Michael Sporn - Proprietor of his formidable animation studio and a must see blog (splog) for animators worldwide. Self-confessed avid "Animal Farm" fan, whose favourite character is the imposing Boxer. studio@michaelspornanimation.com www.michaelspornanimation.com
Hans Walther - A fellow admirer of "Animal Farm" with a piece or two in his collection, amongst the Disney and other goodies. Hans's website says it all. www.xs4all.nl/~hwalther/
John Conning - Long time animator, experienced Halas & Batchelor in the 1970's. www.sufferincats.com
Doug - Passionate about
"Animal Farm", loves the images on AFW. Dabbles in animation a little,
amongst other things. Modern Horse Studios
modernhorse@yahoo.com
Daniel Leab - Author of "Orwell Subverted: The CIA and the Filming of Animal
Farm", an informative read indeed. Past collector of George Orwell novels
danleab@earthlink.net
Leab collection online at
www.brown.edu/Facilities/University_Library/libs/hay/collections/orwell/leab.html
Barker Animation, Fine Art and Sculptures - Source of my Napoleon drawing
signed by John Halas. Very capable animation museum and business
which has been around for a long time.
www.barkeranimation.com
Matthew Szynkiewicz - Matt is THE Goebel King and helped to start off my
collection of "Animal Farm" Goebel figurines from the mid 1950's.
www.worldcollectorsnet.com/magazine/issue9/iss9p3.html
goebel1@verizon.net
Karlis Smiltens - "Animal Farm" animator for three years. Illustrator of the 1954 Latvian edition of "Animal Farm". A genuinely really nice guy who bent over backwards in divulging his knowledge to me.
FRIENDS OF ANIMAL FARM WORLD
Here is a list of AFW friends who stem from all walks of life. From animators to animator's daughters, they are all happy to be recognised as a friend of this website, perhaps even of myself. Here's to friends, of which you really can't have too many.
