Tag Archive | "Disney"

Alice test footage

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

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This is a remarkable piece of animation and Lewis Carroll history – some test footage from Disney’s wonderfully colourful adaptation of one of my lifelong favourite books, Alice in Wonderland. As the poster notes Disney regularly used actors as models for the animators to work from (famously the great Bela Lugosi struck poses to inspire [...]

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Upcoming…. Barks’ Donald Duck… but not here.

Friday, August 5, 2011

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Coming in October, Fantagraphics are starting a brand new reprint series, in affordable yet beautiful hardcovers of Carl Barks’ absolutely classic Donald Duck comics. For a little background I’ll pass you over to Fantagraphics’ PR: “Barks alternated between longish, sprawling 20- or 30-page adventure yarns filled with the romance of danger, courage, and derring-do, whose [...]

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Heroes Reborn Again

Thursday, April 1, 2010

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In a surprising move, Marvel Comics have announced that some of their highest profile properties will be relaunched later in the year “to reflect the Christian family values of the new Marvel-Disney brand“. Captain America, The Avengers and The Fantastic Four will have their comics relaunched to “portray a positive, spiritual message to Marvel Comic [...]

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Goofy meets Lynch

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

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Its the cinematic collaboration we’ve all been waiting for: Disney’s Goofy working with master of the surreal, the auteur David Lynch. Apparently Goofy has been a huge admirer of Lynch’s work going right back to Eraserhead and Lynch has been keen to use the Hollywood veteran in one of his projects but has been holding [...]

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Disney Underground

Friday, January 1, 2010

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(Goofy Takes A Break by Pete McKee. ©Disney of course.) Latest in the current trend in getting a few alt-comix/alt-art types to reinterpret classic characters – Disney Underground. A collection of high quality prints of Disney characters, all approved by Disney. Prices from $75 and going up to $250. Details and ordering from s Entertainment [...]

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Epic Misney

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

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Bring Marvel and Disney together and you make Misney – so why not make it truly epic on the crossover scale? (Epic Misney by T Campbell and John Waltrip; I especially like Dazzler having a sing-out with Hannah Montana, Beast waltzing with Beauty and the scandalised looks on Disney’s little princesses as they see Emma [...]

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That Disney – Marvel thing…. you may have heard already……

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

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Well, we didn’t see that one coming. Disney bought Marvel Comics on Monday 1st September for some 2.5 billion quid. And to be honest no-one’s really sure what it means. Official word from Marvel and Disney says all is as it was: C.B. Cebulski (Marvel talent liaison/editor/writer) Allow me to reassure you right now, guys, [...]

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More Disney-Marvel – in pictures….

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

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It didn’t take long after the shocking news on Monday that Disney had purchased Marvel Comics for the mash-ups and funny stuff to start appearing on the Internet. Here’s a few that caught our eye: (Inspired by a twitter from Brian Reed, and drawn (or at least posted) by petroglyf. Via ComicMix) (Beast And Boo [...]

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Marvel teams up with Disney

Monday, August 31, 2009

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Its been announced that the Mouse Kingdom is buying mighty Marvel in a combined cash/shares deal worth around a cool 4 billion dollars. Over on his Twitter Paul Cornell seemed pretty pleased that it should put Marvel on a sounder financial footing and exclaiming “I’m working for Disney!” “Disney is the perfect home for Marvel’s [...]

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