Animation General Studies
Ajanovic, Midhat. Animacija I Realizam (Animation and Realism). Paperback First Edition (Croatian & English). Hrvatski Filmski Savez. Croatian Film Clubs’ Association. 2004. ISBN-10: 9537033090. ISBN-13: 9789537033095.
Alys, Francis. Akakce, Haluk. Bendazzi, Giannalberto. Blake, Jeremy. Canemaker, John. Christov-Bakargiev, Carolyn. Galbraith, David. Gillick, Liam. Harries, Larissa. Klein, Norman. Marks, Melissa. Riegel, Karyn. Animations.Paperback First Edition. P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Museum of Modern Art. 2003. ISBN-10: 3980426505. ISBN-13: 9783980426503.
Animation World Network. On Animation – The Director’s Perspective.Paperback First Edition. Cengage Learning PTR. 2010. ISBN-10: 1598634070. ISBN-13: 9781598634075.
Barton, J. Animating for Fun and Analysis for the Species. Hardcover First Edition. The Stockbook Company. 1957.
Beckman, Karen Redrobe. Animating Film Theory.Hardcover First Edition. Duke University Press Books. 2014. ISBN-10: 0822356406. ISBN-13: 9780822356400.
Paperback First Edition. Duke University Press Books. 2014. ISBN-10: 082235652X. ISBN-13: 9780822356523.
eBook. Duke University Press Books. 2014.
Beiman, Nancy. Animated Performance: Bringing Imaginary Animal, Human and Fantasy Characters to Life.Paperback First Edition. AVA Publishing. 2010. ISBN-10: 2940373817. ISBN-13: 9782940373819.
eBook. Bloomsbury Visual Arts. 2017.
Paperback First Edition. Bloomsbury Academic. 2021. ISBN-10: 1501376675. ISBN-13: 9781501376672.
Benjaminson, Peter. The Life and Times of Betty Boop: The 100-Year History of an Animated Icon. Paperback First Edition. Applause. 2023. ISBN-10: 1493064282. ISBN-13: 9781493064281.
eBook. Applause. 2023.
Binski, Paul. Pointon, Marcia. Cartoon, Caricature, Animation.Paperback First Edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1995. ISBN-10: 0631194878. ISBN-13: 9780631194873.
Bissonnette, Sylvie. Affect and Embodied Meaning in Animation: Becoming-Animated.Hardcover First Edition. Routledge. 2018. ISBN-10: 1138483591. ISBN-13: 9781138483590.
eBook. Routledge. 2019.
Paperback First Edition. Routledge. 2020. ISBN-10: 0367660377. ISBN-13: 9780367660376.
Bloodsworth-Lugo, Mary K. King, C. Richard. Lugo-Lugo, Carmen R. Animating Difference: Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Contemporary Films for Children.Hardcover First Edition. 2010. ISBN-10: 0742560813. ISBN-13: 742560813.
Paperback First Edition. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 2011. ISBN-10: 0742560821. ISBN-13: 9780742560826.
Boa, Quint. Earl, James. To Infinity and Beyond: The Power of Animation and its Application to Mental Health & Well-being. Paperback First Edition. Independently Published. 2022. ISBN-13: 9798365691735.
eBook. Independently Published. 2022.
Bobrowska, Michał. Bobrowska, Olga. Obsession, Perversion, Rebellion: Twisted Dreams of Central European Animation. Paperback First Edition. Galeria Bielska BWA. 2016. ISBN-13: 9788387984946.
Bobrowska, Michał. Bobrowska, Olga. Zmudzikski, Bogustaw. Propaganda, Ideology, Animation: Twisted Dreams of History. Paperback First Edition. Wydawnictwa AGH. 2019. ISBN-10: 8366016811. ISBN-13: 9788366016811.
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British Film Institute. That’s Not All Folks!: A Primer in Cartoonal Knowledge. BFI Distribution. 1984.
Buchan, Suzanne. Animated Worlds.Paperback First Edition. John Libbey Publishing. 2007. ISBN-10: 0861966619. ISBN-13: 9780861966615.
eBook. John Libbey Publishing. 2007.
Buchan, Suzanne. Pervasive Animation (AFI Film Readers).Hardcover First Edition. Routledge. 2013. ISBN-10: 0415807239. ISBN-13: 9780415807234.
