Animation in London in the 1980s was still more of a cottage industry. There were some established studios, mostly doing work on commercials – Richard Williams Animation chief amongst them. Many people freelanced, and were busy as work came up. Often, work came up through ‘networking’ in the Soho pubs. …
The Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) was founded in 1975. It is the largest animation festival in North America. In 2008, OIAF held a special tribute to Richard Williams to mark the 20th anniversary of the release of ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit.” The tribute included an on-stage conversation with John …
A book signing was hosted at Larry Edmunds Books in Hollywood on August 24. Ross Anderson (Pulling a Rabbit Out of a Hat) and Tom Sito (Drawing the Line; The Untold Story of the Animation Unions, Moving Innovation: History of Computer Animation, and Eat, Drink, Animate) spoke about the making of ‘Who …
It is impossible to discuss Richard Williams without discussing ‘The Thief’, a project that consumed much of his career. ‘The Thief’ had its origins in the mid-1960s when Richard Williams became very interested in Sufism, which is a concept related to an inner mysticalaspect of Islam – although some Sufi …
Richard Williams passed away at his home in Bristol, England, at age 86. He was born on March 19, 1933, in Toronto. In his early teens he traveled to Los Angeles and met the Disney animators. He moved to Europe to study fine art, but eventually moved to London, …
The past six weeks have been a whirlwind of the trip to Annecy and London, then work travel, then some vacation travel, and then retirement. The photo above was taken at an impromptu book signing for family and friends on the dock at a cottage in Ontario. Some public book …
Ross Anderson was in London on June 17, the day ‘Pulling a Rabbit Out of a Hat’ was officially released and the day it was available on Amazon.co.uk, for a book signing an London crew get-together at Edinboro Castle pub in Camden Town. About twenty members of the London animation …
‘Pulling a Rabbit Out of a Hat’ has been released on Amazon.com, but the first public unveiling on a bookstore shelf was at the BD fugue book store in the Bonlieu Centre at the animation festival in Annecy, France, on June 10. The festival book signing session was on June …
The 1987 Topps Who Framed Roger Rabbit trading card series included 132 cards and 22 stickers. It was back in the day that packages of trading cards included a stick of bubblegum. Interestingly, Topps was acquired by Michael Eisner’s The Tornante Company in 2007.
I finally have a copy of the book in my hands. It’s actually real… and it’s available!… on Amazon, for sure, and other book retailers, maybe?
