Editing Ralph Bakshi (section)

===Painting, teaching and final animation projects (1997–2015)===
Bakshi retired from animation once more, returning to his painting. In 2000, he began teaching an undergraduate animation class at New York's [[School of Visual Arts]]. On December 14, 2001, he did some paintings for the [[Cameron Crowe]] film ''[[Vanilla Sky]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fullecirclemagazine.com/2009/11/conversation-with-ralph-bakshi.html |title= Conversation With Ralph Bakshi |publisher=Fulle Circle Magazine |date=2009}}</ref> He later became involved in several screen projects, including a development deal with the [[Syfy|Sci Fi Channel]], In September 2002, Bakshi, Liz and their dogs moved to [[New Mexico]], where he became more productive than ever in his painting and began development on the Last Days of Coney Island film.<ref name="Gibson-McDonnell-202"/> In 2003, he appeared as the Fire Chief in the episode "Fire Dogs 2" of [[John Kricfalusi]]'s ''[[Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon"]]''; the episode starts as a repeat of the plot of the original episode, only to quickly drop it just under a minute in, as the Chief's appearance suddenly transforms into that of Bakshi and the episode instead revolves around the pair living with the Chief.<ref name=Fryxell/>

In September 2008, Main Street Pictures announced that it would collaborate with Bakshi on a sequel to ''Wizards''.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Not stated--> |title=''Main Street Pictures Teams Up With Top Hollywood Creators'' |url=http://news.awn.com/index.php?ltype=top&newsitem_no=24768 |work=[[Animation World Network|Animation World]] |date=September 12, 2008 |access-date=September 26, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090125201113/http://news.awn.com/index.php?ltype=top&newsitem_no=24768 |archive-date=January 25, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Ryan |last=Ball |title=''MacFarlane, Bakshi, Woo Move to Main Street'' |url=http://www.animationmagazine.net/article/8901 |work=Animation Magazine |date=September 15, 2008 |access-date=September 26, 2008 }}</ref> In 2012, Bakshi began producing the short film series ''Bakshi Blues''. The first of these shorts, ''Trickle Dickle Down'', contains reused animation from ''Coonskin'' and criticizes 2012 Republican presidential candidate [[Mitt Romney]]. The shorts were to focus on "old and new characters" and comment on modern-day America.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/09/14/video-trickle-dickle-down-ralph-bakshis-new-short/ |title=Video: Trickle Dickle Down, Ralph Bakshi's New Short |work=Bleeding Cool News And Rumors |date=September 14, 2012 |publisher=Bleeding Cool |access-date=September 15, 2012}}</ref>

In February 2013, Bakshi launched a successful [[Kickstarter]] campaign to obtain funding for his latest film, ''[[Last Days of Coney Island]]''.<ref name="KS">{{cite web|title=Last Days of Coney Island|work=[[Kickstarter]]|date=March 29, 2016 |url=http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ralphbakshi/last-days-of-coney-island-0}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=[[Bleeding Cool]]|title=Support Ralph Bakshi and the Last Days of Coney Island on Kickstarter|date=February 1, 2013|author=Brendon Connelly|url=http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/02/01/support-ralph-bakshi-and-the-last-days-of-coney-island-on-kickstarter/}}</ref> Actor [[Matthew Modine]] was cast in the film in February 2013 after Modine, a longtime Bakshi fan, came across the film's Kickstarter campaign online.<ref>{{cite web|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|title=Matthew Modine Joins Ralph Bakshi's Crowdsourced 'Last Days of Coney Island'|author=Jen Yamato|date=February 16, 2013|url=https://deadline.com/2013/02/matthew-modine-ralph-bakshi-last-days-of-coney-island-432611/}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=February 28, 2013|title=Still Bakshi after all these years: Iconoclastic 'Fritz the Cat' director has another tale to tell|author=Jeff Labrecque|url=http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/02/28/ralph-bakshi-last-days-of-coney-island/}}</ref> ''Last Days of Coney Island'' was released on [[Vimeo]] in 2015. Bakshi released the film for free on [[YouTube]] on 13 October 2016.<ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-brew-pick/last-days-coney-island-ralph-bakshi-143867.html | work = Cartoon Brew | title= 'Last Days of Coney Island' by Ralph Bakshi | date = October 14, 2016 | access-date = 14 October 2016}}</ref>