Comic Books & Manga
Ban, Toshio. Tezuka Productions. The Osamu Tezuka Story: A Life in Manga and Anime.Paperback First Edition. Stone Bridge Press. 2016. ISBN-10: 1611720257. ISBN-13: 9781611720259.
Beiman, Nancy. How I Finally Got to Live a Cat’s Life: A Cartoon Diary 2020-2021.Paperback First Edition. Nancy Beiman. 2022. ISBN-10: 0986770027. ISBN-13: 9780986770029.
eBook. Nancy Beiman. 2022.
Delisle, Guy. Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea.Hardcover First Edition. Drawn and Quarterly. 2005. ISBN-10: 1896597890. ISBN-13: 9781896597898.
Paperback First Edition. Drawn and Quarterly. 2007. ISBN-10: 1897299214. ISBN-13: 9781897299210.
eBook. Random House. 2017.
Paperback Second Edition. Drawn and Quarterly. 2018. ISBN-10: 1770463372. ISBN-13: 9781770463370.
Dunlavey, Ryan. Van Lente, Fred. “Silent…But Deadly.” Comic Books History of Animation.Volume 1, Issue 1. One Variant. IDW Publishing. 2020.
eBook. IDW. 2020.
Dunlavey, Ryan. Van Lente, Fred. “Looney Studios!” Comic Books History of Animation.Volume 1, Issue 2. One Variant. IDW Publishing. 2020.
eBook. IDW. 2020.
Dunlavey, Ryan. Van Lente, Fred. “Cartoon Cool.” Comic Books History of Animation.Volume 1, Issue 3. One Variant. IDW Publishing. 2021.
eBook. IDW. 2021.
Dunlavey, Ryan. Van Lente, Fred. “Saturday Morning Funhouse.” Comic Books History of Animation.Volume 1, Issue 4. One Variant. IDW Publishing. 2021.
eBook. IDW. 2021.
Dunlavey, Ryan. Van Lente, Fred. “Anime Conquers the World!” Comic Books History of Animation.Volume 1, Issue 5. One Variant. IDW Publishing. 2021.
eBook. IDW. 2021.
Dunlavey, Ryan. Van Lente, Fred. The Comic Book History of Animation: True Toon Tales of the Most Iconic Characters, Artists and Styles!Trade Paperback First Edition. Idea & Design Works. 2021. ISBN-10: 1684058295. ISBN-13: 9781684058297.
Findlay, Kurtis. Mulaney, Dean. Chuck Jones: The Dream that Never Was.Hardcover First Edition. IDW Publishing. 2011. ISBN-10: 1613770308. ISBN-13: 9781613770306.
Hoena, Blake. McClintock Miller, Shannon. A Stop-Motion Animation Mission.Hardcover First Edition. Capstone Press. 2019. ISBN-10: 1496579518. ISBN-13: 9781496579515.
Paperback First Edition. Capstone Press. 2019. ISBN-10: 1496579550. ISBN-13: 978-1496579553.
eBook. Stone Arch Books. 2020.
Merkel, Ulrich. Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend.Hardcover First Edition. Fantagraphics Books. 2007. ISBN-10: 3000207511. ISBN-13: 9783000207518.
“Bubblegum Crisis.” Settei: The Anime Reference Guide.Volume 1, Issue 1. Antarctic Press. 1993.
“Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket.” Settei: The Anime Reference Guide.Volume 1, Issue 2. Antarctic Press. 1993.
“Project A-Ko.” Settei Super Special.Volume 1, Issue 1. Antarctic Press. 1994.
Nikolavitch, Alex. The Disney Bros.: The Fabulous Story of Walt and Roy. Hardcover First Edition. NBM Publishing. 2020. ISBN-10: 1681122669. ISBN-13: 9781681122663.
eBook. NBM Publishing. 2020.
Norman, Floyd. Disk Drive: Animated Humor in the Digital Age.Paperback First Edition. Blurb Self Publishing. 2010.
Norman, Floyd. How The Grinch Stole Disney.Paperback First Edition. Leo Sullivan Multimedia. 2005. ISBN-10: 1881368386. ISBN-13: 9781881368380.
Paperback First Edition. Lancer Creative Services. 2020. ISBN-10: 173523480X. ISBN-13: 9781735234809.
Norman, Floyd. Suspended Animation: The Art Form That Refuses To Die. Paperback First Edition. Blurb Self Publishing. 2012.
Norman, Floyd. Faster! Cheaper!: The Flip Side to the Art of Animation.Paperback First Edition. Get Animated. 1992. ISBN-10: 094290902X. ISBN-13: 9780942909029.
Paperback First Edition. Lancer Creative Services. 2020. ISBN-10: 1735234818. ISBN-13: 9781735234816.
Nourigat, Natalie. I Moved to Los Angeles to Work in Animation.eBook. BOOM! Box. 2018.
