Animation is tremendously resilient. Animation will recover, as art always recovers. There's always cycles of good art.
Ralph BakshiI hired Bob at Terrytoons. He was my assistant animator, and then became an animator himself. He had just come from Boston with his family and was a brilliant draftsman as well as a great jazz guitarist. We had lots of fun nights in Greenwich Village together and then later hanging in LA. Bob worked on Fritz the Cat , Heavy Traffic , Coonskin , and on Wizards . I am terribly saddened by his passing and will miss him dearly.
Ralph BakshiI'm the first to admit that I can't be as good as Tolkien, and a movie can never be as good as Tolkien.
Ralph Bakshi