Jim Fanning's Tulgey Wood
Friday, October 11, 2024

Chipmunks On Haunted Hill

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Alvin and the Chipmunks have gone through many iterations over the years, but my favorite look for these rascally vocalists is how they appe...
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Thursday, October 10, 2024

So Dear For Halloween

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Welcome back, trick-or-treaters! You’re just in time for a real October treat: this promotional art drawn by the legendary Disney artist Han...
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Wednesday, October 9, 2024

Liō Loves All Things Halloween

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Back for more of the choicest Halloween treats? Don't forget to visit the other "Crypt Keepers" who are participating in our C...
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Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Meeting William Joyce For A New Yorker Halloween

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The New Yorker can always be relied on to provide an artful Halloween cover or two each October, ever since the celebrated magazine was fir...
Monday, October 7, 2024

Substitutiary Letterhead it Must Be

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Our Countdown to Halloween 2024 continues with a Tulgey Wood— Bedknobs and Broomsticks . Disney’s magical motion picture premiered on this d...
Sunday, October 6, 2024

TCM Rules October With Classic Horror

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Halloween time calls for classic horror films—and lucky for us, as is their annual practice, Turner Classic Movies serves up a whole month o...
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Saturday, October 5, 2024

The Ghosts are Bad but the One That's Cursed/Is the Headless Horseman; He's the Worst!

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Celebrating Walt Disney’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow for its 75th anniversary! Originally released on October 5, 1949, as one half of the a...
Friday, October 4, 2024

Not The Pumpkin King, Part 2

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Spider-Man deals with monsters and mutants and who-know-whats, but he’s not always battling anything as Halloween-specific as these pumpkin ...
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Thursday, October 3, 2024

Not the Pumpkin King

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An underrated Disney animated feature, The Black Cauldron (1985) also has its castle’s doorway darkened by an underrated Disney villain. Th...
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Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Trick Or Treat...POP!

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Would it be Halloween without Casper trying to scare up some friends? Of course not, so here he is on a trick-or-treat themed cover from Jan...
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An author, historian, editor, researcher and blogger, Jim Fanning specializes in Disney. In a career dedicated to celebrating and exploring the work and life of Walt Disney, as well as his collaborators and those who carry on his legacy, Jim has recounted the history of many areas of the wide world of Disney. A contributor to Disney twenty-three Magazine and the D23 website, Jim has written books, articles, comics and a variety of other works, in addition to officially commissioned projects for many departments of The Walt Disney Company, including Publishing, Home Entertainment and Walt Disney Imagineering, as well as lending his expertise to many Disney licensees, including The Walt Disney Classics Collection (including Sketches Magazine), Technicolor, Dixie, NBC and Mattel. He also wrote many episodes of the groundbreaking documentary TV series, Disney Family Album, and has contributed writing and research to the Walt Disney Family Museum. Jim's philosophy is historical accuracy, dedication to uncovering new and little-known behind-the scenes stories, and lively and engaging storytelling that illuminates authentic Disney "magic."
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