Synopses & Reviews
Tex Avery is considered the most important influence on Hollywood studio cartoons after Walt Disney. The career of this legendary director, who created Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Droopy, among others, spanned fifty years and took him to most of the major cartoon studios, including Walter Lantz, Warner Bros., MGM, and Hanna-Barbera.
Although warmly admired as a film genius by colleagues in the industry and adored by the international cartoon cognoscenti, Avery never shared in the tremendous expansion of the animation industry into television or feature film in a studio of his own, nor did he own the licensing/merchandising rights to the cartoon characters he created and brought to vital life.
Homage is at last paid to Tex Avery in this volume, a bright, beautiful work that captures the craziness and wild parody that were Avery's trademark. Original storyboards, character sketches, and animation cels highlight the career of this important artist, who created sixty-five classic films and numerous unforgettable characters in his fourteen-year stint at MGM.