tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761399790417030925.post7149567972869501187..comments2024-03-28T14:05:12.281-07:00Comments on The Cartoon Cave: Mickey Mouse MagazinePete Emsliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451607722482352366noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761399790417030925.post-45148408272584380852011-04-18T10:46:54.061-07:002011-04-18T10:46:54.061-07:00Hey Peter, I've been thinking about Margaret a...Hey Peter, I've been thinking about Margaret and how much fun we had with her in those days. I've asked a few friends that worked with her in NY. No one has heard from her in many years. I Googled and found this post you made, but not much else (Nice work, btw!) Have you had any contact? She was great fun, wasn't she? SueSue DiCiccohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14379820557608104011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761399790417030925.post-40309058212369183942009-10-14T08:04:19.163-07:002009-10-14T08:04:19.163-07:00Nice work, Pete. And yes, I do remember those days...Nice work, Pete. And yes, I do remember those days.<br /><br />What you said about the Disney brass is unfortunately true. They have no love for cartoons or cartoonists. Actually, I don't think they care for Walt that much either.Floyd Normanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08635960964922892254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761399790417030925.post-67217259978097064572009-10-09T12:39:11.988-07:002009-10-09T12:39:11.988-07:00These are with gouache? I bought a set of Russian ...These are with gouache? I bought a set of Russian gouache paints awhile ago with some Winsor & Newton tubes. What do you paint on? Masonite?Andrew Blondinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16919651147872502050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761399790417030925.post-17851375132992634842009-10-09T10:07:31.282-07:002009-10-09T10:07:31.282-07:00I had most of these as a kid, and it's funny.....I had most of these as a kid, and it's funny...now looking at the ones you've done were always my favorite growing up.<br /><br />Thanks so much for sharing these, I wish kids magazines with artwork this good still existed...Sabrina A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08105085436863164485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761399790417030925.post-37967946073712045762009-10-09T10:06:04.624-07:002009-10-09T10:06:04.624-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Sabrina A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08105085436863164485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761399790417030925.post-12047776813193767302009-10-08T15:38:23.318-07:002009-10-08T15:38:23.318-07:00...the Disney brass have made it quite clear that ...<b>...the Disney brass have made it quite clear that they really don't like cartoons</b><br /><br />Ughhh! I hate suits that have no respect for buit the Disney company.<br /><br />Where's Roy Disney?<br />Disney animation needs his support.Jack G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11582354325563283998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761399790417030925.post-60287669750994565192009-10-07T14:40:55.682-07:002009-10-07T14:40:55.682-07:00Well, we agree on that, anyway. "Kingdom Hear...Well, we agree on that, anyway. "Kingdom Hearts" is certainly something else I believe to be a big, big misstep. if Disney wants to pursue some sort of adventure in the gaming market, I think they should follow along the lines of what Carl Barks was doing with his Uncle Scrooge stories - take the Disney standard characters on adventures into exotic locales. But don't mix them in with all the feature film characters, as that just destroys the mystique of the Disney animated films. Ah, if only I could run the joint....Pete Emsliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01451607722482352366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761399790417030925.post-32149259067406877822009-10-07T14:22:00.972-07:002009-10-07T14:22:00.972-07:00Something that without a doubt ISN'T Disney is...Something that without a doubt ISN'T Disney is making the classic characters dress up like Emo/club kids, pairing them up with metrosexual anime characters, making a cut and paste story of Disney films of the past 50 years, and sticking in various cliches for "dramatic effect".Ricardo Cantoralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00518171797365794688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761399790417030925.post-89956323617983170732009-10-07T12:29:54.958-07:002009-10-07T12:29:54.958-07:00Well Pete, Disney feature films and shorts has had...Well Pete, Disney feature films and shorts has had it's fair share of haunting and down right dark imagery, Fantasia and Sleeping Beauty come to mind. I will agree that there are some images that don't associate with Disney