GaryKWolf

I had written and published three science fiction novels. I wanted to branch out, do something that nobody had ever even thought about before. As a kid, my reading material of choice was comic books and the graphic True Crime magazines my dad hid in the back of his closet. My favorite films were cartoons. I wanted to do something that incorporated those three concepts. I thought about it for a long, long time. Finally, the inspiration hit me when I was watching Saturday morning cartoons. Purely for research, as I told my wife. It wasn't the cartoons that grabbed me, but rather the commercials. I saw Capt'n Crunch, Snap, Crackle and Pop, Tony the Tiger. All cartoon animals talking to real kids, and nobody thought that was odd. What an idea, I thought. What kind of world would it be if cartoon characters were real. From that came Roger Rabbit and the whole gang of Toontown.

She's based on my wife. And now that I've admitted that, I don't want to see a hundred fan boys hanging around my front door.

Not the first time I've heard that. Whenever I make a public appearance, current and former teenaged boys routinely bow down before me!

When Disney first started trying to produce this movie, Roy Disney went to Warner Bros. and asked if he could use Bugs Bunny for a walk on in an animated/live action movie they were producing. Warner Bros. said "Get lost. No way we're ever putting Bug Bunny into a Disney movie." Years later, after Steve Spielberg got involved, he went to Warner Bros. and made the identical request. They said, "Sure. Take Bugs. How about Porky Pig, Tweety and Sylvester, Foghorn Leghorn, don't you want them, too?" Steve walked out with the entire Warner Bros. cast of characters. It's good to be king except in Hollywood where it's better to be Steven Spielberg.

I think about another movie all the time, but that's way above my pay grade. I hear the Judge Doom comment a lot. He WAS terrifying. I've been told that theater owners complained that they had to mop out the theater after every show because so many kids were peeing their pants. With me, it was the nameless, faceless guy who shot Bambi's mother. I guess ever generation has it's own cartoon terror.