Jaime Diaz

[BFOSTERLA@aol.com]

I first met Jaime Diaz back in the early 70s, when he came to work at 
Hanna-Barbera Studios as an animator. Jaime worked in the animation business 
in Los Angeles for quite a number of years, then disappeared. We didn't hang 
out together or anything like that, so I never really kept a watch on his 
whereabouts, except that I found out he had returned to Argentina to open an 
animation studio. He "commuted" between Argentina and Burbank about once or 
twice a month to secure work. A lot of that "work" was the studio (S Code) 
comics he did for Disney Studios.  I reestablished a working relationship 
with Jaime when his studio did comic book art for the Disney Comics that were 
produced by Disney in Burbank. I really have no idea what Jaime paid his 
artists, but somewhere along the line two or three of his very best artists 
wound up in New York, perhaps having found out what comic book artists really 
got paid.  Maybe they decided to cut out the middle man. Anyway, when the 
Disney comics died, I don't know if the artists were able to maintain a good 
income  from publishers in New York, or if the business continued to prosper 
without Jaime at the helm, but Jaime has since closed his studio in Argentina 
and has moved to the Los Angeles, California area, where (he told me) he 
intends to stay. Last I heard he was working at an animation studio in the 
Hollywood area. If anyone wants to know more, I could make a few phone calls 
and get the details.