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Bestselling Books / Animation category at Amazon

	"Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons" [1980] by Leonard Maltin Plume 9¼x7½ pb [12/87] for $19.80 McGraw-Hill hardcover [4/80] out of print/used
	"Before Mickey: The Animated Film, 1898-1928" [1982] by Donald Crafton, Introduction by Otto Messmer Univ Chicago Press 8½x5½ pb [12/93] for $25.03 M.I.T. Press hardcover [1/82] out of print/used
	"Doing Their Bit: Wartime American Animated Short Films, 1939–1945" [1987] by Michael S. Shull & David E. Wilt McFarland & Co. 9x6 pb [4/2004] for $38.50 McFarland & Co. 9½x6½ hardcover [10/87] out of print/used
	"Enchanted Drawings: The History of Animation" [1989] by Charles Solomon Random House 12¼x11 'revised & updated' bargain hardcover [10/94] out of print/used Knopf hardcover [1989] out of print/used
	"The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons" [orig 1991] by Jeff Lenburg Checkmark Books 3rd Edition 11x8½ pb [10/2008] for $18.96 Checkmark Books 3rd Edition 11x8½ hardcover [10/2008] for $85.00
	"Animating Culture: Hollywood Cartoons From The Sound Era" [1993] by Eric Loren Smoodin Rutgers Univ Press 6x9 pb [6/93] for $20.65 Rutgers Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [6/93] for $59.00
	"7 Minutes: The Life and Death of The American Animated Cartoon" [1993] by Norman M. Klein Verso 9¾x7 pb [2/96] for $22.45 Verso 9¾x7¾ hardcover [11/93] out of print/used
	"Cartoon Movie Posters" [1994] by Bruce Hershenson self-publd 11x9¼ pb [1/94] for $20.00 more books about posters on the Magic Lantern Movie Posters Page
	"The 50 Greatest Cartoons: As Selected By 1,000 Animation Professionals" (with over 300 illustrations) [1994] by Jerry Beck Turner Publng 11¼x9¼ hardcover [10/94] out of print/used Worldf Publns 11¼x9 hardcover [3/99] out of print/used
	"Cartoons: One Hundred Years of Cinema Animation" [1995] by Giannalberto Bendazzi Indiana Univ Press 9½x8 pb [9/96] for $49.95 Faber & Faber hardcover [9/99] out of print/used John Libbey hardcover [2/95] out of print/used
	"Serious Business: The Art & Commerce of Animation In America From Betty Boop To Toy Story" [1997] by Stefan Kanfer, Foreword by Chuck Jones Da Capo Press 9¼x6¼ pb [5/2000] for $17.50 Diane Publng 9x6¼ pb [11/97] for $16.00 Scribner 9¾x6½ hardcover [4/97] out of print/used
	"Forbidden Animation: Censored Cartoons and Blacklisted Animators In America" [1998] by Karl F. Cohen McFarland & Co. 9x6 pb [5/2004] for $26.95 McFarland & Co. 9¼x6¼ hardcover [3/98] out of print/used more info on Magic Lantern's Hollywood Blacklist Pages
	"Understanding Animation" [1998] by Paul Wells Routledge 2nd Edition pb [3/2009] for $33.95 Routledge 9x6 pb [6/98] for $34.15 Routledge 9¼x6¼ hardcover [6/98] for $130.00
	"Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation In Its Golden Age" [1999] by Michael Barrier Oxford Univ Press 9¼x6 pb [9/2003] for $21.80 Oxford Univ Press hardcover [4/99] out of print/used Michael Barrier's animation & comic art blog [est.2003]
	"The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide To Japanese Animation Since 1917" [2001] by Jonathan Clements & Helen McCarthy Stone Bridge Press 9x7 pb [rev 11/2006] for $20.67 Stone Bridge Press 9x7 pb [9/2001] for $18.96
	"Masters of Animation" [2001] by John Grant Watson-Guptill 11x8½ pb [11/2001] out of print/used
	"Animation: The Whole Story" [2002] by Howard Beckerman Allworth Press Revised Edition 9½x6¾ pb [9/2003] for $22.45 Amereon hardcover [2/2002] out of print/used author's official booksite
	"Animation and America" [2002] by Paul Wells Rutgers Univ Press 8½x5¾ pb [9/2002] for $22.95 Edinburgh Univ Press 8½x5 pb [7/2002] for $44.95 Rutgers Univ Press 8x5¼ library hardcover [9/2002] for $58.00
	"The Cartoon Music Book" [2002] Edited by Daniel Goldmark & Yuval Taylor, Foreword by Leonard Maltin Chicago Review Press 9x6¼ pb [11/2002] for $17.95 featured cartoonists & composers include Irwin Chusid, Alf Clausen ("The Simpsons"), Will Friedwald, Chuck Jones, John Kricfalusi, Mark Mothersbaugh ("Rugrats"), Carl Stalling, Neil Strauss, Chris Ware & John Zorn
	"Prime Time Animation: Television Animation & American Culture" [2003] Edited by Carole A. Stabile & Mark Harrison Routledge 9x6 pb [4/2003] for $32.53 Routledge 9½x6¼ hardcover [4/2003] for $120.00
	"The Animation Business Handbook" [2004] by Karen Raugust St. Martin's Press 9½x6 hardcover [8/2004] for $26.40