Paperback First Edition. Routledge. 2013. ISBN-10: 0415807247. ISBN-13: 9780415807241.
eBook. Routledge. 2013.
Canemaker, John. The Art of the Animated Image. Vol. 1.Paperback First Edition. The American Film Institute. 1987. ISBN-10: 9991475338. ISBN-13: 9789991475332.
Cawley, John. Korkis, Jim. Cartoon Confidential.Paperback First Edition. Malibu Graphics. 1991. ISBN-10: 1563980053. ISBN-13: 9781563980053.
Cawley, John. Korkis, Jim. How to Create Animation. Paperback First Edition. Pioneer Books. 1990. ISBN-10: 1556982852. ISBN-13: 9781556982859.
Cholodenko, Alan. The Illusion of Life: Essays on Animation.Paperback First Edition. Power Publications. Australian Film Commission. 1991. ISBN-10: 0909952183. ISBN-13: 9780909952181.
Cholodenko, Alan. The Illusion of Life II: More Essays on Animation.Paperback First Edition. Power Publications. 2011. ISBN-10: 0909952345. ISBN-13: 9780909952341.
Clifton, Darryl. Hardstaff, Johnny. Wells, Paul. Re-Imagining Animation: The Changing Face of the Moving Image.First Edition Paperback. Fairchild Books. 2008. ISBN-10: 2940373698. ISBN-13: 9782940373697.
Collington, Mark. Animation in Context: A Practical Guide to Theory and Making. Paperback First Edition. Fairchild Books. 2016. ISBN-10: 1472578287. ISBN-13: 9781472578280.
eBook. Bloomsbury. 2017.
Crafton, Donald. Shadow of a Mouse: Performance, Belief, and World-Making in Animation.Hardcover First Edition. University of California Press. 2012. ISBN-10: 0520261038. ISBN-13: 9780520261037.
Paperback First Edition. University of California Press. 2012. ISBN-10: 0520261046. ISBN-13: 9780520261044.
Craven, Thomas. Cartoon Cavalcade.Hardcover First Edition. Simon & Schuster. 1945.
Curtis, Scott. Animation (Behind the Silver Screen).Hardcover First Edition. Rutgers University Press. 2019. ISBN-10: 0813570263. ISBN-13: 9780813570266.
eBook. Rutgers University Press. 2019.
Paperback First Edition. Rutgers University Press. 2019. ISBN-10: 0813570255. ISBN-13: 9780813570259.
Da Silva, Raul. The World of Animation.Paperback First Edition. Eastman Kodak Co. 1979. ISBN-10: 879852259. ISBN-13: 9780879852252.
Denicke, Lars. Thaler, Peter. Pictoplasma: Characters in Motion – Volume 2. Hardcover First Edition. Pictoplasma Publishing. 2008. ISBN-10: 3981045858. ISBN-13: 9783981045857.
Denicke, Lars. Thaler, Peter. Pictoplasma: Characters in Motion – Volume 3. Hardcover First Edition. Pictoplasma Publishing. 2010. ISBN-10: 3981045890. ISBN-13: 9783981045895.
Diephuis, Jeremiah. Hagler, Jürgen. Lankes, Michael. Wilhelm, Alexander. Expanded Animation: The Anthology: Mapping an Unlimited Landscape.Paperback First Edition. Hatje Cantz. 2019. ISBN-10: 3775745254. ISBN-13: 9783775745253.
Dobson, Nichola. Ratelle, Amy. Roe, Annabelle Honess. Ruddell, Caroline. The Animation Studies Reader.Hardcover First Edition. Bloomsbury Academic. 2018. ISBN-10: 1501332619. ISBN-13: 9781501332616.
Paperback First Edition. Bloomsbury Academic. 2018. ISBN-10: 1501332600. ISBN-13: 9781501332609.
eBook. Bloomsbury Academic. 2018.
Dobbs, G. Michael. Made of Pen & Ink: Fleisher Studios, The New York Years. Paperback First Edition. Gordon M. Dobbs. 2022. ISBN-10: 1733014446. ISBN-13: 9781733014441.
Duchaney, Brian N. Animated Mischief: Essays on Subversiveness in Cartoons Since 1987. Paperback First Edition. McFarland. 2023. ISBN-10: 1476663971. ISBN-13: 9781476663975.
eBook. McFarland. 2023.
