The Ephemerist

In 2001, Jim Woodring did the art for a jazz CD by guitarist Bill Frisell, performing together with Dave Holland and Elvin Jones. I hadn’t seen these before, but they got me pretty curious about the music (which, in my humble opinion, is a bit of a letdown).

In 1947, a young Flemish cartoonist, who had been drawing storyboards since he was 7 (above) wanted to make his dream come true. A life time admirer of Walt Disney, Jef Nys, then 20 years old, sent a selection of his work to the Disney Studios. Even though they were quite impressed with his work, there was no room in the studios for an artist from Belgium.

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