in Epic Mickey and that pander to more of the "steam punk" image. However, I will wait to see to some game play footage and cut-scenes to really determine if Epic Mickey maybe truely un-attractive.Ricardo Cantoralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00518171797365794688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761399790417030925.post-2475818226742962812009-10-07T12:24:42.602-07:002009-10-07T12:24:42.602-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ricardo Cantoralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00518171797365794688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761399790417030925.post-90683126716144527872009-10-07T10:54:30.559-07:002009-10-07T10:54:30.559-07:00Sorry Rick, but I do not share your enthusiasm for...Sorry Rick, but I do not share your enthusiasm for "Epic Mickey" in the least! This is precisely the type of thing that I do NOT want to see Disney doing, as it is a complete rape of their entertainment legacy. Ugly, bleak, post-apocalyptic visions of cartoons and theme parks do not add up to Disney entertainment in my book.Pete Emsliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01451607722482352366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761399790417030925.post-5302084832412309542009-10-06T16:42:56.309-07:002009-10-06T16:42:56.309-07:00Actually I just remembered something rather intere...Actually I just remembered something rather interesting Disney is doing with Mickey on the Nintendo Wii.<br /><br /><a href="http://kotaku.com/5374850/epic-mickey-revealed-warren-spector-speaks" rel="nofollow">Epic Mickey</a><br /><br />It's a platformer about the lower Disney-verse characters trying to over throw Mickey. Google "Epic Mickey" sometime and you'll find some pretty terrific images.<br /><br />This maybe the future of many classic cartoon characters and I don't think it would be a bad idea. I could imagine a Uncle Scrooge game being a terrific video game.Ricardo Cantoralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00518171797365794688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761399790417030925.post-22545482973895552362009-10-06T15:08:05.647-07:002009-10-06T15:08:05.647-07:00Thad:
Remember one thing about the nephews that w...Thad:<br /><br />Remember one thing about the nephews that would help you alot, their eyes are fairly above their beaks. It's not too evident here but in Bark's drawings you really notice it. <br /><br /><br />As for this post. I love these drawings and I do notice your style in here Pete. Yes, it's a shame what they are doing the characters now. All this major motion picture studios don't know what to do with their classic cartoon properties.Ricardo Cantoralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00518171797365794688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761399790417030925.post-30788257997989503192009-10-06T15:01:51.273-07:002009-10-06T15:01:51.273-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ricardo Cantoralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00518171797365794688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761399790417030925.post-40127040665683633962009-10-06T12:32:18.312-07:002009-10-06T12:32:18.312-07:00These are great. I like how you draw the cat from ...These are great. I like how you draw the cat from "Plutopia" (which has to be one of my favorite Disney cartoons). You draw the Disney characters so well. I would love to see them in new cartoons (traditionally animated, maybe something involoving Eric Goldberg). Keep up the great work. I can learn so much from you.Eric Noblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05872046921674512158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761399790417030925.post-78576029090710601322009-10-06T09:19:10.208-07:002009-10-06T09:19:10.208-07:00"The Three P's": Princesses, Pixar, ...<i>"The Three P's": Princesses, Pixar, and Pooh. What a limited diet...</i><br /><br />Similarly the new licensee, BOOM Studios, for the Disney comics is completely abandoning the traditional format of Walt Disney's Comics & Stories, Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, and Uncle Scrooge. We will now have comics with these characters aimed at superhero and Harry Potter fans... the exact <i>opposite</i> of the kind of kids and people who got attracted to Disney comics in the first place! Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson, Gil Turner, Al Hubbard, Don Rosa, Bill Van Horn, Daan Jippes, be damned all of yo! You may have gotten readers for over half a century, but you're old hat now!Thadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04443425643665474645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761399790417030925.post-33446772869320768892009-10-06T06:10:30.272-07:002009-10-06T06:10:30.272-07:00Any advice on drawing the beaks of Donald or the n...Any advice on drawing the beaks of Donald or the nephews? I've never gotten the hang of it. Very different than Daffy's.Thadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04443425643665474645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761399790417030925.post-14264758702417758662009-10-06T05:57:37.462-07:002009-10-06T05:57:37.462-07:00Very wonderful work. I miss seeing Disney illustra...Very wonderful work. I miss seeing Disney illustrations like these that are hand painted instead of coloured on a computer.