	"Living Life Inside The Lines: Tales From The Golden Age of Animation" [2005] by Martha Sigall, Foreword by Jerry Beck the author worked in all aspects of animation production from 1936 to 1989, at Warner & M.G.M. & other West Coast animation studios Univ Press of MS 8½x6½ pb [3/2005] for $20.00 Univ Press of MS 8½x6¾ hardcover [3/2005] for $50.00
	"Tunes For 'Toons: Music and The Hollywood Cartoon" [2005] by Daniel Goldmark Univ CA Press 8¼x5½ pb [4/2007] for $15.25 Univ CA Press 9x6 hardcover [10/2005] for $32.00
	"The Animated Movie Guide" [2005] by Jerry Beck Chicago Review Press 11x8¼ pb [10/2005] out of print/many used
	"Who's Who In Animated Cartoons: An International Guide To Film & Television's Award-Winning & Legendary Animators" [2006] by Jeff Lenburg Applause Books pb [6/2006] for $17.95
	"Cartoon Modern: Style and Design In 1950s Animation" [2006] by Amid Amidi Chronicle Books 11x8½ hardcover [8/2006] for $26.40 author is co-founder of 'Cartoon Brew' blog [est. 3/2004]
	"Drawing The Line: The Untold Story of The Animation Unions From Bosko To Bart Simpson" [2006] by Tom Sito Univ Press of KY 9½x6¼ hardcover [10/2006] for $24.32
	"The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide To Japanese Animation Since 1917, Revised & Expanded Edition" [2006] by Jonathan Clements & Helen McCarthy Stone Bridge Press 9x7 pb [11/2006] for $19.77
	"The Animation Pimp: An Official A.W.N. Press Publication" [2007] by Chris Robinson, Illustrations by Andreas Hykade, Foreword by Nick Tosches Selections from the author's five years of columns on animation, written while he was director of a major animation festival. Course Technology PTR 8½x5½ pb [6/2007] for $24.99
	"Animation Now!" [orig 1982, anniv 2007] from Anima Mundi, edited by Julius Wiedemann Taschen 8¾x7 hardcover book & color DVD [7/2007] for $10.19 The DVD includes "A Dog's Cartoon"; "Anijam" by Marv Newland; "Death + The Mother" by Ruth Lingford; "Dia de los Muertos" by Vinton Studio; "Feet of Song" by Erica Russell; "Interro- gating Ernie"; "Local Dive" by Sarah Watt; "The Man With The Beautiful Eyes" by Jonathan Hodgson; "Mt. Head" by Koji Yamamura; and "Yo Yo"
	"The Colored Cartoon: Black Representation In American Animated Short Films, 1907-1954" [2008] by Christopher P. Lehman Univ MA Press 9x6¼ hardcover [2/2008] for $23.96 Magic Lantern's Afro-American Film Festival Pages
	"One Thousand Years of Manga" [2008] by Brigette Koyama-Richard Flammarion 11x9½ hardcover [2/2008] for $34.46
	"The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons" [for YA; 2008] by Jeff Lenburg, Foreword by Chris Bailey Checkmark Books 10¾x8½ 3rd edition pb [10/2008] out of print/used Checkmark Books 11x8½ 3rd edition hardcover [10/2008] for $85.00
	"A Century of Stop-Motion Animation: From Mιliθs To Aardman" [2008] by Ray Harryhausen & Tony Dalton Watson-Guptill 11½x9¾ hardcover [11/2008] for $31.50
	"Canadian Animation: Looking For A Place To Happen" [2008] by Chris Robinson Indiana Univ Press 9x6 pb [12/2008] for $27.95
	"500 Essential Anime Movies: The Ultimate Guide" [2009] by Helen McCarthy Harper Design 8x6 pb [1/2009] for $24.95 Collins Design 7¾x6 bargain price pb [1/2009] for $9.98
	"Anime and The Visual Novel: Narrative Structure, Design & Play At The Crossroads of Animation & Computer Games" [2009] by Dani Cavallaro McFarland & Co. 9x6 pb [10/2009] for $35.00
	"Anime and Philosophy" [2010] Edited by Josef Steiff & Tristan D. Tamplin Analyzes anime films such as "Astro Boy", "Dragon Ball Z", "Ghost In The Shell", and "Spirited Away" (and others) aand how these tales grapple with the important questions in life: lessons on morality, justice, and heroism, as well as meditations on identity, the soul, and the meaning – or meaninglessness – of life. Open Court 9x6½ pb [3/2010] for $13.69
	"Animators Unearthed: A Guide To The Best of Contemporary Animation" [2010] by Chris Robinson Profiles of twenty independent animators, including Skip Battaglia, Pat Smith, Don Hertzfeldt, Michaela Pavlαtovα & Joanna Quinn Continuum 9x6½ pb [6/2010] for $18.96
	"Japanese Animation: From Painted Scrolls To Pokιmon" [2010] by Brigette Koyama-Richard Flammarion-Pere Castor 11¾x9 hardcover [10/2010] for $35.03
	"Japanese Animation: Time Out of Mind" [2010] by Chris Robinson Indiana Univ Press 9x6 pb [12/2010] for $22.76
	"100 Animated Feature Films (B.F.I. Screen Guides)" [2011] by Andrew Osmond British Film Institute 8x7¾ hardcover [4/2011] for $19.80
	"The Animated Film Encyclopedia: A Complete Guide To American   Shorts, Features, and Sequences, 1900-1999" [2011] by Graham Webb McFarland & Co. 2nd edition 11x8½ pb [5/2011] for $125.00
	"The World History of Animation" [2011]   by Stephen Cavalier Univ CA Press hardcover [9/2011] for $26.37

