Michael Sporn Animation – Splog

- There are a couple of sites that I visit regularly and don’t mention often enough in my writing. Let me try to remedy that here.

Tulgey Wood is a fine Disneyana site on which Jim Fanning posts plenty of remarkable material. His posts often get a rise out of me.
Those about actor, Roger Mobley, brought back curious memories. I don’t think I’ve thought about the Disney TV series Gallegher, Boy Reporter in the 40-odd years since it aired.
Likewise, his post of the page from the 101 Dalmatians comic book popped that magazine back into my mind all these years since I saw that strip as a child. This is an appealing site that I enjoy visiting.

Every day I stop off at Alan Cook’s blog, Cooked Art. Alan often posts some of his own fine art and he keeps us up to date with the development of his own film. I enjoy seeing his progress. However, he also directs us to other items he sees out there. He informs of interesting posts, movies and art. I usually like to see what he suggests so that I can keep current with the hot spots.

Most recently, Alan has highlighted Randall Sly’s excellent site Character Design. The most current posts there are worth a look. You can see the development of a couple of recent characters. Ursula from The Little Mermaid slowly takes shape through many rejected forms. It really is informative to see. This site also features a lot of interviews worth checking out, and portfolio reviews of newer designers.

- David Gerstein has an extraordinary site that I haven’t featured often enough. It includes lots of animation history with a number of key pages to scour. I particularly liked one he has which features early animation music.

David has a large number of books on the market that are worth knowing.
His Mickey and the Gang, is an excellent book which was designed initially to collect the Good Housekeeping monthly pages produced by the Disney studio between 1934 and 1944. These pages highlighted the latest Disney release. This book features a lot of information to be found nowhere else. I highly recommend it for any animation or Disney enthusiast.

My strong interest in Russian animated films brings me often to Animatsaya In English. “Niffiwan” hosts this site out of Canada. It features the latest in Russian animation bringing information about many new and excellent filmmakers, all translated into English.

I can’t tell you how much of a resource this site is for someone interested. Currently featured is a film by artist, Aleksey Karayev. He animates with paint on glass. This is his third film, Dwellers of the Old House, and it’s a gem. The photographs on this site illustrating Norstein’s work methods is a gem. Any fan of this master has to treasure it. For a short YouTube moment, you might look at this Russian commercial by Yurij Norstein.

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If you haven’t seen the coke ad featuring the cartoon balloons, Amid Amidi has posted it on Cartoon Brew. Look at it; it’s hilarious. Great use of cgi. Maybe there’s a feature in there?

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