<br /><br />And I to wish we would see more Mickey and friends in animated form. We did get the Hose of Mouse series but I think it is no being made.<br />Would be nice if they made more classic story adaptations featuring them like Christmas carol, The three musketeers and Prince and the pauper movies.Alex. Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08716631126189006033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761399790417030925.post-83615341670011640232009-10-05T18:49:37.681-07:002009-10-05T18:49:37.681-07:00Hey John, I'm glad to see you discovered this ...Hey John, I'm glad to see you discovered this post - I was hoping you'd see these, as I know you're a fan of gouache painted cartoon illustrations. I'm going to post up some more samples from both the Mickey Mouse and Duck Tales magazines over the next little while. I wish I could get more work like this today, but Disney just doesn't seem to do anything outside of "The Three P's": Princesses, Pixar, and Pooh. What a limited diet...Pete Emsliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01451607722482352366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761399790417030925.post-46509163979433637302009-10-05T17:06:56.406-07:002009-10-05T17:06:56.406-07:00I like them a lot too. Very fun to look at and muc...I like them a lot too. Very fun to look at and much better than some of the 1970s Walt Disney magazines I have.JohnKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14033480276168015590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761399790417030925.post-11568081343933719742009-10-05T10:04:07.900-07:002009-10-05T10:04:07.900-07:00In my somewhat clumsy english, let me say that I r...In my somewhat clumsy english, let me say that I really enjoy your work. Cartoonist talent is becoming rare but Photoshop (which I use every day in my work as a free lance graphist here in France) will never replace it.<br />There is a kind of authenticity, youth and sincerity in your work that computers will never equal.-https://www.blogger.com/profile/00517229996701752431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761399790417030925.post-65287433044731828582009-10-05T08:42:19.081-07:002009-10-05T08:42:19.081-07:00Bitter - Yeah, I may have gone a bit too deep with...Bitter - Yeah, I may have gone a bit too deep with the blue on the ducks' eyes in the "Away We Go" illustration. It's tricky with those ducks, as you want to show some distinction between their eyes and the stark white of their bodies. <br /><br />I hope that you're right about "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse" coming to an end. To be fair, I think there's some decent animation on the show, but those characters just were not meant to be portrayed in CG. The whole candy-coloured plastic look of the show really puts me off. I hope that Mickey and friends get something better to do in the near future.Pete Emsliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01451607722482352366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761399790417030925.post-4780899207258392682009-10-05T02:20:45.097-07:002009-10-05T02:20:45.097-07:00I had heard that they were stopping Mickey Mouse C...I had heard that they were stopping Mickey Mouse Clubhouse because the characters were now being seen as preschool-only. I don't know if there's any truth in that.<br /><br />It is, however, one of the blandest shows of nothingness, only topped by My Friends Tigger & Pooh.<br /><br />Still, got to love the Hot Dog song, eh?<br /><br />Am I the only one put off by the blue of the ducks' eyes?Bitter Animatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06617537816971588380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761399790417030925.post-24539419038308221342009-10-04T22:48:28.901-07:002009-10-04T22:48:28.901-07:00Great illustrations that are pleasant to the eyes....Great illustrations that are pleasant to the eyes. Not like that airbrushed crap. I really like the slight textures that you leave as part of the shadows.Patrick Dizonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05474426989493027469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4761399790417030925.post-51545739112330129952009-10-04T19:49:19.826-07:002009-10-04T19:49:19.826-07:00i love these. they're so easy to look at. The...i love these. they're so easy to look at. They're just so "edible".A.M.Bushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02631714222633988184noreply@blogger.com