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Historical Dictionary of Animation and Cartoons
Series: Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts #34
Nichola Dobson

List Price: $85.00 ISBN: 0-8108-5830-4 ISBN-13: 978-0-8108-5830-5 Pub Date: Sep 2009 304 pages Binding: Cloth Availability: In Stock   European customers click here

SUBJECTS
Art & Architecture » Art History
Art & Architecture » Reference
Reference » Art

REVIEWS
"The scholarly tone of the time line, the appendixes, the introductory essay, and the dictionary entries make this volume a must have for academic collections supporting animation, film, media, and pop culture studies programs. ... Highly recommended." —May 2010, Choice

DESCRIPTION
Animation was once a relatively simple matter, using fairly primitive means to produce rather short films of subjects that were generally comedic and often quite childish. However, things have changed, and they continue changing at a maddening pace. One new technique after another has made it easier, faster, and above all cheaper to produce the material, which has taken on an increasing variety of forms.

The Historical Dictionary of Animation and Cartoons is an introduction to all aspects of animation history and its development as a technology and industry beyond the familiar cartoons from the Disney and Warner Bros. Studios. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, photos, a bibliography, and over 200 cross-referenced dictionary entries on animators, directors, studios, techniques, films, and some of the best-known characters.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Nichola Dobson is an independent scholar based in Edinburgh, Scotland. She is currently researching in the areas of animation studies and television genre.

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