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Professional Voice Actors

Joe Alaskey: credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

Bob Bergen: credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

Mel Blanc 'The Man of 1000 Voices' [1908-89]: credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

Daws Butler [1916-88]: credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

Pinto Colvig [1892-1967]: credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

Jim Cummings: credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

Bill Farmer: credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

June Foray [b. 1917]: credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

Paul Frees [1920-1986]: credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

Jimmy Hodson: credits at IMDb • official website

Kenneth Mars: credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

radio legend Gary Owens: credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

Janet Waldo: credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

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Voice 123: The Voiceover Marketplace
'Voice Actor' entry at Wikipedia
Voice Over Resource Guide
Everything V.O. (Dave & Dave, Inc.) in North Hollywood, CA

	"That's Not All Folks!: My Life In The Golden Age of Cartoons & Radio" [1988] by Mel Blanc & Philip Bashe Warner Books pb [11/89] out of print/used Warner Books hardcover [8/88] out of print/many used "That's All Folks!" [2007] 'collection of great recordings' by Mel Blanc Remember import audio CD [4/2007] 29 tracks for $11.98
	"Welcome, Foolish Mortals: The Life & Voices of Paul Frees" [2004] by Ben Ohmart, Foreword by June Foray BearManor Media 9x6 pb [3/2004] for $29.95
	"Daws Butler, Characters Actor" [2004] by Ben Ohmart & Joe Bevilacqua, Foreword by Nancy Cartwright BearManor Media 9x6 pb [11/2004] for $24.95
	"Magic Behind The Voices: A Who's Who of Cartoon Voice Actors" [2004] by Tim Lawson & Alisa Persons Univ Press of MS 9x6 pb [12/2004] for $22.80 Univ Press of MS hardcover [12/2004] for $60.00 looks at 'character actors' both classic & modern: husband and wife team Wayne Allwine & Russi Taylor (Mickey & Minnie Mouse), Mel Blanc, Daws Butler, Nancy Cartwright (Bart Simpson), Dan Castellaneta (The Simpsons), Paul Frees, Mike Judge (King of The Hill), John Kricfalusi (Ren & Stimpy), and many others
	"Disney Voice Actors: A Biographical Dictionary" [2011]   by Thomas S. Hischak McFarland & Co. 10x7 pb [10/2011] for $75.00

