They sit amiably in front of a coffee table made from a knee-high stack of animation cels. |
A lot of tourists bought Bullwinkle cels and Rocky dolls there, unaware the guy with the handlebar mustache who was taking their money was Jay Ward. |
Some collectors actually prefer this art over the slick, polished cels. |
Thus, the age of original, hand-painted production cels is over. |
They pack incredible amounts of intricacy within small paint and ink cels. |
On their section of the L.A.P.D. site, they post pictures of items that have been stolen, ranging from Salvador Dali paintings to Peanuts cels. |