Eastman Kodak Company. Solomon, Charles. Stark, Ron. The Complete Kodak Animation Book.Paperback First Edition. Eastman Kodak Company. 1983. ISBN-10: 879853301. ISBN-13: 9780879853303.
Feyersinger, Erwin. Metalepsis in Animation: Paradoxical Transgressions of Ontological Levels.Hardcover First Edition. Universitätsverlag Winter. 2015. ISBN-10: 3825364720. ISBN-13: 9783825364724.
Gageldonk, Maarten van. Munteán, László. Shobeiri, Ali. Animation and Memory.Hardcover First Edition. Palgrave Macmillan. 2020. ISBN-10: 3030348873. ISBN-13: 9783030348878.
eBook. Palgrave Macmillan. 2020.
Paperback First Edition. Palgrave Macmillan. 2021. ISBN-10: 3030348903. ISBN-13: 9783030348908.
Gehman, Chris. Reinke, Steve. The Sharpest Point: Animation at the End of Cinema.Paperback Canadian First Edition. YYZ Books. 2005. ISBN-10: 0920397328. ISBN-13: 9780920397329.
Giesen, Rolf. Khan, Anna. Acting and Character Animation: The Art of Animated Films, Acting and Visualizing.Hardcover First Edition. CRC Press. 2017. ISBN-10: 1138069817. ISBN-13: 9781138069817.
Paperback First Edition. CRC Press. 2017. ISBN-10: 1498778631. ISBN-13: 9781498778633.
eBook. CRC Press. 2017.
Greenberg, Slava. Animated Film and Disability: Cripping Spectatorship. Hardcover First Edition. Indiana University Press. 2023. ISBN-10: 025306449X. ISBN-13: 9780253064493.
Paperback First Edition. Indiana University Press. 2023. ISBN-10: 0253064503. ISBN-13: 9780253064509.
eBook. Indiana University Press. 2023.
Greene, Joyce. Reber, Deborah. Drawing Insight: Communicating Development Through Animation. Paperback First Edition. Southbound. 1996. ISBN-10: 9839054147. ISBN-13: 9789839054149.
Halas, John. Manvell, Roger. Art in Movement: New Directions in Animation. Hardcover First Edition. Hastings House. 1970. ISBN-10: 0803803443. ISBN-13: 9780803803442.
Halas, John. The Contemporary Animator.Hardcover First Edition. Focal Press. 1990. ISBN-10: 0240512804. ISBN-13: 9780240512808.
Hodge, James. Sensations of History: Animation and New Media Art.Hardcover First Edition. University of Minnesota Press. 2019. ISBN-10: 1517906822. ISBN-13: 9781517906825.
Paperback First Edition. University of Minnesota Press. 2019. ISBN-10: 1517906830. ISBN-13: 9781517906832.
eBook. University of Minnesota Press. 2019.
Hollis, Tim. Part of a Complete Breakfast: Cereal Characters of the Baby Boom Era. Hardcover First Edition. University Press of Florida. 2012. ISBN-10: 081304149X. ISBN-13: 9780813041490.
Kenworthy, John D. Animated Lives!: Volume One. Paperback First Edition. Independently Published. 2012. ISBN-10: 1467935573. ISBN-13: 9781467935579.
eBook. Independently Published. 2012.
Khandelwal, Vidhi. Animation Impact on Visual Art. Paperback First Edition. Meem Publishers. 2023. ISBN-10: 8751486431. ISBN-13: 9788751486434.
Khandelwal, Vidhi. Visual Fusion: Animation’s Impact on Art. Paperback First Edition. Modern Publishing. 2023. ISBN-10: 8196539509. ISBN-13: 9788196539504.
Leslie, Esther. Hollywood Flatlands: Animation, Critical Theory and the Avant-garde.Hardcover First Edition. Verso Books. 2002. ISBN-10: 1859846122. ISBN-13: 9781859846124.
Paperback New Edition. Verso Books. 2004. ISBN-10: 1844675041. ISBN-13: 9781844675043.
Levitt, Deborah. The Animatic Apparatus: Animation, Vitality, and the Futures of the Image.Paperback First Edition. Zero Books. 2018. ISBN-10: 1780992696. ISBN-13: 9781780992693.
eBook. Zero Books. 2018.