Tex Avery  [1908-80]
no browse/Amazon entry • credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

Toonopedia's Tex Avery page

	"Tex Avery: King of Cartoons" [1965] by Joe Adamson DaCapo Press 11x8 pb [8/85] out of print/used
	"Tex Avery: Artist, Animator & Director From The Golden Age of Animated Cartoons" [1996] by John Canemaker Turner Publng hardcover [10/96] out of print/used
	"Tex Avery's Screwball Classics" Vol 1: Warner color VHS [9/88] for $14.99 Vol 2: Warner color VHS [10/91] for $12.99 Vol 3: Warner color VHS [10/91] for $12.99 Vol 4: Warner color VHS [3/92] for $12.99
	"Tex Avery: A Unique Legacy, 1942-1955" [2006] by Floriane Place-Verghnes John Libbey & Co. 9x6 pb [6/2006] for $19.75
	"Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection" [2007] includes 24 cartoon shorts (1943-58), documentary film "Droopy and Friends: A Laugh Back", other extras Warner color DVD [5/2007] 2 disks for $19.99

impressionist animator Frιdιric Back  [b. 1924] of Canada no browse/Amazon entry • credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

Magic Lantern's
Ralph Bakshi Page
animator of "Fritz The Cat" [1972], "Lord of The Rings" [1978] & "American Pop" [1981]

Signe Baumane of New York City

Don Bluth
browse Don Bluth on DVD • credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

Stephen Bosustow  [1911-81] producer of Gerald McBoing-Boing + Mr. Magoo no browse/Amazon entry • credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

received 10 Oscar nominations [1950-1958]; won in 1951, 1955 & 1957

official Mr. Magoo rights management webpage
official Gerald McBoing-Boing rights management webpage

Bruno Bozzetto of Italy
browse Bruno Bozzetto on DVD • credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

Announced 1/2012: The Italian animator is planning for his first full-length feature project in 36 years,
to be called "Viavia" (which is loosely translated as “Gogo”) • not yet listed on IMDb

Art Clokey [1921-2010] no browse/Amazon entry • credits at IMDb official website Premavision

Gumby & Friends
first Gumby short 'Gumbasia' in May 1955, the TV shows began in 1957
search DVDs of Gumby at Amazon • entry at Wikipedia

Sally Cruikshank
no browse/Amazon entry • credits at IMDb

German animator  Hans  Fischerkoesen  [1896-1973]
no browse/Amazon entry • credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

German animator  Oskar  Fischinger  [1900-67]
Fichinger escaped Nazi Germany to Hollywood and produced many abstract paintings & animated films
while working under contract at Paramount, M.G.M., and Disney studios.
no browse/Amazon entry • credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

"Optical Poetry: The Life and Work of Oskar Fischinger" [2004] by Willliam Moritz Indiana Univ Press 9½x7¾ pb [5/2004] for $27.23 Indiana Univ Press 9¾x8 hardcover [5/2004] for $65.00

Friz Freleng  [1905-95] browse Friz Freleng on DVD • credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

"The Pink Panther" Section on Magic Lantern's Movie Series Page

Warner Bros. Jubilee 'Salute To Friz Freleng' color VHS [3/90] out of prodn/used

Matt Groening
browse Matt Groening on DVD • credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

"The Simpsons"
series credits at IMDb • series DVDs • official website

Ray Harryhausen [b. 1920] more details (profile, books, DVDs, posters, links) on Magic Lantern's Ray Harryhausen Page

	"Ray Harryhausen: An Animated Life" [2004] by Ray Harryhausen & Tony Dalton, Foreward by Ray Bradbury Billboard Books 11½x10 hardcover [4/2004] for $33.00
	"The Art of Ray Harryhausen" [2006] by Ray Harryhausen & Tony Dalton, Foreword by Peter Jackson Watson-Guptill 11x9½ pb [12/2008] for $19.77 Billboard Books 11½x10 hardcover [4/2006] for $36.50

Matthias Hoegg of U.K.
no credits at IMDb • official website

John Hubley  [1914-77] no browse/Amazon entry • credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

received 7 Oscar nominations [1960-1978]; won in 1960, 1963 & 1967

served with U.S.A.A.F. First Motion Picture Unit during World War II
Digital Media FX article
the blacklist page

