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Continuing Walt's Legacy

ORLANDO, FLORIDA (January 8, 2004) -- Legacy Animation Studios, a new
animation production studio in Orlando, Florida, opens its doors in
Winter Garden, Florida, close to Orlando later this month. The studio
will offer a full-range of traditional hand drawn (or 2D) animation
services for film, television and commercials. Legacy was established by
a group of animators and artists formerly employed by Walt Disney
Feature Animation Florida. Legacy will also be dedicated to developing
original properties for television and film. In time the studio hopes to
produce its first feature film project.

"We believe that traditionally animated films are still a viable form of
entertainment," says Legacy Animation Studios Directing Manager, Eddie
Pittman. "Our goal is to create quality animated films with compelling
stories and strong characters and to continue Walt Disney's legacy of
hand drawn animation."

The Legacy team has the talent to back up their claim, with the combined
experience of over 25 animated films including The Little Mermaid,
Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Mulan, and Lilo and Stitch.

Pittman has worked on such animated features as Mulan, Tarzan, and Lilo
and Stitch. He has taught for the renowned Computer Animation program at
Ringling School of Art and Design, and his popular drawing classes
taught around Central Florida have been recommended to aspiring
animators by Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida. Recently, he
produced and directed Legends of the Night Sky: Orion, the world's first
full dome (360?) traditionally animated movie.

Also joining the management team as Creative Director is veteran
assistant animator David Nethery. Nethery has nearly 20 years of
experience as an animation artist, most of those years at Walt Disney
Feature Animation. His credits include such characters as "Meeko" the
raccoon from Pocahontas, "Mushu" from Mulan, "Cobra Bubbles" from Lilo
and Stitch, and most recently "Tug" and "Koda's Mom" from Brother Bear.

Legacy currently has three projects in development, including a short
film that will begin production in late January 2004.

For more information, visit http://www.legacyanimation.net/

Cord

Disney Adventures Volume 13, number 8 (October 2003)

Matt Feazell's contents page doodlings ("Dizzy Adventures") are given story code JZ766

1) JZ767, 1 page, The Hair Pair: no title
Story by Charly La Greca. Art by Charly La Greca.
"The Hair Pair" is not a Disney property; it is copyright Charly La Greca.

2) JZ769, 7 pages, Kid Gravity: "Event Horizon!"
Story by Landry Quinn Walker. Art by Eric Jones.
Characters include Kid Gravity, Penny Galactica, Kid Apocalypse and the robot teacher.
NOTE: This is the first appearance of these new Disney comics characters.

3) JZ770, 1 page, Gorilla Gorilla: no title
Story by Art Baltazar. Art by Art Baltazar.
Characters include Gorilla Gorilla and Lizard Lizard.

4) no story code, 6 pages, Finding Nemo: "Safe Swimming!"
No credits.
Characters include Nemo and Marlin.

5) JZ772, 1 page, Jet Pack Pets: "Pet Signal!"
Story by Michael Stewart. Pencils by Dave Tata. Inks by Scott Koblish.
"Jet Pack Pets" is not a Disney property; it is copyright Michael Stewart & Garry Black.

6) JZ771, 1 page, The Last Laugh: "The Best Movies You Never Saw!"
Written by John Green. Art by Charly La Greca.

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Cord wrote:
>>I just received my copy of WDC&S 639. The cover illustration
>> by William Van Horn impressed me very much.

Lauri Jaakkola wrote:
> The covers made by William Van Horn are usually very simple

Which is exactly why I find them so impressive. I myself do not
have the slightest artistic ability so I am always very amazed
how much a few lines can express.

Cord

Disney Adventures: The Lion King Collector's Issue (Fall 2003)

NOTE: This is not a digest-sized magazine. It is a standard-sized
magazine (approx. 8.5 x 11 inches)

1) JZ764, 11 pages, The Lion King: "Simba's Rain"
Story by Frank Strom. Art by Fabrico Grellet and Magic Eye Studios.
Characters include Simba, Rafiki, Pumbaa, Timon, Shenzi, Banzai and Ed.

2) JZ765, 11 pages, The Lion King 1 1/2: "Rain Dance, Schmain Dance"
Story by John Green and Michael Stewart. Pencils by Yancy Labat. Inks by Jeff Albrecht.
Characters include Pumbaa, Timon, Simba, and Rafiki.
NOTE: This story doesn't really have anything to do with "The Lion King 1 1/2" except that, just like "The Lion King 1 1/2" shows what Timon and Pumbaa were doing while Simba was carrying the main plot in "The Lion King", this story show what Timon and Pumbaa were doing while Simba was carrying the main plot in JZ764 (above).

