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Books : Animation Magazine: 20-Year Collection

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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 704
EAN: 9781424338511
Edition: 1st
ISBN: 1424338514
Label: Jean M. Thoren
Manufacturer: Jean M. Thoren
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: October 07, 2007
Publisher: Jean M. Thoren
Studio: Jean M. Thoren




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Product Description:
This 20-year compendium of the leading artists, creators and animated features, TV series, shorts, games (1987-2007) includes articles by and interviews with the field's leading stars. Top-quality full-page reproductions of all the magazine's covers are accompanies with useful charts, statistics and indexes about the animation and vfx arenas. Disney/Pixar chief creative officer John Lasseter, French director Sylvain Chomet, Aardman Animations co-founder Peter Lord, voice artist Nancy Cartwright (Bart Simpson),independent animators Bill Plympton and John Canemaker, vfx guru John Knoll, animation experts Leonard Maltin and Charles Solomon are some of the book's featured artists and writers. The book also features pieces by Animation Magazine founders Terry and Jean Thoren.



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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Animation Magazine The 20 Year Collection
This is a wonderful, entertaining journey into the past 20 years of animation and visual effects. It's definitely a thrill to see the progress of the art from--from 1987 to 2007 and see how far this industry has changed and improved thanks to visionaries like John Lasseter, Craig McCracken and Brad Bird. It was fun to see articles by people like Lasseter, McCracken and Nancy Cartwright (who is Bart on the Simpsons) as well as toon historians like Leonard Maltin and John Canemaker and indie animator ... Read More



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A Comprehensive Collection of 20 Years of Animation
This is a hefty, high-quality and GORGEOUS book!! It contains 20 years of cover images for Animation Magazine (some really great artwork for animation collectors and fans) and inspiring essays by a lot of animation heavy-hitters. I would definitely recommend this to anyone interested in the history of animation; the fact that it's a magazine collection offers a glimpse of how the industry has developed over the last two decades in an interesting "real-time" sort of way. This is also a GREAT gift for ... Read More







 






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