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Thursday, 3 January 2019

SPIRITUS SANCTUS

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Labels: San Marco, Venice

Tuesday, 25 December 2018

IN NATIVITATE DOMINI

Christmas morning in Basilica Patriarcale di San Marco, Venezia...

BUON NATALE!

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Labels: Christmas, San Marco, Venice

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THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS GIFT!

Four NEW Winnie-the-Pooh stories by Brian Sibley & Co.

FOR EVERY DISNEY FAN

Essays by Brian on 'Alice in Wonderland', 'Mary Poppins', 'Winnie the Pooh' and other Disney films

FOR DISNEY HISTORIANS

Includes a contribution from Brian Sibley

NEW EDITION!

A new revised and expanded edition of the model animtion bible

A Delightful Gift: E.T.A.Hoffman's THE NUTCRACKER and THE MOUSE KING (Double CD)

Dramatised by Brian Sibley and starring Toby Robinson and Edward de Souza

THE THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE MAN: A new edition of my biography of the Reverend W Awdry

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Official Movie Guide to THE HOBBIT: The Battle of the Five Armies

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FOR COLLECTORS: Signed Limited Edition!

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Weta Digital: 20 Years of Imagination on Screen by Clatre Burgess with Brian Sibley

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RETURN TO NARNIA: My classic radio series reissued

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BBC AUDIO DRAMA AWARDS 2012

WINNER of BEST ADAPTATION for The History of Titus Groan

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My Blog Reading List

A Shroud of Thoughts

Naturally Native (1998) - Hollywood has not always been kind to Native Americans. When Native Americans have appeared in Hollywood films, it has been in Westerns where they were o...
DOuG pRATt

What’s That Expression? - A mid-term election like what? Like nothing anyone has ever seen before.
Mr Ripleys Enchanted Books

Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books - Favourite Children's Book Picks - NOVEMBER 2026 - UK Post - Mike Maihack - The Moonlit Spiral - Published by Walker Books (5 Nov. 2026) - ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1529532715 - Paperback - Age: 7+A vibrant, colourful graph...
Deja View

WILDWOOD - Go to your local theatre and watch WILDWOOD. I can not recommend this film enough. Such an amazing story, and so beautifully crafted. Animation History! ...
Attempted Bloggery

My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #1012 - In *The New Yorker* Cartoon Caption Contest #1012 from the issue of November 2, 2026, we find ourselves at the ornate entrance to a large and perhaps so...
Tell Me Another

665. Completely Satisfied - Andrew and I have just returned from a trip to Nashville, Tennessee, to visit our son and his girlfriend and our hearts are full. Our last time there was i...
Ronald Searle Tribute

Another fake - Fake Searles pop up on the art market with regularity but their deficiencies are glaringly obvious to the trained eye of a Searle aficionado. This poor ...
pencilnotes

Gardening DIY – hedge demolition- in response to Telegraph gardening article advising people to be lazy. - How we (I at 76 yrs) removed a 13ft hedge (after being quoted £400 to trim the top and sides!) and roots, dug out an area of soil and rubble filing 90 ru...
Vintage Disney Alice in Wonderland

The Proof Copies Have Arrived! - The proof copies have arrived, won’t be long now!
Sarah McIntyre

20 Years of LiveJournal! - LiveJournal just sent me a message to let me know I've been on this blog for TWENTY YEARS!! Thank you, *livejournal*, this blog has been a major part of my...
The Cartoon Cave

Happy Birthday Jim Garner, and Welcome To Paradise Cove, Rob! - As is my custom, every year I honour James Garner on the anniversary of his birthday with a new caricature depicting him in one of his film or TV roles....
Ink & Paint Club - Michael Peraza

Multiplane Magic! - There are many interesting articles that have been written by folks about the amazing camera stand at the old Disney Studios known as the "Multiplane"...
Patrick Mate

#1477 Riot Women -
By Word of Beth

Website Revamp! - Image by Cal David, Alberta, via pexels.com This is my second attempt at this post. The doggie to the left is still looking for the bits that fell off the ...
John Rozum.com

The Portland Sea Dogs meet Scooby-Doo - I will be in Portland, ME this coming Sunday representing both DC Comics and the International Cryptozoology Museum, along with ICM founder and cryptoz...
The Animation Anomaly

How to Train Your Dragon, in [live action] 3-D!!!! - So, we’ve come full circle. The first serious post on this blog was published on April 2nd, 2010 and now, fifteen years later, I publish the last serious p...
Matt Jones

'YOKAi' horror anime for kids! Story Class Feature Animatic -
Good Books For Young Souls

A Little Nook for Books - Project Book Nook is finished! When my grandchildren come to stay, books are always part of the visit. Always. When we remodeled our home three years a...
Hauling Like a Brooligan

New Song, Same Old Lyrics - As part of a general online overhaul, this blog is moving. Whereas up to now it's been hosted by Blogger - many thanks, Blogger, for this accessible and ...
Uli Meyer Animation

Memahami Bermacam Tipe Bahan Peledak Tambang - Memahami Bermacam Tipe Bahan Peledak Tambang. Kala industri jasa drilling serta blasting melaksanakan peledakan, pastinya hendak memakai bermacam berbagai ...
Caricature Corner

Mona Bob- my take on the classic Da Vinci masterpiece. -
ECC Cartoonbooks Club

Gahan Wilson (February 18, 1930 – November 21, 2019) - Jean-Marie let me know the American cartoonist Gahan Wilson passed away. Learn all about him here: https://gahanwilson.net/ Cartoon collection. and enjoy ...
Doodlejam

