Quick reminder about the upcoming S/R Labs auction.

The blog will be updated again on June 1.

Recently re-discovered art from Pinocchio by Curt Perkins. Just for your enjoyment.

The Snow White Master Score Limited Edition is quite an expensive, yes, but it's a document that I had to pre-order! I just did.

This new book about Steve Jobs which I just picked up contains an interesting chapter about the acquisition of Pixar by Disney, which relies on new interviews with Bob Iger, John Lasseter and Ed Catmull.

Do you own any art by David Hall, Kay Nielsen, Sylvia Holland, Retta Scott or Walt Scott or do you know of anyone who does? If so, could you please email me ASAP at didier.ghez@gmail.com? I am trying to gather as much new material as possible by these artists by the end of July (in digital format) in order to include those pieces in the second volume of They Drew As They Pleased.

This just in from the Georgia State’s Digital Collections via Mark Fleming. Mark and his brother, (who happens to be an archivist at Georgia State University) are wondering if one of us could help them recognize the people who appear on those photos along with Walt Disney and Johnny Mercer (and Clarence Nash on the one at the bottom, of course). Can anyone help?

[UPDATE from Joe Campana: The kids in the bottom photo are Luana Patton and Bobby Driscoll.] (I know, I know, I am terrible at recognizing people!)

[UPDATE 2 (from Alexander Rannie): "In the middle Johnny Mercer pic that you've posted I think it's actress Bette Davis on the left, then Mercer, Walt, and possibly Buddy DeSylva (co-founder with Mercer of Capitol Records)."]

All images: Stephen Taksler Collection, Popular Music and Culture Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.