NEW & FORTHCOMING BOOKS
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LEGENDS OF ANIMATION (Chelsea House)
The eight-volume LEGENDS OF ANIMATION series tells the life stories of the amazing artists who have built and shaped the animation industry, created some of animation's most enduring characters and stories, and influenced the technology of animation. The first four feature in-depth biographies of screwball animation master Tex Avery, animation legend Walt Disney, film and television cartoon titans William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, and The Simpsons creator Matt Groening. The next four examine the lives and careers of Woody Woodpecker creator Walter Lantz, Pixar Animation maestro John Lasseter, Japanese animation legend Hayao Miyazaki, and Emmy award-winning television animator/director Genndy Tartakovsky. Each biography features full color and black-and-white photographs and illustrations throughout.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN ANIMATION (Ferguson Publishing)
Animation is everywhere—from the Internet to the silver screen--with job opportunities growing in many sectors. CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN ANIMATION details 60 promising careers in animation, including art, backgrounds and layouts, design, directing, engineering, film and television animation, game and Web design, painting and texturing, performing, producing, technical production, and writing. Comprehensive appendixes include Educational Institutions; Major Trade Periodicals, Newsletters, and Other Publications; Professional, Industry, and many more.
THE FACTS ON FILE GUIDE TO RESEARCH, SECOND EDITION (Facts On File)
The most comprehensive guide ever written, this thoroughly revised and expanded edition covers thousands of resources-in print and online and in alternative versions and formats cross-referenced for easy use for researching virtually any subject, including up-to-date discussions of Google and other search engines, subject-specific guides, and tools for locating, keyword searching, and researching sources by subject, and much more.
Lenburg Appears on CBS Evening News's Flintstones Tribute
Noted author and animation historian Jeff Lenburg spotlighted in 50th anniversary story of The Flintstones on the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric. FULL STORY >>
Lenburg Guests on "The Dennis Miller Show"
Nationally syndicated radio show host Dennis Miller interviews Jeff Lenburg about his revised third edition of his critically-acclaimed definitive history, THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ANIMATED CARTOONS. FULL STORY >>
Lenburg Featured on Disney "Sleeping Beauty" 50th Anniversary DVD
Jeff Lenburg appears a special DVD documentary on Walt Disney's 50th anniversary two-disc platinum edition of SLEEPING BEAUTY ($34.99). FULL STORY>>
Viva Books, Doubleday Book Club Buy Rights to FOF Guide
Reprint and book club rights sold to Jeff Lenburg's popular, authoritative writing and research reference.. FULL STORY >>
"Scared to Death" Receives Rave Review
Jeff's first mystery novel, SCARED TO DEATH, earns high praise from Midwest Book Review. FULL STORY>>
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THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ANIMATED CARTOONS, THIRD EDITION (Facts On File)
Jeff Lenburg's new thoroughly revised and expanded encyclopedia covers the histories of every animated cartoon from 1897 to the present---more than 3,100 cartoons in all. Includes updated lists of Academy Award and Emmy Award winners and nominees and "Milestones of Animation" chronicling more than 100 years of landmark achievements in the industry. To purchase copies, click on Bookstore.
