The Great Cartoon Directors profiles the remarkable careers of Hollywood cartoon "legends" Tex Avery, Bob Clampett, Friz Freleng, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, Chuck Jones, Walter Lantz and others whose unique humor has entertained people around the world for seven decades.
Featuring exclusive interviews with many of the directors, illustrations from their private collections and complete filmographies of their work, the book critically examines the films of these award-winning directors and offers a behind-the-scenes look at the making of their films, how they came up with the Big Ideas and managed to keep films and characters fresh, topical and totally unpredictable.
For cartoon lovers, film buffs and students of animation, The Great Cartoon Directors is a fun trip into the past when cartoons were truly king.
272 pages - 7 x 10 - trade paperback - 76 illustrations $15.95
"A swell little volume that really delivers. For cartoon fans it is, literally, a book you can't put down."
--Choice
"The keen student of cinema animation will find in it much that is of value."
--Films in Review
"...will be used again and again in researching and studying the history of the motion picture cartoon."
--MRP
ORIGINAL PUBLISHER:
McFarland & Company
TRADE PAPERBACK RIGHTS:
Sold to DaCapo Press (U.S.)
FOREIGN REPRINT RIGHTS:
Sold to Griffithiana (Italy)
BOOK CLUB RIGHTS:
Featured selection of the Movie/Entertainment Book Club
The Great Cartoon Directors
by Jeff Lenburg
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