Stop-Motion Animation and Puppetry
Anderson, Wes. Isle of Dogs: The Screenplay. Hardcover First Edition. Faber & Faber. 2018. ISBN-10: 0571336442. ISBN-13: 9780571336449.
eBook. Faber & Faber. 2018.
Archer, Steve. Willis O’Brien: Special Effects Genius. Hardcover First Edition. McFarland Publishing. 1993. ISBN-10: 0899508332. ISBN-13: 9780899508337.
Paperback First Edition. McFarland Publishing. 1998. ISBN-10: 0786405732. ISBN-13: 9780786405732.
Bacon, Matt. No Strings Attached: The Inside Story of Jim Henson’s Creature Shop. Hardcover First Edition. Macmillan General Reference. 1997. ISBN-10: 0028620089. ISBN-13: 9780028620084.
Bohus, Ted A. Candid Monsters – Volume 9: The Films of George Pal. Hardcover First Edition. Independently Published. 2021. ISBN-13: 9798721829024.
Paperback First Edition. Independently Published. 2021. ISBN-13: 9798710829264.
eBook. Independently Published. 2021.
Bohus, Ted A. Candid Monsters: Volume 17: Stop Motion Animation Part One. Hardcover First Edition. Independently Published. 2022. ISBN-13: 97983555348502.
Paperback First Edition. Independently Published. 2022. ISBN-13: 9798354264667.
eBook. Independently Published. 2022.
Bohus, Ted A. Candid Monsters: Volume 18: Stop Motion Animation Part Two. Hardcover First Edition. Independently Published. 2023. ISBN-13: 9798375784342.
Paperback First Edition. Independently Published. 2023. ISBN-13: 9798375780771.
eBook. Independently Published. 2023.
Bohus, Ted A. Candid Monsters: Volume 19: Stop Motion Animation Part Three. Hardcover First Edition. Independently Published. 2023. ISBN-13: 9798386912505.
Paperback First Edition. Independently Published. 2023. ISBN-13: 9798386907822.
eBook. Independently Published. 2023.
Bohus, Ted A. Candid Monsters: Volume 20: Stop Motion Animation Part Four. Hardcover First Edition. Independently Published. 2023. ISBN-13: 9798397296236.
Paperback First Edition. Independently Published. 2023. ISBN-13: 9798397290142.
eBook. Independently Published. 2023.
Boorman, John. Projections 5: Film-Makers on Film-Making. Paperback First Edition. Faber & Faber. 1996. ISBN-10: 0571178111. ISBN-13: 9780571178117.
Clokey, Joan. Clokey, Joe. Gumby Imagined: The Story of Art Clokey and His Creations. Hardcover First Edition. Dynamite Entertainment. 2017. ISBN-10: 1524104345. ISBN-13: 9781524104344
eBook. Dynamite Entertainment. 2017.
Dalton, Tony. Harryhausen, Ray. A Century of Model Animation: From Méliès to Aardman.Hardcover First Edition. Aurum Press. 2008. ISBN-10: 1845133676. ISBN-13: 9781845133672.
Dalton, Tony. Harryhausen, Ray. Landis, John. Ray Harryhausen’s Fantasy Scrapbook: Models, Artwork and Memories from 65 Years of Filmmaking. Hardcover First Edition. Aurum Press. 2011. ISBN-10: 1845135571. ISBN-13: 9781845135577.
Giesen, Rolf. Puppetry, Puppet Animation and the Digital Age. Hardcover First Edition. Routledge. 2018. ISBN-10: 0815382049. ISBN-13: 9780815382041.
eBook. Routledge. 2018.
Goldner, Orville. Turner, George E. The Making of King Kong. Hardcover First Edition. A. S. Barnes. The Tantivy Press. 1975. ISBN-10: 0498015106. ISBN-13: 9780498015106.
Hardcover First Edition. Tantivy Press. 1975. ISBN-10: 0904208702. ISBN-13: 9780904208702.
Paperback First Edition. Ballantine Books. 1975. ISBN-10: 0345251342. ISBN-13: 9780345251343.
Paperback Second Edition. Ballantine Books. 1976. ISBN-10: 0345258266. ISBN-13: 9780345258267.
Goldner, Orville. Price, Michael H. Turner, George E. Paperback First Edition. Pulp Hero Press. 2018. ISBN-10: 1683901541. ISBN-13: 978168301549.
Goldner, Orville. Price, Michael H. Turner, Douglas. Turner, George E. Spawn of Skull Island: The Making of King Kong. Hardcover First Edition. Luminary Press. 2002. ISBN-10: 1887664459. ISBN-13: 9781887664455.