Paperback First Edition. BOOM! Box. 2019. ISBN-10: 1684152917. ISBN-13: 9781684152919.
Owada, Hideki. The Men Who Created Gundam.Paperback First Edition. Denpa Books. 2022. ISBN-10: 1634429745. ISBN-13: 9781634429740.
Various. DC Pride 2022. eBook. DC Comics. 2022. See “Finding Batman” By Kevin Conroy.
Hardcover First Edition. DC Comics. 2023. ISBN-10: 177951848X. ISBN-13: 9781779518484.
Periodicals
Western Animation
1928
Amateur Movie Makers. Amateur Cinema League, Inc. January, 1928.
1934
Fleisher’s Animated News. 29 Issues. 1934-1937. Read more at CartoonResearch.com.
See, “Animated Movie Making for Amateurs” by Marguerite Tazelaar.
1936
Modern Mechanix & Inventions. Modern Mechanix Publishing Co. January 1937. ISSN: 0025-6587.
See: “Sounds Tricks of Mickey Mouse” By Earl Theisen.
Modern Mechanix & Inventions. Modern Mechanix Publishing Co. July 1936. ISSN: 0025-6587.
See: “Movie Cartoons Gain Third Dimension”
Popular Science. Vol. 129. No. 5, November 1936. ISSN: 0161-7370.
See: “Real Scenery for Popeye: Midget Sets Gives Depth to New Movie Cartoons”
Popular Science. Vol. 137. No. 6. December 1940. ISSN: 0161-7370.
See: “New Cartoon Camera Combines Drawings and Photographs”.
Popular Science. Vol. 138. No. 1, January 1941. ISSN: 0161-7370.
See: “Mickey Mouse Goes Classical” By Andrew R. Boone.
Popular Science. Vol. 144. No. 4, April 1944. ISSN: 0161-7370.
See: “Disney Cartoons Spur Combat Flyers”.
Popular Science. Vol. 145. No. 3, September 1960. ISSN: 0161-7370.
See: “How Disney Combines Living Actors with His Cartoon Characters”.
1937
The Animator. Hollywood Screen Cartoonists (The Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists Guild). 1937-1944(?). Volume One, Five Issues. Volume Two, At least 76 issues.
1939
Architectural Record. F. W. Dodge Corporation. January, 1939. ISSN: 003-858X.
See: “Light, Sound and Atmosphere Controlled in Studio Design” (Fleischer Studios, Miami, Florida).
1940
Popular Mechanics. Hearst Magazines. January, 1940. ISSN: 0032-4558.
See: “Color-Shooting in Fairyland”.
Popular Mechanics. Hearst Magazines. September, 1960. ISSN: 0032-4558.
See: “TV Hit from a Cartoon Factory” by Thomas E. Stimson, Jr.
1955
Walt Disney Studios. Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse Club Magazine / Walt Disney’s Magazine. 1955-1959.
1959
Gutterman, Leon. Wisdom Magazine: The Magazine of Knowledge for Lifetime Learning and Education. Hardcover First Edition. The Wisdom Society for the Advancement of Knowledge, Learning and Research in Education.
See: Volume 32, December 1959: Walt Disney.
1961
Barbin, Pierre. Bulletin trimestriel de liaison del’l ASIFA. 1961-1966.
Anitei, Elvira. Paraianu, Marian. Bulletin of the International Association of Animated Film ASIFA. 1966-1972.
Matolcsy, Gyorgy. ANIMAFILM. 1973-1977.
Gizycki, Marcin. ANIMAFILM. 1978-1980. ISSN: 0208-6212.
Bastiancich, Alfio. ANIMAFILM, International Quarterly of Animated Film. Centro Internazionale per Cinema di Animazione. 1981-1988.
Cleven, Doris. Moins, Phillippe. ASIFA NEWS. Folioscope. 1988-1992.
Ulver, Stanislav. ASIFA NEWS. 1993-2000.
Robinson, Chris. ASIFA MAGAZINE. 2001-2004.
Robinson, Chris. CARTOONS. John Libbey Publishing, Ltd. 2005-2007.
Robinson Chris. ASIFA MAGAZINE, The International Animation Journal. John Libbey Publishing, Ltd. 2008-Present.
1963
Grosvenor, Gilbert Melville. National Geographic.Volume 124, Number 2. August, 1963.
1966
Barrier, Michael. Funnyworld.16 Issues. 1966-1975. ISSN: 0071-9943.
Lilien, Mark. Funnyworld. Six Issues.
1968
Josephy, Jr. Alvin M. American Heritage. Vol XIX, Number 3. 1968. ISSN: 0002-8738.
1969
Hurd, Jud. Cartoon Profiles. 120 Issues. 1969-2005.
1975
Corliss, Richard. “The Hollywood Cartoon.”Film Comment. January-February, 1975.
Ivey, Jim. Seridan, Bill. Cartoonews. 1975-1979.
