‘Ray Harryhausen: Celebrating the Legacy of a Titan’- ComicCon@Home 2021

We are happy to announce our panel at this year’s Comic-Con International! Our presentation, ‘Ray Harryhausen: Celebrating the Legacy of a Titan‘, will be released online as part of #ComicConAtHome on July 24, 2021 at 2:00 pm Pacific Time.

‘Legendary stop-motion animator Ray Harryhausen kept an incredible archive of some 50,000 items gathered throughout his filmmaking career, containing models and artworks from each of his classic films, including Jason and the Argonauts and Clash of the Titans. The Ray and Diana Harryhausen Foundation are now responsible for the upkeep of this renowned collection. Join John Walsh (Foundation trustee) and Connor Heaney (collections manager) for behind-the-scenes images and astonishing insights from the Foundation’s restoration program, and learn more about plans for future exhibitions in the USA and beyond. In what would have been his centenary year, some of Ray’s most iconic creations have been conserved, repaired, and restored for public display. Restorer Al Friswell, handpicked by Ray to preserve the model collection, has painstakingly conserved these priceless pieces in strict accordance with the creator’s wishes. As well as physically repairing models such as the Kraken, Kali, and the Hydra, the Foundation has also begun a pioneering program of 3D scanning, ensuring that a digital record of Ray’s techniques will live on for generations to come.’

We look forward to sharing our panel with you!