W. R. Miller
I've worked primarily in the entertainment industry as an animator, writer and storyboard artist, with two Emmy honors on The Simpsons. My articles have been published in Starlog, Comics Scene, Comics Buyer’s Guide, Animation Magazine, Animato! and the online Animation World Magazine. I have just completed the five-volume Batman: The Animated Interviews, published by BearManor Media. Works-in-progress: The Justice Dragon; The Star Wars Historical Sourcebook. Further details are presented at my webpage, https://wrmilleronline.com/about/
Gary Kurtz: The Audience is Everyone
In researching for my Star Wars book, I find interesting comments all the time. Here’s an observation from producer Gary Kurtz. Interviewer John Brosnan asked how difficult it had been to make a movie that would appeal to both children and adults. Kurtz’s reply: “Well, it never used to be difficult at all. In fact, […]
Life After Dudley
Although production ended for Dudley the Dragon, showbiz life continued for his creators and producers. Peter Williamson and Ira Levy‘s company, Breakthrough Entertainment, expanded its television production to an impressive degree. Today, according to their website, they have produced over 2600 half-hours of programming, licensed to broadcasters in over 200 territories. Their digital media division […]
A New Beginning?
The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon ceased production in 1997. No DVDs have been released. For fourteen years, the property languished, existing only in reruns. In 2008, Breakthrough licensed the series for broadcast on APTN (Aboriginal Peoples Television Network) in Canada, and in 2009, through Ameba.tv for the internet. Will the duh-ragon and his friends […]
Surprise!
A visitor arrives. “Excuse me, have you seen another dragon? I’ve been looking forever.” What do you know? Dudley’s wish does come true. A happy ending! For the viewers, not-so-happy. The adventures of Dudley the Dragon were over. Photo © Breakthrough Entertainment Inc.
Finale
In the denouement, our friends relax at a campfire, with Sally wrapping up her story. “And while it was true that Dudley never actually saw a dragon, he did find out who his true dragon friends really were.” They look at the moon, and see the faces of Dudley’s true dragon friends that he’s had […]
Just Desserts
Dudley, Sally and Julia leave Mezmra behind bars. The occupant of the box will release him after they are “long gone.” He and Mezmra have, shall we say, a funny exchange. Mezmra could easily squeeze through the bars, but he had nowhere to go. Only three minutes remained for the episode—for the entire series, in […]
Bogus Rain Forest Preserve Workers
Sally and Julia come by Dudley’s cage, posing as rain forest preserve workers. They offer Mezmra something rare and valuable in the box—a baby unicorn—in exchange for Dudley. But Mezmra needs to see it from inside the cage because the unicorn might escape. Mezmra agrees. What’s really in the box? You’ll have to watch the […]
The Value of Friends
The Robins learn of Dudley’s plight, not knowing before of his deal with Mezmra. They want to contact Sally, but where could she be? Up in a balloon, of course. With Julia. Note the size of Sally’s phone. 1997 technology. This might have been an opportunity for another celebrity guest star. Jackie Burroughs had appeared […]
Dudley’s Nightmare
Our hero huffs and puffs along for a second day. That night, he’s still not close enough to the moon to touch it. The poor fellow. Listening to the desperation, the anguish in his voice, one can’t help but feel pity for him. Either that, or laugh at his stupidity for trying to reach it […]
Robins to the Rescue
The next day, Dudley is still chasing the moon. He runs into Mr. and Mrs. Robin, Charles and Tiffany, who have been looking for him. They’ve been worried. He’s far away from home and far away from friends. Mrs. Robin asks him to come home and she’ll make a nice strong cup of dragonberry tea. […]
