The Vicki Baker Tree
A few months ago, we Baker siblings all gathered at the Vicki Baker Tree, to honour our mum. Today would have been her 80th birthday.
READ MORE..Rob Baker
My brother, Rob.
the inbetweener
I started working at Hanna-Barbera when I was 17 years old. It was a time of personal triumph, but also profound heartbreak.
READ MORE..On Drawing
The ability to draw, to capture a personal slice of the world, or a quirky phantasm of the mind, is the particular area of human achievement that intrigues me.
READ MORE..Rubber Chickens
Feb 12, 2013 11:26pm We are down to the wire here at rehab; I may be going home soon. This does not mean that my healing is done, far from it, but my time living in the acute rehab center is drawing to a close. There is just some haggling with the insurance company as … Read more
1972 Drawings
When he isn’t running his own animation Studio, my friend Steve publishes an excellent web magazine for animators called FLIP. Recently, for an up-coming article, he asked his animation friends for some of their childhood drawings. This sent me on a hunt for a pile of old, yellowed paper I knew I had some place…. … Read more
Baker family photo
A rare group shot of the Baker clan taken at my brother Rob’s pre-Christmas party in Sydney. 2004: year in reviewBad StuffI found out that some other people are trying to Trademark the name Rocket Rabbit, which necessitates me shelling out the money for some legal battles. My pal Mike gets in a nasty accident … Read more
Europe trip
I spent the last month in Europe traveling about. The main purpose of the trip was to be at my sister VICTORIA’s wedding in Paris, which all my family members managed to attend. It is no easy matter getting all of us far flung Bakers in the one place at the one time either! Before … Read more