Paperback First Edition. Midnight Marquee Press, Inc. 2006. ISBN-10: 1936168650. ISBN-13: 9781936168651.
Harryhausen, Ray. A Century of Stop-Motion Animation: From Melies to Aardman.Hardcover First Edition. Watson-Guptill. 2008. ISBN-10: 0823099806. ISBN-13: 9780823099801.
Harryhausen, Ray. Film Fantasy Scrapbook. Hardcover First Edition. A. S. Barnes. 1972. ISBN-10: 0498010082. ISBN-13: 9780498010088.
Hardcover Second Edition. A. S. Barnes. 1974. ISBN-10: 0498016323. ISBN-13: 9780498016325.
Paperback Third Edition. Oak Tree Publishing. 1981. ISBN-10: 0498025713. ISBN-13: 9780498025716.
Holliss, Richard. Harryhausen: The Movie Posters. Hardcover First Edition. Titan Books. 2018. ISBN-10: 1785656783. ISBN-13: 9781785656781.
Holman, L. Bruce. Puppet Animation In The Cinema: History And Technique.Hardcover First Edition. A. S. Barnes & Co. 1975. ISBN-10: 0498013855. ISBN-13: 9780563108290.
Hardcover First Edition. Tanvity Press. 1975. ISBN-10: 0904208605. ISBN-13: 9780904208603.
Kinnard, Roy. “The Lost World” of Willis O’Brien: The Original Shooting Script of the 1925 Landmark Special Effects Dinosaur Film, With Photographs. Hardcover First Edition. McFarland Publishing. 1993. ISBN-10: 0899508618. ISBN-13: 9780899508610.
Kuznets, Lois Rostow. When Toys Come Alive: Narratives of Animation, Metamorphosis, and Development.Hardcover First Edition. Yale University Press. 1994. ISBN-10: 0300056451. ISBN-13: 9780300056457.
Lord, Peter. Park, Nick. Sproxton, David. A Grand Success!: The People and Characters Who Created Aardman.Hardcover First Edition. Harry N. Abrams. 2019. ISBN-10: 1419729527. ISBN-13: 9781419729522.
Audiobook. Narrated by Will Watt. Abrams Press. 2019.
eBook. Abrams Press. 2019.
Lord, Peter. Sproxton, David. Aardman: An Epic Journey: Taken One Frame At A Time.Hardcover First Edition. Simon & Schuster. 2018. ISBN-10: 1471164748. ISBN-13: 9781471164743.
Paperback First Edition. Simon & Schuster. 2018. ISBN-10: 1471164756. ISBN-13: 9781471164750.
Lord, Peter. Sibley, Brian. Creating 3-D Animation: The Aardman Book of Filmmaking. Hardcover First Edition. Harry N. Abrams. 1998. ISBN-10: 0810919966. ISBN-13: 9780810919969.
Lord, Peter. Sibley, Brian. Cracking Animation: The Aardman Book of 3-D Animation.Hardcover First Edition. Thames and Hudson Ltd. 1998. ISBN-10: 0500018812. ISBN-13: 9780500018811.
Hardcover Second Edition. Gardners Books. 2004. ISBN-10: 050051190X. ISBN-13: 9780500511909.
Hardcover Revised Edition. Harry N. Abrams. 2004. ISBN-10: 0810949717. ISBN-13: 9780810949713.
Paperback Third Revised Edition. Thames and Hudson Ltd. 2010. ISBN-10: 0500289069. ISBN-13: 9780500289068.
Paperback Fourth Edition. Thames and Hudson Ltd. 2015. ISBN-10: 0500291993. ISBN-13: 9780500291993.
Mihailova, Mihaela. Coraline: A Closer Look at Studio LAIKA’s Stop-Motion Witchcraft. Hardcover First Edition. Bloomsbury Academic. 2021. ISBN-13: 9781501347863.
eBook. Bloomsbury Academic. 2021.
Paperback First Edition. Bloomsbury Academic. 2023. ISBN-10: 1501381431. ISBN-13: 9781501381430.
Morton, Ray. Slater, Dashka. King Kong: The History of a Movie Icon from Fay Wray to Peter Jackson. Hardcover First Edition. Applause Theatre & Cinema Books. 2005. ISBN-10: 1557836698. ISBN-13: 9781557836694.
Priebe, Ken A. The Advanced Art of Stop-Motion Animation.Paperback First Edition. Cengage Learning PTR. 2010. ISBN-10: 1435456130. ISBN-13: 9781435456136.
eBook. Course Technology PTR. 2013.