Lindvall, Terry. Animated Parables: A Pedagogy of Seven Deadly Sins and a Few Virtues. Hardcover First Edition. Fortress Academic. 2022. ISBN-10: 197871503X. ISBN-13: 9781978715035.
eBook. Fortress Academic. 2022.
Lowe, Richard. Schnotz, Wolfgang. Learning with Animation: Research Implications for Design.Hardcover First Edition. Cambridge University Press. 2007. ISBN-10: 0521851890. ISBN-13: 9780521851893.
Paperback First Edition. Cambridge University Press. 2007. ISBN-10: 0521617391. ISBN-13: 9780521617390
Madsen, Roy P. Animated Film: Concepts, Methods, Uses.Hardcover First Edition. Interland Publishing Inc. 1969. ISBN-10: 0879890290. ISBN-13: 9780879890292.
Hardcover Reprint. Amereon Limited. 1976. ISBN-10: 0848808304. ISBN-13: 9780848808303.
Magnenat-Thalmann, Nadia. Thalmann Ph. D., Daniel. New Trends in Animation and Visualization.Hardcover First Edition. Wiley. 1991. ISBN-10: 0471930202. ISBN-13: 9780471930204.
Maltin, Leonard. Leonard Maltin’s Movie Crazy.Paperback First Edition. Dark Horse Comics. 2008. ISBN-10: 1595821198. ISBN-13: 9781595821195.
Manvell, Roger. The Animated Film. Hardcover First Edition. 1954. Sylvan Press.
Messmer, Otto. Nine Lives to Live: A Classic Felix Celebration. Hardcover First Edition. Fantagraphics Books. 1997. ISBN-10: 1560973080. ISBN-13: 9781560973089.
Neuhaus, Paul. Cartoon Rampage.Paperback First Edition. Independently Published. 2013. ISBN-10: 1493595776. ISBN-13: 9781493595778.
eBook. Easy Weasel Industries. 2013.
Peary, Danny. Peary, Gerald. The American Animated Cartoon: A Critical Anthology.Paperback First Edition. Plume. 1980. ISBN-10: 0525476393. ISBN-13: 9780525476399.
Paperback Second Edition. Theme Park Press. 2017. ISBN-10: 1683900510. ISBN-13: 9781683900511.
eBook. Theme Park Press. 2017.
Pilling, Jayne. A Reader in Animation Studies.Paperback First Edition. The Society of Animation Studies. John Libbey Publishing. 1998. ISBN-10: 1864620005. ISBN-13: 9781864620009.
eBook. John Libbey Publishing. 1998.
Pilling, Jane. Animating the Unconscious: Desire, Sexuality, and Animation.Hardcover First Edition. Wallflower Press. 2012. ISBN-10: 0231161980. ISBN-13: 9780231161985.
Paperback First Edition. Wallflower Press. 2012. ISBN-10: 0231161999. ISBN-13: 9780231161992.
eBook. Wallflower Press. 2012.
Pilling, Jayne. Animation: 2D & Beyond.Paperback First Edition. Diane Publishing Co. 2001. ISBN-10: 0756767245. ISBN-13: 9780756767242.
Paperback First Edition. Rotovision. 2001. ISBN-10: 2880464455. ISBN-13: 9782880464455.
Plank, Dana. Scoggin, Lisa. The Intersection of Animation, Video Games, and Music. Hardcover First Edition. Routledge. 2023. ISBN-10: 1032172223. ISBN-13: 9781032172224.
eBook. Routledge. 2023.
Rall, Hannes. Animation: Concepts and Production. Hardcover First Edition. CRC Press. 2017. ISBN-10: 1138042226. ISBN-13: 9781138042223.
Paperback First Edition. CRC Press. 2017. ISBN-10: 1138041196. ISBN-13: 9781138041196.
eBook. CRC Press. 2017.
Robinson, Chris. Cheer and Loathing: Scattered Ramblings on Indie Animation. Hardcover First Edition. CRC Press. 2023. ISBN-10: 103268366X. ISBN-13: 9781032683669.
eBook. CRC Press. 2023.
Robinson, Chris. Mad Eyed Misfits: Writings on Indie Animation. Hardcover First Edition. CRC Press. 2022. ISBN-10: 1032207698. ISBN-13: 9781032207698.
Paperback First Edition. CRC Press. 2022. ISBN-10: 103220771X. ISBN-13: 9781032207711.
eBook. CRC Press. 2022.