Faith Hubley  [1924-2001]
no browse/Amazon entry • credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

P.B.S. special "Independent Spirits: The Faith & John Hubley Story"

"The Hubley Collection" [1999] by John & Faith Hubley Volume 1: 13 films, 1975-93 Image Ent. DVD [10/99] out of prodn/used Volume 2: 10 films, 1968-95 Image Ent. DVD [10/99] for 10.99 Volume 3: "Everybody Rides The Carousel" [1976], "A Doonesbury Special" [1977], and docufilm "My Universe Inside Out" [1996] Image Ent. [10/99] for $22.49

Ub Iwerks  [1901-71]
no browse/Amazon entry • credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

"The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story" [1999] Documentary directed by grandaughter Leslie Iwerks available on DVD as part of "WD Treasures: Oswald The Rabbit" set Disney Home Video VHS [9/2001] out of prod/used full credits from IMDb companion book "The Hand Behind the Mouse: An Intimate Biography of Ub Iwerks" [2001] by Leslie Iwerks & John D. Kenworthy Hyperion 9½x6½ hardcover [5/2001] for $17.47

"The Cartoons That Time Forgot: The Ub Iwerks Collection" [1999] 58 cartoons on the two disks Vol 1: Image Ent DVD [7/99] for $9.99 Vol 2: Image Ent DVD [7/99] for $9.99

Chuck Jones  [1912-2002] browse Chuck Jones on DVD • videos/DVDs • credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

official Chuck Jones website
Toonopedia's Chuck Jones page
Chuck Jones {animation} Galleries in Santa Fe, NM and Orange & San Diego, CA

	"Warner Bros. Cartoons Golden Jubilee 24 Karat Collection: A Salute to Chuck Jones" [1960] Warner color VHS [4/2002] out of prodn/used
	"Chuck Amuck: The Life & Times of An Animated Cartoonist" [1994] by Chuck Jones Farrar Straus & Giroux 10x8 pb [12/99] for $17.50 FS&G hardcover [94] out of print/used
	"Chuck Jones: Extremes & In-Betweens - A Life In Animation" [P.B.S./W.N.E.T. documentary 2000] Directed by Margaret Selby Warner color DVD [10/2002] for $14.23 Warner color VHS [11/2000] out of prodn/used credits at IMDb
	"Tom and Jerry: The Chuck Jones Collection, 1963-67" [2009] Warner Home Video widescreen color DVD [6/2009] 2 disks for $25.99 contains 34 remastered Tom and Jerry cartoon shorts from 1963 to 1967, plus two new document-aries: "Tom and Jerry ... and Chuck" [2009] and "Chuck Jones: Memories of A Childhood" [2009]

Kihachiro Kawamoto  of Japan
http://www.amazon.com/Exquisite-Short-Kihachiro-Kawamoto-1968-1979/dp/B0013LPS5C/

Satoshi  Kon  of Japan
no browse/Amazon entry • credits at IMDb • official website {in Japanese} • Wikipedia

"Satoshi Kon: The Illusionist" [2009] by Andrew Osmond Stone Bridge Press 9x7 pb [12/2009] for $12.89

"Perfect Blue" [1998]
"Millennium Actress" [2001]
"Tokyo Godfathers" [2003]
"Paprika" [2006]
"The Dreaming Machine" [DUE 2011?]

Walter Lantz  [1899-1994] no browse/Amazon entry • credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

received 10 Oscar nominations [1934-1956]; won Honorary Oscar in 1979

Toonopedia's Walter Lantz page

"The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Classic Cartoon Collection" [2007] Produced by Walter Lantz, voice of Woody by Mel Blanc Universal color DVD box set [7/2007] 3 disks for $33.99 includes 75 original theatrical cartoons, plus documentary extras

Announced 11/2011: Universal-based animation house Illumination Entertainment is working on a Woody
Woodpecker feature project, with writers John Altschuler & Dave Krinsky in talks to develop a story.