Priebe, Ken. The Art of Stop-Motion Animation.Paperback First Edition. Course Technology PTR. 2006. ISBN-10: 1598632442. ISBN-13: 9781598632446.
Purves, Barry J. C. Stop Motion: Passion, Process and Performance. Paperback First Edition. Focal Press. 2007. ISBN-10: 0420520602. ISBN-13: 9780240520605.
eBook. Routledge. 2012.
Rickitt, Richard. Special Effects: The History and Technique. Hardcover First Edition. Billboard Books. 2000. ISBN-10: 0823077330. ISBN-13: 9780823077335.
Hardcover First Edition. Aurum Press. 2006. ISBN-10: 1845131304. ISBN-13: 9781845131302.
Hardcover Second Edition. Billboard Books. 2007. ISBN-10: 0823084086. ISBN-13: 9780823084081.
Roe, Annabelle Honess. Aardman Animations: Beyond Stop-Motion.Hardcover First Edition. Bloomsbury Academic. 2020. ISBN-10: 1350114553. ISBN-13: 9781350114555.
eBook. Bloomsbury Academic. 2020.
Paperback First Edition. Bloomsbury Academic. 2021. ISBN-10: 1350194948. ISBN-13: 9781350194946.
Rovin, Jeff. From the Land Beyond Beyond: The Films of Willis O’Brien and Ray Harryhausen. Paperback First Edition. Berkley Publishing Corporation. 1977. ISBN-10: 0425035069. ISBN-13: 9780425035061.
Silvio, Teri J. Puppets, Gods, and Brands: Theorizing the Age of Animation from Taiwan. Hardcover First Edition. University of Hawaii Press. 2019. ISBN-10: 0824876628. ISBN-13: 9780824876623.
Paperback First Edition. University of Hawaii Press. 2019. ISBN-10: 0824881168. ISBN-13: 9780824881160.
eBook. University of Hawaii Press. 2019.
Turner, Douglas. Skull Island Photo Album. Paperback First Edition. Independently Published. 2014. ISBN-10: 1502308754. ISBN-13: 9781502308757.
Turner, Douglas. The Apes Of Wrath: Photo Album. Paperback First Edition. Independently Published. 2014. ISBN-10: 1502309165. ISBN-13: 9781502309167.
Turner, Douglas. Willis O’Brien’s Gwangi: Assistant Director Breakdowns. Paperback First Edition. Independently Published. 2014. ISBN-10: 150090788X. ISBN-13: 9781500907884.
Turner, Douglas. Willis O’Brien’s Gwangi: Documents. Paperback First Edition. Independently Published. 2014. ISBN-10: 1500948012. ISBN-13: 9781500948016.
Turner, Douglas. Willis O’Brien’s Gwangi: Technical Supplement. Paperback First Edition. Independently Published. 2014. ISBN-10: 150089933X. ISBN-13: 9781500899332.
Wilson, S. S. Puppets and People: Dimensional Animation Combined with Live Action in the Cinema.Hardcover First Edition. A.S. Barnes & Co. 1980. ISBN-10: 0498023125. ISBN-13: 9780498023125.
Aesthetics, Abstraction, and Experimental Animation
Amidi, Amid. Cartoon Modern: Style and Design in Fifties Animation.Hardcover First Edition. Chronicle Books, LLC. 2006. ISBN-10: 0811847314. ISBN-13: 9780811847315.
eBook available here.
Bashara, Dan. Cartoon Vision: UPA Animation and Postwar Aesthetics.Hardcover First Edition. University of California Press. 2019. ISBN-10: 0520298136. ISBN-13: 9780520298132.
Paperback First Edition. University of California Press. 2019. ISBN-10: 0520298144. ISBN-13: 9780520298149.
eBook. University of California Press. 2019.
Francis Parks, Corrie. Fluid Frames: Experimental Animation with Sand, Clay, Paint, and Pixels.Hardcover First Edition. 2015. ISBN-10: 1138784907. ISBN-13: 9781138784901.
Hardcover First Edition. Routledge. 2016 ISBN-10: 1138190624. ISBN-13: 9781138190627.
Paperback First Edition. Routledge. 2016. ISBN-10: 1138784915. ISBN-13: 9781138784918.
eBook. Routledge. 2020.
Frank, Hannah. Frame by Frame: A Materialist Aesthetics of Animated Cartoons.Paperback First Edition. University of California Press. 2019. ISBN-10: 0520303628. ISBN-13: 9780520303621.
eBook. University of California Press. 2019.