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Disney Adventures Comic Zone (Winter 2004)

NOTE: This is not a saddle-stitched magazine. It is a perfect bound
magazine (but it is still digest size)

Matt Feazell's contents page doodlings ("Dizzy Adventures") are given story code JZ790

1) JZ791, 3 pages, Society of Horrors: "Cootie-Catcher Comics"
No credits, but art is by Rick Geary.
"Society of Horrors" is not a Disney property; it is copyright Rick Geary.
NOTE: This comic can be cut out and folded into a "cootie-catcher" and this be made interactive.

2) JZ793, 4 pages, The Haunted Mansion: "Monster Makeover!"
Plot by Michael Stewart. Script by Steve Behling. Pencils by Steven Butler. Inks by Jim Amash.
Characters include Ramsley, Madam Leota and many other characters that I know have names, but I don't know what their names are (sorry).

3) no story code, 8 pages, Finding Nemo: "Hide and Seek!"
No credits.
Characters include Nemo, Pearl, Tad. Sheldon, Bruce, Chum, Anchor, Dory, Marlin and the school of sardines.

4) JZ794, 2 pages, Gorilla Gorilla: no title
Story by Art Baltazar. Art by Art Baltazar.
Characters include Gorilla Gorilla and Lizard Lizard.

5) JZ795, 10 pages, Pirates of the Caribbean: "Legend of the Aztec Idol!"
Story by Michael Stewart. Art by Bret Blevins.
Characters include Ragetti, Pintel, Bosun, Elizabeth Swann, Will Turner, Jack Sparrow and Gibbs.

6) JZ801, 4 pages, Lilo and Stitch: "Splashdown!"
Story by Michael Stewart. Art by Disney Academia.
Characters include Lilo, Stitch, Jumba, Pleakly, Sparky and Nani.

7) JZ797, 4 pages, Kim Possible: "Monumentally Evil!"
Story by John Green. Pencils by Tom Bancroft. Inks by Howard Shum.
Characters include Dr. Drakken (and his henchmen), Shego, Kim Possible, Ron Stoppable and Rufus.

8) no story code, 2 pages, Spy Kids: "That's Snow Spy!"
No story credits. Art by Christine Norrie.
"Spy Kids" is not a Disney property; it is copyright Miramax Film Corp.

9) JZ798, 4 page, Jet Pack Pets: "Catnapped!"
Story by Michael Stewart. Art by Scott Koblish.
"Jet Pack Pets" is not a Disney property; it is copyright Michael Stewart & Garry Black.

10) JZ804, 2 pages, Brother Bear: "Waterlogged!"
Story by John Green. Pencils by Phil Allora. Inks by Jeff Albrecht.
Characters include Kenai, Koda, Rutt & Tuke.

11) JZ805, 2 pages, The Crybabies: "The Lighter Side of Space!"
Story by james dean conklin. Art by james dean conklin.
"The Crybabies" is not a Disney property; it is copyright james dean conklin.

12) JZ799, 4 pages, Tony Hawk and Matt Hoffman: "The Hawk and the Condor!"
Story by Stephen Timblin. Pencils by Kevin West. Inks by Mark McKenna.
Characters include Tony Hawk, Matt Hoffman and the Paddle Master.
NOTE: This story is the first appearence of R.E.A.L. (Radical Extreme Athletes League), an organization that protects the interests of extreme atheletes when they are thretened by more established sports. I assume that R.E.A.L. will become a blanket concept linking future stories starring extreme atheletes.
NOTE: While Tony Hawk and Matt Hoffman are real people and not Disney characters, Disney does own this story, the Paddle Master and R.E.A.L.

13) JZ800, 4 pages, Kid Gravity: "The New Kid!"
Story by Landry Quinn Walker. Art by Eric Jones.
Characters include Kid Gravity, Kid Apocalypse, Jetboy, Jetgirl, the unnamed Zargian and the robot teacher.

14) a reprint of JZ616

15) JZ802, 2 pages, Lizzie McGuire: "Cell Phoney!"
Story by John Green. No art credits.
Characters include the cartoon Lizzie McGuire.
NOTE: The art for this story is pre-existing Lizzie McGuire promotional art, formatted to make a new comic story.