Sketch for an etching - [image: Topiary at Dawn Sketch] Topiary at Dawn: preliminary sketch Pencil sketch for an etching "Topiary at Dawn". See the finished etching here.
Kitschy Living

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John Vernon Lord

- An illustration by John Vernon Lord from *The Hunting of the Snark *by Lewis Carroll, published by Artists' Choice Editions, 2006.
Strictly Paper

Asynchronist: A Collage Art Collaboration Between Alex Eckman-Lawn and Jason Chen - [image: Asynchronist: A Collage Art Collaboration Between Alex Eckman-Lawn and Jason Chen] I have been a long time fan of collage art and the many ways th...
Wordarts

The Posy Ring: Coming Soon. - The Posy Ring, the first novel in a planned series called The Annals of Flowerfield, is due for publication by Saraband on 12th April. Here's what it's a...
Kevin Kidney

Swiss Family Treehouse Sprouts - It's the early part of 1962 and six tons of steel are rapidly becoming the Family Robinson's island homestead. Had construction stopped right here it still...
Junk Thief

At Year’s End - Ghosts. I really believe in them, and see at least shards of them a couple of times every week. With 2017 breathing its last gasps today, they were swirlin...
Filmic Light - Snow White Archive

Snow White 80th Anniversary WDI Pin - Snow White 80th anniversary jumbo pin. Available at the Walt Disney Imagineering Store for D23 Gold Members and guests. Issued on December 10, 2017. Limite...
Holy Embers of Dreams

Hillary, Hermione, and Us - When I was in fourth grade, I loved playing Around the World. This was the game we played, usually on Fridays, in which one student stood behind another'...
The Mountain Life

- It has been a long time since I have got to do some major people watching, but here I am, sitting in the Seattle airport waiting to board a plane to Israel...
The Raft Journal

The Stages of Adjustment - The stages to adjustment are, approximately: Shock, Anger, Denial, and eventually..... Adjustment It is not clear where we are as a society at the moment, b...
Smells Like Library

NO GOOD DEED... (this library needs an enema) - In the middle of the lunchtime rush today, one of the students said, “Mr. Kovac, I want to get you an enema as an end of the school-year gift.” I...
Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol

Rocky & Bullwinkle in Mexico - Frank Hursh, head of background dept at Gamma If you grew up with *Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol*, it's a good bet you watched Rocky & Bullwinkle and all t...
Mouse Tracks

Blu-ray Review: Pixar's "The Good Dinosaur" - “This is probably one of the greatest experiences I’ve ever had in my life, probably the toughest gig I’ve ever had,” says *The Good Dinosaur* director P...
It's Always Something...

I Have Absolutely No Idea What to Call This....Maybe Status Report. - Oh Fudge! ........remember when we used to curse like that? This is too puny for SPF......I jusgt ewant to let you know I am still here but still emb...
Chris Sobieniak's Comics & Stories

The Raccoons (model sheets, 1986) - This is how I wins the Interwebs. The following are some scanned copies of the model sheets to the classic Canadian animated series "The Raccoons" from d...
Peter Emmerich

The Landlady - Last year I took Chris Sasaki's Advanced Character Design class at the Animation Collaborative in Emeryville, Ca and it was truly one of the best exp...
Color & Caffeine

Gladstone Production Vault: Orphaned Daan Jippes covers for Mickey Mouse - *Art by Daan Jippes.* A little background: During Gladstone's first comics license (1986-1990) the *Mickey Mouse* title mainly ran Gottfredson se...
STRANGE PLANET STORIES

THAT WAS THEN, THIS IS NAO (TROISIÉME ACTE) - JANUARY 31 I remember waking to total darkness. The kind of darkness where you can't even see your hands infront of your face. I couldn't even find my ph...
Ian Richardson Remembered

Kindle version free for next 48 hours - The revised Kindle Version of the book is available for free from Amazon Kindle worldwide, on Sunday 9 June and Monday 10 June. http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/...
David Weeks

Horse Play - One man's meat is another man's meat, too. Whilst I fully appreciate that now, under "elf an' safety", we need to know the entire pedigree of any meat w...
Thomas Head's Blog

The World's Tallest Dwarf - Or... My life as a Six Foot Seven Dwarf, Part I One of my writing techniques is using my personal life as means to underscore my fictional naratives or...
Blowing My Thought Wad

Good Sports - The last few days I’ve been trying to think back to the point where it became apparent that sports and myself simply weren’t compatible. I used to think it...
Where there are Meadowlarks...

The History of a Home Project. Part One: Living Room - Yes, I'm finally ready for the big REVEAL. I thought it might be interesting to review the history of this project, beginning when I moved in here in Decem...
Gifts and Dreams

St.Valentine's day.... Or not - I don't like Valentine's day! I can't stand all the "Valentinalia" seen in shops and on the internet these days with only ONE exception: the felt ornament...
Blabbing On Arts and Culture!

Snow White Mosaic: Part 12 - (I'll post the commentary tomorrow, I haven't got time - too busy on the reviews, but I will post it tomorrow for recap - I promise).
Polkadots & Moonbeams

plinth charming - my sister... my little sister... making doves of peace and love for the world on the fourth plinth this evening.
Mouse in the House

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Keeping Count

TIME PASSES...

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