Furniss, Maureen. Art in Motion: Animation Aesthetics.Hardcover First Edition. John Libbey Publishing. 1998. ISBN-10: 1864620382. ISBN-13: 9781864620382.
Paperback First Edition. Indiana University Press. 1998. ISBN-10: 1864620390. ISBN-13: 9781864620399.
Paperback Revised Edition. John Libbey Publishing. 2008. ISBN-10: 0861966635. ISBN-13: 9780861966639.
eBook. John Libbey Publishing. 2008.
Hamlyn, Nicky. Smith, Vicky. Experimental and Expanded Animation: New Perspectives and Practices (Experimental Film and Artists’ Moving Image) 2018 Edition.Hardcover First Edition. Palgrave Macmillan. 2018. ISBN-10: 3319738720. ISBN-13: 9783319738727.
Paperback First Edition. Springer. ISBN-10: 3030088774. ISBN-13: 9783030088774.
eBook. Palgrave Macmillan. 2018.
Harris, Miriam. Husbands, Lilly. Taberham, Paul. Experimental Animation: From Analogue to Digital.Hardcover First Edition. Routledge. 2019. ISBN-10: 113870296X. ISBN-13: 9781138702967.
Paperback First Edition. Routledge. 2019. ISBN-10: 1138702986. ISBN-13: 9781138702981.
eBook. Routledge. 2019.
Johnston, Andrew R. Pulses of Abstraction: Episodes from a History of Animation.Hardcover First Edition. University of Minnesota Press. 2021. 2021. ISBN-10: 0816685231. ISBN-13: 9780816685233.
Paperback First Edition. University of Minnesota Press. ISBN-10: 0816685290. ISBN-13: 9780816685295.
eBook. University of Minnesota Press. 2021.
Lord, Peter. Sibley, Brian. Creating 3-D Animation: The Aardman Book of Filmmaking. Hardcover First Edition. Harry N. Abrams. 1998. ISBN-10: 0810919966. ISBN-13: 9780810919969.
Pallant, Chris. Animated Landscapes: History, Form and Function.Hardcover First Edition. Bloomsbury Academic. 2015. ISBN-10: 1628923512. ISBN-13: 9781628923513.
eBook. Bloomsbury Academic. 2015.
Paperback Reprint Edition. Bloomsbury Academic. 2017. ISBN-10: 1501320114. ISBN-13: 9781501320118.
Pierson, Ryan. Figure and Force in Animation Aesthetics.Hardcover First Edition. Oxford University Press. 2019. ISBN-10: 0190949759. ISBN-13: 9780190949754.
Paperback First Edition. Oxford University Press. 2019. ISBN-10: 0190949767. ISBN-13: 9780190949761.
eBook. Oxford University Press. 2019.
Robinson, Chris. Earmarked for Collision: A Highly Biased Tour of Collage Animation. Hardcover First Edition. CRC Press. 2023. ISBN-10: 1032103124. ISBN-13: 9781032103129.
eBook. CRC Press. 2023.
Russet, Robert. Starr, Cecile. Experimental Animation: Origins of a New Art. Paperback First Edition. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company. 1976. ISBN-10: 0442271956. ISBN-13: 9780442271954.
Paperback Revised Edition. Da Capo Press 1988. ISBN-10: 0306803143. ISBN-13: 9780306803147.
Sur, Roma. World of Manick Sorcar, Where Art Becomes Magic. Hardcover First Edition. Galaxylight Books. 2009. ISBN-10: 1607252899. ISBN-13: 9781607252894.
Svankmajer, Jan. Touching and Imagining: An Introduction to Tactile Art. Hardcover First Edition. I.B. Tauris. 2014. ISBN-10: 1780761465. ISBN-13: 978-1780761466
Paperback First Edition. I.B. Tauris. 2014. ISBN-10: 1780761473. ISBN-13: 9781780761473.
eBook. I.B. Tauris. 2014.
Genre
Brown, Noel. Contemporary Hollywood Animation: Style, Storytelling, Culture and Ideology Since the 1990s. Hardcover First Edition. Edinburgh University Press. 2021. ISBN-10: 1474410561. ISBN-13: 9781474410564.
Paperback First Edition. Edinburgh University Press. 2022. ISBN-10: 1399508075. ISBN-13: 9781399508070.
Ehrlich, Nea. Animating Truth: Documentary and Visual Culture in the 21st Century.Hardcover First Edition. 2021. ISBN-10: 1474463363. ISBN-13: 9781474463362.
eBook available here via Edinburg University Press Open Access.
Ehrlich, Nea. Murray, Jonathan. Drawn from Life: Issues and Themes in Animated Documentary Cinema.Hardcover First Edition. Edinburgh University Press. 2018. ISBN-10: 0748694110. ISBN-13: 9780748694112.