16) JZ863, 5 pages, Home on the Range: "Maggie Mooves In"
Story by Sheryl Scarborough. Art by Fabrico Grellet and Magic Eye Studios.
Characters include Maggie, Mrs. Caloway, Grace and Jeb.

17) JZ807, 1/2 page, Rufus (from Kim Possible): "On the Hunt!"
Story by John Green. No art credits.
Characters include Rufus.
NOTE: The art for this story is pre-existing Kim Possible promotional art, formatted to make a new comic story.

18) JZ806, 3 pages, The Last Laugh: "Three Signs Your Gym Teacher is the Loch Ness Monster!/What's Wrong With This Picture?/Is Your Best Friend a Robot? Check Each Item That Applies!/Check Out These Movie That were Never Made!"
Written by John Green. Art by Jim Pallot, Ryan Dunleavey, Bob Harper and John Green.

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I have just found that Barks' Skeptics Club (U$ 65, Sept '66) has a
real-life equivalent.

The Skeptical Enquirer reviewed in its latest issue The Skeptic's Dictionary
( http://www.csicop.org/si/2003-11/skeptic-dictionary.html ), and linked to
the Skeptic's Dictionary's site: http://www.skepdic.com/ .
I can't find any entry for "Micro-Ducks": does this mean they don't know
about them, or that they do believe in their existence? ;)

Olivier

Thank you, Mr. Rosa, for the fascinating and thought-out response! I would
have been surprised if you had just accidentally overlooked the story. I'm
still turning over how much I like the idea of Scrooge going to college
myself. As a very satisfied reader of "Life and Times," it comes most
naturally to me to think of Scrooge as a grade school dropout. There's
something romantic in that notion oddly enough. It makes Scrooge seem even
more self-made. I have known many older folks in my life that dropped out
of school very early on and still have managed to acquire an incredible
amount of knowledge and skill. I can't imagine most of America's dropouts
today reaching the same plain!

But as a community college instructor, I have had many older students who
have had to fight tooth and nail to gain their education. I have had many
folks who dropped out of middle or high school or had to leave because of
unfortunate circumstances. These people often have to struggle to gain
their high school equivalency and later struggle with college level work.
Many of them struggle immensely to pay tuition and have to work harder then
other students because of poor preparation for the college arena. Still, I
am moved by these folks' hard work and thirst for knowledge. I like
thinking of Scrooge as one of these determined, scrappy folks.

Still, you are probably best to overlook the whole college bit. Equal
education for all has been more of a later twentieth century fight, and I
have serious doubts that Scrooge could have afforded an education during his
pre-Klondike years. At any rate, thank you for your fascinating response!

Matt

Unlike Don Rosa, who has a perfect right to ignore Barks' 4-pager stating that
Uncle Scrooge attended Webfoot Tech (University) during the 1880s, I choose to
accept that as fact. Barks wrote that story as well as having drawn it. When I
asked him, in 1969,why he had Uncle Scrooge attending college around the same
time he had informed readers that he was mining copper in Montana, he gave me
the same answer that he gave to me many other times:- that he used whatever
characters, setting or story events or props needed to make that individual
story work. He did NOT have an overall plan or time line or "encyclopedia of
what was already used" to refer to to assure against creating contradictions
from one story to another. He told me that after having used Uncle Scrooges
wealth or going on adventure to increase his wealth as the motivating force in
almost all his previous stories, he decided to write a story using one of his
other assets (wisdom and experience from old age).

I prefer to believe that while in the Western USA, making his first fortune,
Scrooge had a short lull between his copper mining in the early 1880s, and what
he did in the later 1880s. He spent this time selling to Webfoot Tech
students "crib notes" and toothpicks to hold their eyes open when studying for
examinations late into the nights. Webfoot Tech was in Oregon. Barks had
already told us the town of Webfoot was in Oregon. Oregon was the State just
north of Calisota. He also showed us that the Webfoot River was north of
Duckburg. He signed up as a student at Webfoot Tech, as the University had
banned him from the campus for "soliciting" (trying to sell his wares). The
only way he could provide his "services" to the students, was to become one,
himself. In this way, he could build up his grubstake for his next fortune
building venture. As a student, he was eligible to play on the school football
team. As a feisty, competitive sort, he decided to join the team. With his
crafty ideas, he could assure that they would win all their games, and by
betting on his team to win, could thus, greatly increase his grubstake money.
He used all the money made at Webfoot Tech to buy the land by the Duckburg
River, where Old Fort Duckburg was.

Rob
Klein

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