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Cartoons
One Hundred Years of Cinema Animation
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"... its encyclopedic style will find it a place in the library of everyone interested in the subject."―Kirkus Reviews
"This exciting and informative encyclopedia... is a worthy and welcome addition to our library on world-wide cartooning... this is a marvelous compendium, one that belongs on the coffee-table and on the scholar’s shelf." ―Journal of Popular Culture
"... this valuable effort... promises to be the basic reference on its subject for some time to come."―Booklist
"Enthusiastically recommended as both a fascinating story and an incredible reference resource for both scholars and aficionados of the art of film." ―Choice
"Best of all, though, are the author’s unexpectedly clever insights."―Los Angeles Times Book Review
"This encyclopedic survey of commercial and fine art animation is well illustrated and international in scope; few new books on animation contain as much material as this important volume." ―Wilson Library Bulletin
The long-awaited English-language edition of a classic study of world animation, Cartoons provides the first comprehensive, detailed history and critique of cinema animation world-wide. Over 70 countries, 2,000 animators, and 3,000 films are covered in this lavishly illustrated, authoritative, and encyclopedic account.
About the Author:
GIANNALBERTO BENDAZZI is a founding member of the Society for Animation Studies and a former member of the board of directors of ASIFA (Association internationale du film d'animation).
Press Reviews:
"Enthusiastically recommended as both a fascinating story and an incredible reference resource for both scholars and aficionados of the art of film." ―Choice
See the publisher website: Indiana University Press
> From the same author:
Animation - A World History (2016)
Volume 2: The Birth of a Style - The Three Markets
Animation - A World History (2016)
Volume 1: Foundations - The Golden Age
Animation - A World History (2016)
Volume 3: Contemporary Times
Alexeieff. (2001)
Itinéraire d'un maître - itinerary of a master
by Giannalberto Bendazzi
(in French and English)
Subject: Director > Alexandre Alexeieff
> On a related topic:
Walt Disney Film Archives (2022)
The Animated Movies 1921-1968
Dir. Daniel Kothenschulte
(in English and French)
Subject: Studio > Disney Studios
Early British Animation (2019)
From Page and Stage to Cinema Screens
by Malcolm Cook
Subject: Countries > Great Britain
Birth of an Industry (2015)
Blackface Minstrelsy and the Rise of American Animation
Subject: History of Cinema
Rediscovered Classics of Japanese Animation (2025)
The Adaptation of Children's Novels into the World Masterpiece Theater Series
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