The Tropics go Technicolor at the American Cinematheque's  Tiki Luau Weekend at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood. See a classic island...

Can you guess the purpose of the shiny object in these photographs from July 14, 1955? It's the tip - and final detail - being added ...

Look out!  Cute on the loose!  Tuffy and Tubby wreak havoc on vacationing humans in Walt Disney's fluffy live-action com...

A friend of mine has a theory that whatever happened to you when you were eleven or twelve years old sticks with you forever. Everything t...

Not long ago I had the opportunity to preview the new   Walt Disney Family Museum  opening in San Francisco this fall.   This 1954 prototype...

More wonderful original artwork for a 1955 newspaper section presenting some of the "many delights and wonders that are yours to en...

Queequeg Pursuing Moby Dick, 1956 There have been some exceptional art shows in Los Angeles this year, and another just opened this week:   ...

Sun illustration by Rolly Crump, 1966 Artist Rolly Crump was honored this week at Disneyland with a special window on Main Street (it'...

1958 newspaper ad

Small World Figure #1250 - Spanish Dancer Our friend Alice Davis celebrated her birthday this week, and we'd like to dedicate this post ...

We've just received word that Mr. J. Thaddeus Toad, the fabulous motorcar-stealing amphibian from Kenneth Graham's classic Wind in t...

This is a paper sculpture I recently made for a friend, representing a carved agiba  from Papua New Guinea (inspired by the stunning photogr...

Vintage newspaper ad, 1963

Each year Jody and I look forward to an adventurous weekend at the "Hukilau" in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and especially to catc...

Now don't get me wrong.  Just because I love old stuff, doesn't mean I resist change.  In fact, I love change!  A fresh coat of pain...