Judy ann price biography for kids

After entries over the course of 2½ years — all culled from the thousand or so interviews stowed inside my garage — I have decided that it is time to call a wrap on Tales from the Toon Trenches.

I thank all of you Toon Trenches readers for accompanying me on this journey, and, of course, the fine folks at Animation Magazine for facilitating it.

Before I go, though, I will take one more trip into the past, about 20 years past, when I was forced to postpone my midlife crisis in order to become the father of a baby boy.

Over those two decades that lad has gone from being a very willing accomplice in watching cartoons with the old man while meeting cool people like Chuck Jones, June Foray and Tom Kenny, to being a creative force in his own right who has developed his own animated series.

A lot changes in 20 years, and it could be argued that the animation industry has changed more completely and faster than anything else.

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