A bit of a gloomy start to December. First we have the (final) death of the Dandy (my copy of the big fat farewell issue's still in the post, but it sounds like a good read), now I've learnt that Russian animation-man Fyodor Khitruk has left the planet at the ripe old age of 95.
It's a good age to live to, so it's not a "tragic" loss, but it's a loss all the same. In fifty years he made over a hundred films, and won even more awards. Here's several of them for the sake of enjoyment:
Story of One Crime (1962)
Man in the Frame (1966)
Film, film, film (1968)
Film, film, film (1968)
Island (1973)
Lion and Ox (1983)
RIP to him. The planet's running out of talented folk at an alarming rate.
