Oh, this is exciting!!! The draft cover of Mindy Johnson's upcoming book has just been revealed. From what I understand the book will mostly focus on non-Disney artists but it will also contain many Disney connections (Margaret Winkler being one of them, of course).

Can't wait!!!

Tony White apprenticed to such legends as Richard Williams, Ken Harris and Art Babbitt. This new book is for me!
 

My friend David Peake just found out that the cover of the long-waited book about X. Atencio has been revealed. I am really, really looking forward to this upcoming book, which will be released at the end of the year.

 Oh!!! Ron Clements' long awaited autobiography is now available for pre-order on Amazon!

If you like the Disney movie Hercules and / or if you love the art of Gerald Scarfe, do yourself a favor and pick up right away the newly released Disney's Hercules--The Art of Gerald Scarfe.

Written by Gerald Scarfe himself, this is a massive volume that is filled from cover to cover with never-seen-before pieces of artwork and marvelous tales about their creation.

It is one of the very best Disney art books I have seen in years and a clear must-have from my standpoint.

Way to go Insight Editions!

Happy 2025! I am happy to share that Walt’s People: Volume 30 has just been released by Skyway Press!

Walt’s People: Volume 30 features appearances by SHARON BAIRD remembering ANNETTE FUNICELLO, CARL BARKS, BILL BERG, EDIE CARHART, CLAUDE COATS, WILL EYERSON, HAROLD HELVENSTON, RAY JACOBS, PHYLLIS LAMBERTSON-JACOBSEN, BILL SHEPARD, RUTHIE TOMPSON and PETER WOODS. 

Among the hundreds of stories in this volume: Storyman RALPH WRIGHT remembers how he pitched a sequence for Bambi that featured an anthill and which developed into a large series of highly creative storyboards. 

Director DAVID SWIFT recalls how Walt Disney called him at home and admitted he cried after reading his script for Pollyanna. 

Imagineer, CHRIS BROWN gives a fascinating account of life and work in the Show/Ride Mechanical Engineering Department at WED (now Walt Disney Imagineering). 

TREVOR BRYANT explains how he helped set up Walt Disney Imagineering's Research and Development Department.