Mori  Masaki  of Japan
no browse/Amazon entry • credits at IMDb • Wikipedia {empty}

	"Barefoot Gen" aka 'Hadashi no gen' [1983] Directed by Mori Masaki; written & produced by Keiji Nakazawa The tale of a child surviving the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945; the manga books are important anti-war works, and the film is a landmark in animι art. Image Ent. bilingual color DVD [4/99] out of stock/used Orion Home Video color VHS [7/95] out of stock/used full credits from IMDb • film entry at Wikipedia
	"Barefoot Gen 2" aka 'Hadashi no gen 2' [1986] Co-directed by Toshio Hirata & Akio Sakai; written by Keiji Nakazawa video not available; full credits from IMDb
	"Barefoot Gen" aka 'Hadashi no gen' [1973] classic manga novels by Keiji Nakazawa first serialized in 1972-73 in the 'Shukan Shonen Jampu' comic weekly books entry at Wikipedia Volume 1: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima Last Gasp 8¼x6 pb [10/2004] for $14.95 Volume 2: The Day After Last Gasp 8¼x6 pb [10/2004] for $14.95 Volume 3: Life After The Bomb Last Gasp pb [5/2005] for $10.17 Last Gasp 8¼x6 pb [9/2000] for $10.17 Volume 4: Out of The Ashes Last Gasp pb [5/2005] for $10.17

animation pioneer  Winsor McCay  [1871-1934]
no browse/Amazon entry • browse books • credits [1906-91] at IMDb • Wikipedia

	"Winsor Mccay: His Life and Art" [1990] by John Canemaker, Foreword by Maurice Sendak Harry N. Abrams 12x0¼ hardcover [11/2005] for $34.20 Abbeville Press hardcover [3/90] out of print/used
	"Winsor McCay: Animation Legend" [1999] Sling Shot b&w DVD [1/99] for $18.43 includes ten short cartoons, windowboxed during the digital transfer: McCay's first film, the stunning hand-colored "Little Nemo" [1911], taken directly from the only known 35mm print; "How A Mosquito Operates" [1912]; "Gertie The Dinosaur" [1914]; the dark and disturbing propaganda masterpiece "The Sinking Of The Lusitania" [1918]; "The Pet" [1921]; "Bug Vaudeville" [1921]; and "The Flying House" [1921]; with extant fragments of "Gertie On Tour" [1921], "The Centaurs" [1921], and "Flip's Circus" [1921]
	"Winsor McCay: The Master Edition" [2004] Image Ent b&w DVD [6/2004] for $26.99 includes the same ten short cartoons as above, plus extras: commentary, stills gallery, and the 18-minute "Remembering Winsor McCay"

Norman McLaren  [1914-87] of Canada no browse/Amazon entry • credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

Natl. Film Board of Canada homage to McLaren

"Norman McLaren: The Masters Edition" [2006] from the Natl. Film Board of Canada Homevision DVD [10/2006] 7 disks for $89.99 includes 58 remastered films & 15 original thematic documentaries

Otto Messmer  [1892-1983]
no browse/Amazon entry • browse books • credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

http://www.ottomessmer.com/
http://www.felixthecat.com/index.htm

"Through The Ages" [pre-2007] interview with John Canemaker on the history of Felix

	"Felix: The Twisted Tale of the World's Most Famous Cat" [1991] by John Canemaker Da Capo Press 90x8¼ pb [8/96] out of print/used Pantheon 9¼x8 hardcover [4/91] out of print/used
	"Felix The Cat Collection, 1919-1930" [1993] E-Realbiz.Com b&w DVD [1/99] out of prodn/used
	"The Twisted Tales of Felix The Cat" TV series [1995] DVD contains 11 cartoon shorts or episodes; total run time 90 minutes B.M.G. Special product color/b&w DVD [6/2000] for $9.98 partial series credits at IMDb
	"Nine Lives To Live: A Classic Felix Celebration" [1997] by Otto Messmer, edited by David Gerstein Fantagraphics Books 12¼x9½ hardcover [7/97] for $28.11
	"Presenting Felix the Cat: The Otto Messmer Classics, 1919-24" [1999] contains 16 vintage Felix cartoons "restored to their original projection speed with Dave Wickerham's rich new organ scores" Image Ent. b&w DVD [4/99] for $6.49
	"Felix The Cat: 10 Classic Cartoons" [2004] Delta b&w DVD [3/2004] out of prodn/used contains "10 Classic Cartoons Featuring The World's Most Wonderful Cat!": "Felix In Holly-wood" [1923], "Felix Doubles For Darwin" [1924], "Felix Goes West" [1924], "Felix Finds Out" [1924], "Felix All Puzzled" [1925], "Felix Monkeys With Magic" [1925], "Felix Gets The Can" [1925], "A Felix Comic" [1925], "The Goose That Laid The Golden Egg" [1936 sound], and "Neptune Nonsense" [1936 sound]
	"Felix The Cat: The Complete 1958-1959 Series" [2007] Joe Oriolo produced {supposedly 260} new Felix cartoons for television, aimed at children, that were syndicated from 1958 to 1961 by King Features. {Confusion exists, but apparently each of the 31 produced episodes was 15 minutes and was made up of several 4- to 7-minute cliffhanger cartoons.} DVD extras include the first Felix cartoon "Feline Follies" [1919], an interview with John Canemaker on the history of Felix called "Through The Ages", and an archival promo reel for use by TV stations, including ads in French and Spanish Classic Media DVD [10/2007] 31 episodes on 2 disks for $19.95 partial series credits at IMDb

