The Blackwing Diaries

It takes a long time to look through John Canemaker's new book   The Lost Notebook: Herman Schultheis and the Secrets of Walt Disney...

It's always an event when John Canemaker comes to Los Angeles-literally. In 2012 he was here to present and moderate a program  hono...

This Saturday, March 15, I'm moderating a panel at the Walt Disney Family Museum where I'll be talking with Claire Keane , Lore...

Is there anyone in animation who isn't excited by the work of Mary Blair?  Oh, probably a few misanthropes or those who go the contra...

Michael Sporn looking over Richard Williams' shoulder during production of "Raggedy Ann and Andy". Photograph by John Can...

  Sad news.  By all accounts a very smart, gutsy, caring, determined woman: daughter, wife, mother, sister, philanthropist.      ...

A stack of worthy and notable titles has been growing on my desk, demanding attention and certainly deserving it but my gosh, it's been ...

Where has the summer gone? For me it's been spent in a lot of work wielding the Wacom stylus, seeing films, and travel-my first vacation...

Have a look at this trailer, premiered at the recent D23 event and written up in Los Angeles Magazine by Chris Nichols: It's bei...

This must be from "The White Seal". Tonight I'm participating in a swell shindig down in Costa Mesa,  "The Bla...

I was just visiting one of the most important animation blogs on the 'net-Michael Barrier's, to catch up, and saw he'd done a lo...

Drawings of Dog by Minkyu Lee.   Drawing of Adam by Minkyu Lee.   in·ef·fa·ble / ɪnˈɛf ə bəl / Show Spelle adjective ...

A model of the title character's house from "ParaNorman" on display at an Arclight theater. There's a nice article ab...