Introducing my first Post!

Hello and welcome….

I’ve been meaning to do this for a long time. Well, one of my friends suggested this and I think I waited long enough. It’s time.

I am going to start…

…wait for it…

…a blog!

This blog celebrates classic cartoon history with an emphasis on the golden age of Hollywood animation. I thought having this would be cool because animation has helped shape me into the person I am today (hey, everybody needs a hobby) and was important to making not only my childhood happy, but also yours. :D

For you readers, here is what to expect:

Rough animation drawings, visual development art, thumbnail sketches and character designs; I’ll be devoting the space mostly to the work of Disney’s Nine Old Men, Warner Bros Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies directors, and MGM (mostly Tex Avery and Tom & Jerry), as well as Pixar and DreamWorks. I plan to display artwork from other studios.

Stories of the animators. The Nine Old Men were masters in their craft, but it’s interesting to observe their human side. A lot of what I’ll talk about this group will refer to John Canemaker’s “Walt Disney’s Nine Old Men and the Art of Animation,” an incredible and insightful book that I highly recommend.

I will try to keep you updated on recent news in the animation world and intend to write reviews for cartoons and films or just short bits of commentary for a particular scene. (Blogs tend to evolve and I also want to review other films besides animated.)

Sometimes, I’ll post thoughts and share work of other artists who influenced me, such as Heinrich Kley, TS Sullivant, Dr. Seuss, Ronald Searle, William Steig and others.

I am totally new at this and feel free to comment if there’s something you’d like to discuss, but please be nice.

If you love this stuff as much as I do, bookmark the page and join the Facebook page too! Hope you check regularly as I guide on a journey into this magical art and please – spread the word! So bring out your laptop, go to a computer, look at your smartphone or tablet or whatever; have a snack or drink if you want; tell your parents that you’re doing something important; remove your brain (assuming you can find it); and enjoy!

And if you’re going to take your pants off to relax while you’re reading, please do it in the decency and privacy of your home (and this includes girls too).

The author is not in any way responsible for the punishment of those who refuse to obey the important message in the previous paragraph or to put on their rash ointment regularly.