Zdenek Miler  [Czech; 1921-2011]
DVDs at Amazon are region 2 ONLY • browse books • credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

Animator Miler made 50 short films of the non-verbal 'Krtek The Little Mole' as well as dozens of children's books
TV series credits at IMDb • Mole character entry at Wikipedia

Hayao Miyazaki more details (profile, books, DVDs, posters, links) on Magic Lantern's Hayao Miyazaki Page

principal at Studio Ghibli of Japan

Myron  'Grim'  Natwick  [1890-1990]
creator of Betty Boop at Fleischer Studios
no browse/Amazon entry • credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

Erick Oh  from Korea, now at U.C.L.A.
credits at IMDb • official website • no entry at Wikipedia

Katsuhiro Τtomo  of Japan
no browse/Amazon entry • credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

thumbnail biography at Ninth Art

	"Akira" series of manga books [1982] by Katsuhiro Τtomo Vol 1: Dark Horse 10x7 pb [12/2000] for $16.47 Vol 1: Dark Horse/B&N hardcover [8/2004] out of print/used Vol 2: Dark Horse 10x7 pb [3/2001] for $16.47 Vol 3: Dark Horse 10x7 pb [6/2001] for $16.97 Vol 4: Dark Horse 10x7 pb [9/2001] for $18.45 Vol 5: Dark Horse 10x7 pb [12/2001] for $18.45 Vol 6: Dark Horse 10x7 pb [3/2002] for $19.77
	Spanish YA editions from Ediciones B Vol 1: hardcover [12/93] for $8.74         Vol 2: hardcover [12/93] for $8.74 Vol 3: pb [12/93] for $20.19 Vol 4: hardcover [12/93] for $8.74 Vol 5: hardcover [12/93] for $8.74 Vol 6: hardcover [3/94] for $8.74 Vol 7: hardcover [3/94] for $8.74 Vol 8: hardcover [3/94] for $8.74 Vol 9: hardcover [3/94] for $8.74 Vol 10: hardcover [3/94] for $8.74 Vol 11: hardcover [3/94] for $8.74
	"Akira" animated feature [1988] Co-written & directed by Katsuhiro Τtomo "arguably the finest example of Japanese anime ever made, a visual stunner" — Devin D. O'Leary, Albuquerque [NM] Alibi Geneon remastered DVD [1/2004] for $17.98 Geneon widescreen w/DTS [12/2002] for $22.48 Pioneer special edition widescreen DVD [7/2001] 2 disks for $31.98 Pioneer limited edition tin widescreen DVD [7/2001] out of stock/used Pioneer color VHS [7/2001] out of stock/used Demon Records UK soundtrack CD [10/95] for $34.99 full credits from IMDb • official movie site [Japanese alphabet] • Blue Blade fansite

"Akira" live-action remake [Warner Bros. release 2013?]  
Announced 2/2011: Screenwriter Steve Kloves (the "Harry Potter" movies) hired to polish the script.
Announced 7/2011: Spanish director Jaume Collet-Serra signed to direct • latest info at IMDb

George  Pαl  [1908-80] browse George Pal on DVD • credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

official Puppetoon website
'Tubby the Tuba' official website
George Pal Collection at U.C.L.A. Film & TV Archive
minor George Pal fansite

"The Puppetoon Movie" [June 1987] Compiled by Arnold Leibovit; artistry of George Pal & Kurt Hanson, including "Tubby The Tuba" [1947] Image Ent. color DVD [11/2000] for $9.99 Uni Distribution color VHS [undated] out of prodn/used credits at IMDb

