Synopses & Reviews
Published to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the Warner Bros. studios, Warner Bros. Animation Art is an album of authentic animation art of everyone's favorite characters.
Who hasn't spent a Saturday morning with Bugs Bunny, whose calm logic and sanity serve only to infuriate his rivals? Who hasn't grimaced at Wile E. Coyote's relentless but fruitless pursuit of his nemesis, the Road Runner? Warner Bros. Animation Art is a celebration of the artistry behind our favorite cartoons, and the animators whose magnificent skill breathed life into these creatures.
Jerry Beck and Will Friedwald trace the evolution of this uniquely American art form through the development and growth of the Warner Bros. studios and the fertile minds that transformed early 20th-century cartoons and comic strips into well-loved walking, talking characters with defined personalities.
Featuring more than 300 color illustrations, this book includes a catalogue raisonne of Warner Bros. animation art and a chronology of important dates and "firsts" in Warner Bros. animation history. From the first creative minds of Loony Tunes and Merrie Melodies -- Leon Schlesinger, Tex Avery, Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones, Bob Clampett, Mel Blanc, and others -- to the 1990s technology of super-director Steven Spielberg and his development of the Animaniacs, Warner Bros. Animation Art is the first book to focus on the artistic and cultural importance of this outstanding American art form.