I just spotted this on Amazon today.

More details about the upcoming Mickey Mouse Taschen book thanks to J.B. Kaufman's blog.

INCOMPLETE ROSETTA STONE

A few months back, I stumbled upon one page of a document titled "Story Situations", dated September 20, 1939. I was stunned! I knew exactly what I was looking at: This was a page of a much longer document listing story ideas for abandoned Disney shorts. Looking at a list I have in my collection, I deducted that the full document must have been between 30 and 35 pages long. By conducting some additional research, I realized that a friend of mine had 9 additional pages. I now have pages 21 to 30, but I am still missing pages 1 to 19 and 31 to 35 (or 34).

The Disney Archives do not seem to have a copy of this document and it is entirely possible that the additional pages will never be found.

This is immensely frustrating from a historical standpoint since the document contains the synopses of various shorts in progress about which we know almost nothing. Based on another list, I know for example that the lost pages of the "Story Situations" document contain the synopses of a planned Band Concert sequel and a Country Cousin sequel.

If anyone of you has any idea of where to find the additional pages, please do not hesitate to email me at didier.ghez@gmail.com

This is a long-shot, but who knows ;-)

The contents of the new Disney twenty three magazine have just been released. I am especially looking forward to:

"Animation historian Fox Carney dives into the vaults of the Animation Research Library to show off stunning paintings and drawings from Mickey’s rich history."

Great review of They Drew As They Pleased - The Hidden Art of Disney's Mid-Century Era on Boing Boing! today.

Walt's People - Volume 21 was released today! Do not miss this specific volume. I believe it is one of the best in the series.

Walt's People: Volume 21 features appearances by Ferdinand Horvath, Ken Peterson, Bob Givens, Sylvia Holland, Tyrus Wong, John Hench, Marc Davis, Alice Davis, Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn, Floyd Norman, Paul R. Hartley (via his daughter Stacey Hartley), Bill Cottrell, Lillian Disney, Glen Keane, and Darrell Van Citters.