Aleksandr  Petrov no browse/Amazon entry • credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

received 4 Oscar nominations [1990-2008]; won in 2000

animator Bill  Plympton of New York
no browse/Amazon entry • credits at IMDb • official website • Wikipedia

producer Fred  C.  Quimby  [1883-1965]
no browse/Amazon entry • credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

animation pioneer  Lotte  Reiniger  [1899-1981] of Germany
DVDs of Lotte Reiniger at Amazon • credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0279929/

Dr. Seuss  nee Theodor Seuss Geisel [1904-91] Dr. Seuss Page at Spirit of America Bookstore

puppet animator  Wladyslaw Starewicz  [1882-1965]
credits [1910-58] at IMDb • Wikipedia

Starewicz's anuimated feature "Le Roman de Renard (The Tale of The Fox)" [1937]

"Cameraman's Revenge & Other Fantastic Tales: The Amazing Puppet Animation of Ladislaw Starewich" DVD Box Set [2002] Image Ent. b&w/color DVD [1/2005] for $14.99 Milestone Video b&w/color VHS [1/2002] out of prodn/used contains six animated short films: "The Cameraman's Revenge" [Russia 1912]; the recently-rediscovered "The Insects' Christmas" [Russia 1913]; "The Frogs Who Wanted A King" aka "Frogland" [France 1922, USA 1924] an adaptation of Aesop's fable; hand-tinted "Voice of The Nightingale (La Voix du Rossignol)" [Pathι France 1923, USA 1925]; "The Mascot" [France 1934]; and "Winter Carousel (Carrousel Borιal)" snowland fantasy [France 1959]

animator  Isao Takahata
no browse/Amazon entry • credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

principal at Studio Ghibli of Japan

"Ghibli et le Mystθre Miyazaki" [French TV Jan 2005]
52 minute French- and Japanese-language TV documentary; interviewees include key directors Isao Takahata
& Hayao Miyazaki, and Ghibli President Toshio Suzuki; video/DVD/Blu-ray not available; full credits at IMDb

"Studio Ghibli: The Films of Hayao Miyazaki & Isao Takahata" [2009] by Colin Odell & Michelle Le Blanc Oldcastle Books 7½x5½ pb [9/2009] for $16.47 Magic Lantern's Hayao Miyazaki Page

animator  Iwao Takamoto  [1925-2007]
no browse/Amazon entry • credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

animator & director  Frank Tashlin  [1913-72]
browse Frank Tashlin on DVD • credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

Paul  Terry  [1887-1971]
Paul Terry drew newspaper comic strips from 1904 to 1914, then produced over 1300 cartoon films from
1915 to 1955. The Terrytoons stable of characters & series included "Aesop's Fables", "Farmer Al Falfa",
"Mighty Mouse", "Heckle & Jeckle", and many more. He sold the company to C.B.S. in the 1960s.
no browse/Amazon entry • credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

"Farmer Alfalfa: Classic Cartoons, 1922-1932" [2008] Alpha Home Ent. b&w DVD [4/2008] for $7.98 twelve silent and sound black-and-white cartoons Farmer Al Falfa entry at Wikipedia

Czech animator  Jirν Trnka  [1912-69]
no browse/Amazon entry • credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

"The Puppet Films of Jiri Trnka" [2000] Image Ent. color DVD [3/2000] out of prodn/used contains one feature film & 6 short films: "Story of The Bass Cello" [1949]; "The Song of The Prairie" [1949]; "The Merry Circus" [1951]; 67-minute "The Emperor's Nightingale" [1951] narrated by Boris Karloff; "A Drop Too Much" [1954]; "The Hand" [1965]; and 12-minute documentary "Jiri Trnka: Puppet Animation Master" [1999]

'Claymation' animator  Will  Vinton no browse/Amazon entry • credits at IMDb • official website • Wikipedia

FreeWill Entertainment company website
Laika Entertainment company website

"Festival of Claymation" 53-minute compilation of short films [1987]
not available on DVD; credits from IMDb

Ryan Jeremy Woodward
credits at IMDb • official website • Wikipedia {empty}

"The Invincible Ed" [Dark Horse 2004] graphic novel by Ryan Woodward ISBN 1593071949.
official Contι Animated website [est. 2010]

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