Cartoon Modern: Style and Design in Fifties Animation Amid Amidi
Publisher: Chronicle Books LLC

Book: Cartoon Modern: Style and Design in fifties Animation By Amid Amidi (O NC 1766 U5A45). Well, Amid dug deep into the wellspring of “modern cartooning” and came up with a book that belongs on every animation lover's bookshelf. Of DVDs (including the new edition of Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro and the tragic, semi-autobiographical Barefoot Gen), and books (including Amid Amidi's acclaimed Cartoon Modern: Style and Design in Fifties Animation). He is the youngest recipient of the prestigious Theatre Library Association Award which he received for his book Cartoon Modern: Style and Design in Fifties Animation (2006, Chronicle Books). Cartoon Modern; Style and Design in Fifties Animation Amid Amidi 195pgs HC Chronicle Books ISBN-10 0-8118-4731-4. Modern animation is back and Im sure you want to be well ahead of the curve of its return. The book is designed and written by historian Amid Amidi, whose recent Cartoon Modern: Style and Design in Fifties Animation won the prestigious Theatre Library Association Award for best film or television book of 2006. This book took me back to my childhood memories of Bugs Bunny and other cartoons. Showcasing hundreds of rare and forgotten sketches, model boards, cels, and film stills, Cartoon Modern is a thoroughly researched, eye-popping, and delightful account of a vital decade of animation design. Between the classic films of Walt It's all inspiring, and it's fascinating to realize that although the overrriding fifties sense of style is hot right now, these men and women of the grey flannel past are still way ahead of almost all of us. The title is Cartoon Modern: Style and Design in 1950s Animation. For far, far more on Keitz & Herndon visit a great blog and by his book, CARTOON MODERN: STYLE AND DESIGN IN FIFTIES ANIMATION.