The Corner Booth: Behind-The-Scenes Stories and Conversation From The Animation Industry

Darrel Van Citters owns his own animation studio.  His career began an artist at Disney feature animation. The story about how he left Disney, why he left and what happened after, which lead to him o…

One of the best artists in the business. He’s still drawing on paper too.

He designed the Little Mermaid, and helped design Batman for the 90s animated series and Tiny Toons.

You can see some of Dan'…

What does it look like to be an animation pro working in different television shows? Smurfs, Simpsons, Big Foot and the Mighty Machines?

This is a great one and a lot of fun.

Swinton's Youtube:

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We discuss on topic films such as Peter Pan, Sleeping Beauty and Oliver and Company and off topic shows such as My Little Pony.

Visit Larry Whitaker at: http://www.larrywhitakerproductions.com/

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The Corner Booth guys, once again, find themselves in the Disney animation hat building were they talk to Luis Labrador, at the studio's cafetera.

He tells them how he went from dentistry in Spain to…

The Corner Booth guys debate!

Luis is a HUGE Superman nerd. He thinks Superman is better than Batman, and he talks about why.

Superman animation has a history of defining and changing the character…

Bert Klein was working as a Simpsons Character Layout Artist when he was still a junior in high school. About a year after he graduated high school, Disney persuaded him to come work for them.

In thi…

Should all American animated cartoons be family friendly and kid friendly?  Should it all be light hearted and comical or is animation much more versatile than that?

In this episode of TCB Larry, Cha…

We sat down with famed Disney animator Dale Baer to discuss his career. 

Dale trained under renowned Disney Legend John Lounsbury, animating on classics such as Robin Hood, Winnie The Pooh, and The …

Once upon a time, there were groups of artists that didn't get credited for their work on an animated cartoon. For example, many ink and paint girls didn't get credit in some Disney features.  And on…

June Walker Patterson worked as an ink and paint girl at Walt Disney's studio starting her career on classics like Pinocchio. She went on to work on Fantasia and Bambi and other animated features and…

Hi! Today Larry and Luis have been left without a Chance...Raspberry that is. He's busy making sure his cartoon Little Billy gets up and running.  Meanwhile Larry and Luis talk with Cynthia Petrovic.…

Grab a Squishee, some Moon Waffles, a Krusty Burger or three, top it off with the Lard Lad Special, and join your best chums at The Corner Booth for a very special, artery-clogging, top-secret look i…

How come my art/product/website isn’t making me money? No matter what line of work you are in, knowing how to market yourself is essential! It’s not just about what you…

In this second installment of The Corner Booth’s animation podcast series, Larry Whitaker (Tiny Toons / Space Jam) discusses Looney Tunes: Then & Now with fellow animation colleagues, Chance Raspberr…

Our first episode:

Here’s a sample of a typical conversation you can expect from us at The Corner Booth.

Larry Whitaker, Chance Raspberry, and Luis Escobar talk about the confidence many up and comi…