Disney cartoon star, Donald Duck turned 70 this year. Boy he looks good for his age.

Happy Birthday to you.

“The funny thing is the people at Pixar are considered the experts of CG and yet no one at Pixar thinks 2-D is dead. Everyone at Pixar thinks 2-D is great, everyone loves the clay work of Nick Park (WALLACE AND GROMIT), people loved LILO & STITCH and SPIRITED AWAY. No one there thinks 2-D is dead.” —Brad Bird (Interview from Ain’t It Cool News)

note: Brad Bird is the director on the up-coming pixar film: the Increibles. What you say might come back to haunt you, as in this example:

“We have no obligation to make history. We have no obligation to make art. We have no obligation to make a statement. To make money is our only objective.” —Michael Eisner

oh ya, Disney really got where they are today by only careing about the bottom line. Right.

these quotes come from http://www.savedisney.com/thought/archive/ at SaveDisney.com.

Well the new and improved Atomic Bear Press website is up and running. Sure it still has some kinks in it, but I feel it is a much better/simpler website then before. In the next few days little things will be modified (spelling ), but it is pretty close to being 100%.

I would love to know if you like it, or if you think someting is amiss.

email me at: staff@atomicbearpress.com

I hate to have my site down, but I had to take a hard look and make a call. I was disappointed in myself to find that I had left the site unfinished and out of sorts. So I have completely redesigned the graphics and format, eliminating some elements in order to streamline it. The site will be up again in a few days time. This page, in the future will be the Links and News page from now on, allowing me to update it through the Blog format.

I apologies for any difficultys my actions might cause.

Brian Kolm-Head Bear

As an artist, I am interested in more then using my art for comics and books, but to create wonderful worlds for us to visit. In this case through theme park attractions. Below are some of my favorite links to companies that help bring the magic to life. NOTE: links to Disney Imagineering (the originators of theme park magic) will be in previous and future posts.

Sally Corp-a leading developer of dark rides and animatronics

D.A.F.E-Dark Ride and Funhouse Enthusies

Laff in the dark.com-Dark Ride and Funhouse Page

Santas Village ~ 1960′s

theme park brochures

halloween productions.com-marvel spiderman dark ride in Niagra falls

agkoolaid.com-multiple theme parks

the imaginary world.com-pop culture,disneyland in the 50′s,santas village, vintage candy and toys.

Fun Animatronics Sites

Chris Hillman’s HUGE Animatronics, Robotics &…

Howstuffworks "How Animatronics Works"

Animatronics – The Web Site

Theme Park Adventure magazine

Theme Park Adventure magazine

Yesterday I discovered that many of you visited my site with no Portfolio page in sight. I feel so bad. Boy is there Egg on my Face. I have fixed this by uploading an early version. Expect some new stuff soon.

RANDOM GENERATORS

Every creative person loves a challenge. And the best challenge comes when you work with something you would never think of. So bellow are some links to give you that Random edge.

Challenge: Try to use one of the random name/idea generators bellow to create a character or story or something. Do a drawing, write a story or song. Work outside your box!! Let me know if you have something cool to show (just make sure the subject does not look like spam). HAVE FUN!

REGULAR FOLKS AND SUPERHEROS:

Lee’s Useless Superhero Generator

Men and Supermen: 50 name generator

The Hero Mashine

Random Name Generator based on US Census

MUSHY STUFF:

Romance Writer

MORE THEN NAMES, IDEAS:

Random Logline Generator

RPG’s

Fantasy Village Generator

iG – RPG Map/City Makers

MADISON AVE.

Brand-O-Matic

Emo’s Band Name Genarator

MISC.

The Page of Name Generators

The Script Vault’s writers links

List of links to sites to help writers with names.

SAVE-THE-DATE!!

A Cartoon Art Museum fund raiser: Behind the Scenes at Pixar

OCTOBER 2, 2004 More info TBA.