Ray Harryhausen 1920 – 2013
It is possible that I would have ventured into the entertainment industry if my dad had not taken me to the drive-in to see One Million Years B.C., but he did. I was nine years old, and I became obsessed with the man who had created the dinosaurs that shared the barren prehistoric landscape along with John Richardson and Raquel Welch. I didn’t know how he did it, what he looked like or even how to pronounce his name, but I knew I wanted to be Ray Harryhausen.
The Grandmaster of stop-motion animation died last week. I haven’t had time to write a proper tribute, but rather than wait a year (as I did when Ray Bradbury passed away) I wanted to post images of things I never would have built, directed or drawn if not for Harryhausen.
After four years of development, and thirty five years of contemplation, the Scrollon® iPad app is ready for release. It will be available in the App Store on June 3rd, 2013 with four of my original stories.
www.scrollon.com is now live, and the definitive source of news and information pertaining to Scrollon®.
Also at www.sevenextraordinarythings.com I’ve posted a (long) overdue tribute to Ray Bradbury.
