
Donald is dressed like he's working as a blacksmith. But what is he doing in a winterlandscape with two penguins that looks like they've escaped from Mary Poppins?
Strange indeed...

Edit: Donald is taken from "Steel and America" from 1966. Had never heard about that one before Didier posted a sample over at his Disney History blog. See link to the right.

Another Wunder

Remember those Terry and the Pirates try-outs by George Wunder that I posted on May 20?
Well, one more has turned up!
I hope that this one also will be included in the last of the Terry volumes as bonus material.
Enjoy!




Seems that I forgot to download the large size pic of the first photo from eBay last week. Anyone else who grabbed it and wants to share it? Have searched eBays completed items but the strip seems to have vanished!?? Maybe the seller removed the listing?

Google this!

Since Fortunato gave the answer to yesterdays question so fast, here are some odd and rare Barney Google stuff for you to enjoy.

First out is a beauty that went unsold on eBay a few days ago. A beautiful 1930's drawing by DeBeck. If I had some $600 left in a drawer I would have picked up this one...


A postcard from 1942.

An irresistable and cute Spark Plug doll. Me want, me want...

And finally, two masks from the 60's. To be worn at cool parties when you want to show the in crowd that you know wich comic characters that are hip. (Too cool to be true!)

Name that cartoonist! pt. II

Yup! It's time for another installment of Name that Cartoonist!
This time it's a well known guy that was a superstar in the 20's and the 30's. Here he's seen with Rudy Vallee to the left and his wife in the middle. Buuuut... who is he?
Anyone who dares to guess?
Answer later this week, along with a rare sample of his art or two.

And just to make things really easy: Here's of the man that took over "Mr. X"s strip in the 40's .

the Duckburg strip

Did you know that there's still a Donald Duck newspaper strip produced?
I thought it was long gone but apparently it's still produced in Italy and available in at least Europe, since I found here it in a small local paper. Anyone who has seen it in a US paper? It's actually called Duckburg (Ankeborg) so I guess it also features the rest of the Disney cast. (This is the only example I've seen.)


Update Sept. 11:
According to Bulls Press they get the material for the dailies straight from Disney in Italy, where it's called Topolino.
Someone in Italy who wants to pick up this lead to see if we can find out more?

Run, Emma! Run!

Havn't been that much in the studio this past week for various reasons, so therefore not much blogging has been done. But I have at least finished a new Emma & Sara page. :)
Here's a pose that I enjoyed doing. This is from the final panel of the page and I had to have Emma & Sara running away. Trouble was that the panel wasn't that high and I needed to squeeze them in, showing their full bodies.
So I just didn't give a damn about proportions and just drew instead. Then inked with thick and heavy lines and added some thin Walt Kelly shading. I think I pulled it off.

My sweeties

Well, that's me.
At least the way I look to Hedvig, who drew this for me. :)

For those of you who are new here: I collect original comic art, and I think this might be a hint that I'm cuddling too much with my originals and not enough with her... ;)

Havank by Jippes

It's always a thrill to see new artwork by mater artist Daan Jippes! Until today I had no idea that he had made this album.

Havank is what I understand a series of detective stories that Daan, using the name Danier, now has begun doing adaptations of. (Or is it all new stories?) The art reminds me of Franquin at his peak. I haven't got the album myself yet but after finding some sneak peaks on the net I'll sure get it as soon as possible. It's available at www.nl.bol.com along with some more samples.

Robin Hood storyboards

A while ago some storyboard sketches from Robin Hood was for sale on eBay. Nobody placed bids on them and they refused to sell to Sweden. But... I saved the scans.
Does anyone know anything about these? They seem to be from pretty early on in the development of the movie. Who is the one eyed cat? And who drew them?

0112 Friar Tuck

Should have been at an Egmont kick-off this evening, but the headache I've had since I woke up this morning told me to stay away from the booze today. Tomorrow there's the big Kolik party so I better be in shape for it!

But since I'm in the studio tonight I might as well post two more model sheets. (I know you'll soon get bored. But since the number of visitors have skyrocketed the past few days I guess that a fair amount of you enjoys them? I do! )
These two are from Robin Hood. The movie lacks anything that can be labeled story or structure. (In my opinion it's one of the worst pictures made by the old team of classic animators.) But even if the story is bad most of the animation is just excellent! Watch it with the sound turned off and with a sketchpad in your lap. :)


Were in Copenhagen yesterday bought some fun stuff, including this collection. "Harley and Ivey" is a must have if you like the art of Ronnie del Carmen, Bruce Timm and Shane Glines. And there are two stories written by Paul Dini too!
To say that I was drooling like a nerd when I found this is an understatement. ;)

Bompf!

More model sheets (and less silly drawings like this) to follow this weekend.

0101 Edgar

Here's yet another model sheet from the Disney studios. This one from the Aristocats featuring Edgar the butler.
This one also seems to be by Milt.(?)
Study the actions in these poses, or what's even more important the re-actions. Varied and really expressive expressions. You can see what he's thinking in every one of these drawings! Not exactly the run of the mill stiff saturday morning cartoon faces, if you see what I mean.
He really bends and twists poor Edgars face to squeeze the most out of it when it comes to attitudes. And succeds!

2138 Kay

Continuing with another model sheet from the Sword in the Stone.
These looks like cleaned up Milt Kahl poses to me.
OK'd by Woolie in the upper right corner. (Might be hard to spot. The copies I got varies in quality.)

BTW: If you havn't checked it out already "the Animation Podcast" is a must if you are interested in animation.
There are now 20 free downloads, including a lecture held by Milt Kahl and a long interview with Andreas Deja + loads of interesting interviews with other animators and directors like Burny Mattinson, Ron Clements and John Musker.

Today I'm all alone in the studio. Listening to the radio and will soon get a cup of coffee before I head for the drawingboard. Have a strip to ink and an Emma & Sara page to pencil. So I better get some work done before lunch, otherwise I fear that I won't get any work done at all today...
Tomorrow it's Monday and I'm back to work as an editor for BAMSE again.

2138 "Wolf"

The Wolf from The Sword in the Stone.
OK'd by Wolfgang "Woolie" Reitherman. Sketches by ?

Pinocchio model sheets

Over the next few days I'll post several model-sheets from the Disney studios ranging from the late 30's to the late 70's.
I hope you'll like them. (And spread the word if you do.)
If you know who the artists are or if you have any suggestions I'd be happy to hear from you. Just leave a comment.
Or if you have other unpublished model sheets from Disney that you want to share, I'd be happy to put them on the blog.

First out are two model-sheets from Pinocchio. The first OK'd by Joe Grant on 2-20(?)-39 and the other OK'd by ? on 4-7-39.
Have these been published? (Unfortunately I don't have the thick Pinocchio hardcover, so they might have been used there.)


PS.
Click on the "Disney" label below or scroll down to find a previous entry with two model-sheets from Fantasia.