Animation History

[Lynn]

I am familiar with the folowing books: Maltin's Mice..., Barrier's Hollywood Cartoons, Crafton's Before Mickey, Jones' Chuck Amuck, Fleischer's Out of the Inkwell and Martha Sigall's Living Inside the Lines. What other books would you recommend along these lines? Please exclude books dealing with the technical side of animation. Are any of Jerry Beck's books a must have?

[kaseykockroach]

I think you should consider getting Walt Disney:The Animated Man. I just received it for my birthday yesterday, and it's great! Highly reccomended.

[Fibber Fox]

I am familiar with the folowing books: Maltin's Mice..., Barrier's Hollywood Cartoons, Crafton's Before Mickey, Jones' Chuck Amuck, Fleischer's Out of the Inkwell and Martha Sigall's Living Inside the Lines. What other books would you recommend along these lines? Please exclude books dealing with the technical side of animation. Are any of Jerry Beck's books a must have?

A must-have? That must be a rhetorical question. ALL his books are, imo. I have both his Warners cartoon compilation books.

Speaking of Animals and Other People by Shamus Culhane should be added, too, as he documents his career from the 20s into the 60s.

F. Fox

[Bugsy-Kun]

I alrady reading Cartoon to Hollywood, Jerry Beck's Looney Tunes Animation Art, Once Upon a time the Animation and The Animation feature Vol. 1.

In the two first ones, i was amazed by the original sketchs and cells of the cartoons.

[J. J. Hunsecker]

Tex Avery: King of Cartoons by Joe Adamson

That's All Folks! The Art of Warner Bros. Animation by Steve Schneider

The Fleischer Story by Leslie Cabarga

Tex Avery by John Canemaker

Bugs Bunny: Fifty Years and Only One Gray Hare by Joe Adamson

Here are a few interesting anthologies:

The American Animated Cartoon: A Critical Anthology edited by Gerald Peary & Danny Peary

Reading the Rabbit: Explorations in Warner Bros. Animation edited by Kevin S. Sandler

[Alf]

If you are interested in the history of T.V. animation, then The Moose that Roared by Keith Scott (dedicated to Rocky & Bullwinkle and the rest of Jay Ward´s productions) is a must.

[Daffysleftfoot]

If you are interested in the history of T.V. animation, then The Moose that Roared by Keith Scott (dedicated to Rocky & Bullwinkle and the rest of Jay Ward´s productions) is a must.

I was told at one point that in that book Jay Ward refers to Tex Avery as a hack. Is that true?

[Thad]

I was told at one point that in that book Jay Ward refers to Tex Avery as a hack. Is that true?

False.

[Daffysleftfoot]

False.

I thought so. :cool:

[Ray Pointer]

A must-have? That must be a rhetorical question. ALL his books are, imo. I have both his Warners cartoon compilation books.

Speaking of Animals and Other People by Shamus Culhane should be added, too, as he documents his career from the 20s into the 60s.

F. Fox

That's TALKING ANIMALS AND OTHER PEOPLE.

[Ray Pointer]

Anything by Canemaker including his book on WINSOR MCCAY, FELIX THE TWISTED TAL OF THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS CAT, and WALT DISNEY'S NINE OLD MEN.

[doctoon]

There are also American Animated Cartoons of the Vietnam Era and The Colored Cartoon, both by Christopher P. Lehman. The latter was reviewed in the Cartoon Brew blog on March 1. The blog says Inki is missing from the book, but Inki is mentioned in the book on pages 58 and 90.