Rockport Publishers. Animation.Paperback First Edition. Quayside. 1998. ISBN-10: 1564964795. ISBN-13: 9781564964793.
Selby, Andrew. Animation in Process.Paperback First Edition with DVD. Laurence King Publishing. 2009. ISBN-10: 1856695875. ISBN-13: 9781856695879.
Stephenson, Ralph. Animation in the Cinema.Paperback First Edition. Zwemmer Ltd. & A.S. Barnes. 1967. ISBN-10: 9060073363. ISBN-13: 9789060073360.
Street, Rita. The Best New Animation Design.Hardcover First Edition. Rockport Publishers. 1996. ISBN-10: 1564961664. ISBN-13: 9781564961662.
Street, Rita. The Best of New Animation Design 2.Hardcover First Edition. Rockport Publishers. 1997. ISBN-10: 1564963551. ISBN-13: 9781564963550.
Paperback Second Edition. Rockport Publishers. 2000. ISBN-10: 1564966836. ISBN-13: 9781564966834.
Strohmeyer, Dusty. Classic American Animation History: Tales About Animation Greats.Paperback First Edition. Independently Published. 2022. ISBN-13: 9798847120265.
Suskind, Ron. Life, Animated: A Story of Sidekicks, Heroes, and Autism. Hardcover First Edition. Kingswell. 2014. ISBN-10: 1423180364. ISBN-13: 9781423180364.
Hardcover Large Print. Thorndike Press. 2014. ISBN-10: 1410470172. ISBN-13: 9781410470171.
Audiobook. Narrated by Ron Suskind. Recorded Books. 2014.
eBook. Disney Publishing. 2014.
Paperback Reprint Edition. Kingswell. 2016. ISBN-10: 1484741234. ISBN-13: 9781484741238.
eBook. Kingswell. 2016.
Telotte, J.P. Animating the Science Fiction Imagination.Hardcover First Edition. ISBN-10: 0190695269. ISBN-13: 9780190695262.
Paperback First Edition. Oxford University Press. 2017. ISBN-10: 0190695277. ISBN-13: 9780190695279.
eBook. Oxford University Press. 2017.
Thaler, Peter. Pictoplasma: Characters in Motion- Volume 1. Hardcover First Edition. Pictoplasma Publishing. 2005. ISBN-10: 97839810445826. ISBN-13: 3981045823.
Torre, Dan. Animation – Process, Cognition and Actuality.Hardcover First Edition. Bloomsbury Academic. 2017. ISBN-10: 1501308149. ISBN-13: 9781501308147.
eBook. Bloomsbury Academic. 2017.
Paperback First Edition. Bloomsbury Academic. 2019. ISBN-10: 150134966X. ISBN-13: 9781501349669.
Uhrig, Meike. Emotion in Animated Films.Hardcover First Edition. Routledge. 2018. ISBN-10: 1138303283. ISBN-13: 9781138303287.
eBook. Routledge. 2018.
Paperback First Edition. Routledge. 2020. ISBN-10: 0367584778. ISBN-13: 9780367584771.
Velwest, Linda. Animated Movie Princess Origin Stories. Paperback First Edition. Independently Published. 2014. ISBN-10: 1502712504. ISBN-13: 9781502712509.
eBook. Independently Published.
Audiobook. Narrated by Linda Velwest. Independently Published. 2014.
Wells, Paul. Art and Animation.Paperback First Edition. Academy Group. 1997. ISBN-10: 1854905252. ISBN-13: 9781854905253.
Wells, Paul. Understanding AnimationHardcover First Edition. Routledge. 1998. ISBN-10: 0415115965. ISBN-13: 9780415115964.
Paperback First Edition. Routledge. 1998. ISBN-10: 0415115973. ISBN-13: 9780415115971.
eBook. Routledge. 2013.
Hardcover Second Edition. Routledge. 2021. ISBN-10: 0415397294. ISBN-13: 9780415397292.
Whitehead, Mark. Animation.Paperback First Edition. Pocket Essentials. 2004. ISBN-10: 1903047463. ISBN-13: 9781903047460.
Yoe, Craig. Weird But True Toon Factoids. Hardcover First Edition. Diane Publishing Company. 1990. ISBN-10: 0756763592. ISBN-13: 9780756763596.
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