Paperback First Edition. Edinburgh University Press. 2020. ISBN-10: 1474431828. ISBN-13: 9781474431828.
Ezell, Silas Kaine. Humor and Satire on Contemporary Television: Animation and the American Joke. Hardcover First Edition. Routledge. 2016. ISBN-10: 1472457722. ISBN-13: 9781472457721.
eBook. Routledge. 2016.
Paperback First Edition. Routledge. 2020. ISBN-10: 0367596598. ISBN-13: 9780367596590.
Formenti, Christina. The Classical Animated Documentary and Its Contemporary Evolution. Hardcover First Edition. Bloomsbury Academic. 2022. ISBN-10: 1501346466. ISBN-13: 9781501346460.
eBook. Bloomsbury Academic. 2022.
Paperback First Edition. Bloomsbury Academic. 2023. ISBN-10: 1501376101. ISBN-13: 9781501376108.
Holliday, Christopher. Sergeant, Alexander. Fantasy/Animation: Connections Between Media, Mediums and Genres.Hardcover First Edition. Routledge. 2020. ISBN-10: 1138054372. ISBN-13: 9781138054370.
Paperback First Edition. Routledge. 2020. ISBN-10: 0367590743. ISBN-13: 9780367590741.
eBook. Routledge. 2018.
Kriger, Judith. Animated Realism: A Behind The Scenes Look at the Animated Documentary Genre.Paperback First Edition. Focal Press. 2011. ISBN-10: 0240814398. ISBN-13: 9780240814391.
eBook. CRC Press. 2012.
Hardcover First Edition. Routledge. 2017. ISBN-10: 1138403148. ISBN-13: 9781138403147.
Lyons, Jonathan. Comedy for Animators.Hardcover First Edition. Routledge. 2015. ISBN-10: 1138777234. ISBN-13: 9781138777231.
Paperback First Edition. Routledge. 2015. ISBN-10: 1138777188. ISBN-13: 9781138777187.
eBook. Routledge. 2015.
Mittell, Jason. Genre and Television: From Cop Shows to Cartoons in American Culture.Hardcover First Edition. Routledge. 2004. ISBN-10: 0415969026. ISBN-13: 9780415969024.
Paperback First Edition. Routledge. 2004. ISBN-10: 0415969034. ISBN-13: 9780415969031.
eBook. Routledge. 2004.
Patten, Fred. Furry Tales: A Review of Essential Anthropomorphic Fiction.Paperback First Edition. McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. 2019. ISBN-10: 1476675988. ISBN-13: 9781476675985.
eBook. McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. 2019.
Rall, Hannes. Adaptation for Animation: Transforming Literature Frame by Frame.Paperback First Edition. CRC Press. 2019. ISBN-10: 1138886483. ISBN-13: 9781138886483.
eBook. CRC Press. 2019.
Hardcover First Edition. CRC Press. 2019. ISBN-10: 1138886475. ISBN-13: 9781138886476.
Roe, Anaabelle Honess. Animated Documentary.Hardcover First Edition. Palgrave Macmillan. 2013. ISBN-10: 1137017457. ISBN-13: 9781137017451.
Paperback First Edition. Palgrave Macmillan. 2013. ISBN-10: 1349437093. ISBN-13: 9781349437092.
eBook. Palgrave Macmillan. 2013.
Russo, Ron. Adult Swim and Comedy.Paperback First Edition. Gai Russo Inc. and Ron Russo. 2005. ISBN-10: 0977137716. ISBN-13: 9780977137718.
Paperback Second Edition. 2008.
Paperback Third Edition. Gai Russo. 2012. ISBN-10: 0977137740. ISBN-13: 9780977137749.
Steir-Livny, Liat. Holocaust Representations in Animated Documentaries: The Contours of Commemoration. Hardcover First Edition. Edinburgh University Press. 2023. ISBN-10: 1399523996. ISBN-13: 97819523998.
Telotte, J.P. Animating the Science Fiction Imagination.Hardcover First Edition. Oxford University Press. 2017. ISBN-10: 0190695269. ISBN-13: 9780190695262.
Paperback First Edition. Oxford University Press. 2017. ISBN-10: 0190695269. ISBN-13: 9780190695262.
eBook. Oxford University Press. 2017.
Wells, Paul. Animation: Genre and Authorship.Paperback First Edition. Wallflower Press. 2002. ISBN-10: 1903364205. ISBN-13: 9781903364208.
eBook. Wallflower Press. 2019.
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