WHAT: Atlantis Fantasyworld's 37th Anniversary Party Featuring Floyd Norman WHERE: Atlantis Fantasyworld, 1020 Cedar St., Santa Cruz, CA 95060 WHEN: Saturday, September 21st 10am - 7pm 30 CENT COMIC SALE: ALL DAY FREE PIZZA: 12 - 6pm FLOYD NORMAN SIGNING: 1 - 6:30pm CONTACT: Joe Ferrara PHONE: (831) 426-0158 EMAIL: joe@atlantisfantasyworld.com Atlantis Fantasyworld, Santa Cruz'smulti-award winning comic book store, is proud to invite the public to its 37th Anniversary Party on Saturday, September 21st. "It's an incredible honor for Atlantis to host a book signing for a Disney Legend", says owner Joe Ferrara. "Floyd worked directly with Walt Disney on the movie Jungle Book. In fact, it was Floyd's idea that the snake's eyes could hypnotize you!" To thank the community for its many years of loyal support, Ferrara will have over 8,000 comics on sale for 30 CENTS EACH! "When we first opened our doors in 1976," says Ferrara, "the price of a new comic was 30 cents, the same price as a gallon of gas!" As a special bonus, everyone who visits the store on September 21st between the hours of noon and 6 pm will receive a slice of FREE PIZZA! Book Signing by Disney Legend, Floyd Norman - 1:00 - 6:30 pm Floyd Norman will sign copies of his new book, Animated Life, from 1:00 -6:30pm. This Disney Legend has worked in animation for over 54 years and continues his work today as a storyboard artist. Most recently worked as a consultant for Tom Hanks in the upcoming film, Saving Mr. Banks, a movie about the making of Disney's Mary Poppins. FREE Slice of Pizza for Everyone! - 12:00 to 6:00 pm Every visitor between the hours of 12 and 6:00 pm on Saturday, September 21st will receive a FREE slice of pizza. Over 8,000 comics for 30 Cents! - All Day Over 8,000 comics will be on sale for 30 cents each or 100 comics for $25 dollars. When Atlantis opened its doors in 1976 comics sold for 30 cents. We will travel back in time to remember the good old days. More About Floyd Norman Born in 1936, Floyd grew up in Santa Barbara, California. While still in high school, Floyd became an assistant to cartoonist Bill Woggon on Bill's interactive comic book creation, KATY KEENE. After attending Los Angeles' Art Center College of Design as an Illustration major, Floyd began working in the Disney Studio's Animation Department. There, he worked on SLEEPING BEAUTY (1959), 101 DALMATIONS (1961) and THE SWORD IN THE STONE (1963), as well as a variety of animated Disney shorts during the late 1950's and early 1960's, including material for the beloved MICKEY MOUSE CLUB and DISNEYLAND television series. He eventually graduated to the story department where he co-created the famous "Trust In Me" song sequence for THE JUNGLE BOOK (1967), the last film that Walt Disney personally supervised. After Disney's death in 1966, Floyd left Disney Studios to co-found the Vignette Animation Studio with his business partner animator/director, Leo Sullivan. Together, they created some of the first educational films about Black history as well as Bill Cosby's original HEY! HEY! HEY! IT'S FAT ALBERT TV special that aired in 1969. During the seventies, Floyd wrote and produced animated segments for SESAME STREET, VILLA ALEGRE and dozens of educational films. Floyd returned to Disney in the early 1970s, where he worked on ROBIN HOOD (1973). A few years later, he moved over to Hanna-Barbera Productions, where he worked on such TV characters as the Flintstones, Jonny Quest, Yogi Bear, Scooby-Doo, Tom And Jerry, the Smurfs, Josie And The Pussycats, the Super Friends, Richie Rich, Cow And Chicken and many more. At Ruby-Spears Productions, he worked on Alvin And The Chipmunks and for other studios he worked on Garfield, Mother Goose And Grimm, Heathcliff, and the Ghostbusters. In 1977, Floyd worked with Muhammad Ali on his animated TV series, I AM THE GREATEST (1977). Floyd's most recent project for television was PBS' CLICK AND CLACK'S AS THE WRENCH TURNS (2008). Having returned to Disney in the early 1980s, Floyd was Project Supervisor in Creative Development Publishing, creating, writing and designing several children's books. He also wrote Disney's MICKEY MOUSE comic strip for King Features Syndicate. When the strip ran its course, Floyd moved over to Disney Feature Animation, where he worked on the studio's THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (1996), MULAN (1998) and DINOSAUR (2000), as well as Pixar's TOY STORY 2 (1999) and MONSTERS, INC. (2001). Intrigued by the new digital realm and interactive computer media, Floyd also helped the Disney Company develop computer software for painting and animation. In addition to being honored as a "Disney Legend", Floyd and Leo Sullivan were honored for their talents and collaborative work by the Black Filmmakers Hall Of Fame In 1979 and 1991. In 2002, Floyd was awarded ASIFA's Winsor McCay Award in "recognition of lifetime or career contributions to the art of animation". Floyd was also the Guest of Honor of AnthroCon (2008) and San Diego's Comic-Con International (2008), where he was presented with the convention's respected "Inkpot" award. Floyd has also published several books of gag cartoons inspired by his lifetime of experiences in the animation industry: FASTER! CHEAPER!; SON OF FASTER! CHEAPER!; and HOW THE GRINCH STOLE DISNEY. MY ANIMATED LIFE, Floyd's autobiography, is his latest book. Floyd Norman continues to work for the Walt Disney Company as a freelance consultant on various projects, as well as appearing on a number of DVDs and writing columns for Afrokids.com and JimHillMedia.com as well as writing and drawing daily updates of his blog, Mr.Fun.com About Atlantis Fantasyworld For 37 years, Atlantis has provided the Santa Cruz, California community with a comfortable themed entertainment store for the whole family. During that time, Atlantis has had three locations. The first, a 2000 square foot wooden building, circa 1930, originally housed a family grocery store. The comic book store scenes that appear in the popular cult movie The Lost Boys were filmed in this location. Atlantis operated in this building for thirteen years until the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake damaged it beyond repair. Atlantis was forced to relocate into an 800 square foot section of a 6,000 square foot tent. This pavilion/tent and seven similar structures were built by the city on the parking lots of what remained of downtown. What was to be a six-month temporary arrangement for Atlantis became a business saving solution lasting three years. In 1992, Atlantis found its permanent home in the newly constructed retail space adjacent to the downtown parking garage. Originally occupying 1,000 square feet, Atlantis expanded in 1994 to its current size of 1,600 square feet of retail space. The expansion, named the "U.S.S. Atlantis", simulates the engineering deck of a Starship. In 1996 Atlantis was selected as the 1996 recipient of the "Will Eisner Spirit of Comics" Retailers Award. In 2011, Atlantis Fantasyworld became the new home of Wonder Robot 2T2, the robot sidekick of Captain Cosmic on the Captain Cosmic children's television show which aired on Bay Area Chanel 2 from 1977 to 1980. Visitors to the store can meet Wonder Robot 2T2 and receive a free replica of Captain Cosmic's Secret Crypto Code Decoder Card. Atlantis Fantasyworld Website http://www.atlantisfantasyworld.com