Prestone, David. Close Up. Three Issues. 1975-1977.
1976
MediaScene. Issue 21 – September, October, 1976. Special Animation Issue.
Mruz, David. Mindrot.19 Issues. 1976-1981. Note: Magazine changes name to Animania (1981).
1977
Computer Graphics World.Eight Issues. 1977-Present.
1981
Mruz, David. Animania. Eight Issues. 1981-1983.
Markstein, Don. Dane, Gigi. Apatoons.150 Issues. 1981-2008?
1983
Ventrella, Michael A. Animato!40 Issues. 1983-1999.
Hartt, Reg. Animazine.1983-1985.
Walt Disney Productions. Disney Channel Magazine.106 Issues. 1983-1997.
1984
Cawley, John. Get Animated! Seven Issues (Including Issue 0). 1984-1986.
Get Animated! 1986 International Studio Directory.
Get Animated! Update. 1986-1988.
The Get Animated! 1987/88 Animation Video Directory.
Get Animated! Review. 1989. One Issue.
Get Animated! 1992 Promo Calender.
Get Animated! Animation Datebook. 1998.
Also see Get Animated!’s Animation Art Buyer’s Guide in Collectible Animation Advertising.
1986
Thoren, Terry. Animation News.Five Issues. 1986-1988.
Van Hise. James. Cartoon File Magazine Spotlight On The Jonny Quest Files.One Issue. Psi Fi Movie Press. ISBN-10: 0809580853. ISBN-13: 9780809580859.
1987
Jefferson, David. Animator Magazine.33 Issues. 1987-1995.
Thoren, Terry. Animation Magazine. 308 Issues as of March 2021. 1987-Present.
Animation Magazine: 20-Year Collection. Hardcover First Edition. Animation Magazine. 2007. ISBN-10: 1424338514. ISBN-13: 9781424338511.
1988
Ranney, Doug. The Whole Toon Catalog. 20 Issues. 1988-1995. Produced by Facets Multimedia from 1995-2000.
1989
RightStuf Catalog. 1989-2018.
1990
The Walt Disney Company. The Storyboard: The Art of Laughter: The Journal of Animation Art.22 Issues. 1990-1995.
1990
In Toon: The Magazine of Animation Art Collecting.18 Issues. 1991-1996.
1991
Brock, Ted. Simpsons Illustrated. Nine Issues, One Annual. 1991 – 1993.
Sigman, Paula. Sketches. Walt Disney Collectors Society. 1991-2009.
Townsend, Emru. FPS Magazine.1992-2010.
1992
Anderson, Paul F. Persistence of Vision.46 Issues. Est. 1992.
Storyboard: The Art of Laughter. 1992-1994.
1993
Arnold, Mark. Harveyville Fun Times. 1993-1996.
Arnold, Mark. The Best of The Harveyville Fun Times! Paperback First Edition. Lulu.com. 2006. ISBN-10: 1847283683. ISBN-13: 9781847283689.
eBook. Lulu.com. 2016.
Gore, Chris. Wild Cartoon Kingdom.Larry Flynt Publications. Five Issues. 1993-1994.
Swanigan, Michael. TOON Magazine.Three Volumes, Two Issues. Est. 1993.
Swanigan, Michael. TOON Magazine – The Complete Collection Vol.1. Paperback First Edition. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. 2014. ISBN-10: 1502918080. ISBN-13: 9781502918086.
Swanigan, Michael. TOON Magazine – The Complete Collection Vol.2. Paperback First Edition. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. 2017. ISBN-10: 1545054347. ISBN-13: 9781545054345.
1994
Tumbusch, Tom. Tomart’s Disneyana Update.1994-2016. 82 Issues.
1997
Animation World Network. Animation World Magazine.eMagazine. 1996-Present.
1998
Animated Life.Two Issues. Est. 1998.
1999
Amidi, Amid. Animation Blast. Nine Issues. 1999-2006.
Hieronimus, Robert R. The Hieronimus & Co. Yellow Submarine Journal. Paperback First Edition. Hieronimus & Co., Inc. ISBN-10: 0967536308. ISBN-13: 9780967536309.
2000
Bluth, Don. Don Bluth’s Toon Talk.At least eight Issues. 2000-2001.
Florida Historical Society. The Florida Historical Quarterly. Vol. 78, No. 3, Winter, 2000. Paperback First Edition. Florida Historical Society.
See: “Cartoons in Paradise: How the Fleischer Brothers Moved to Miami and Lost Their Studio” by Donna Dial.
Graves, Wayne. MavCore 3D Animation Magazine.Four Issues. 2016-2017.
2017
Moss, Annie. Character Design Quarterly. 2017-Present.
2018
Animation Guild. Keyframe Animation Magazine.Ten Issues. 2018- Present.
Anime
1985
Mangazine.At least 124 issues. 1985 – 2018.
1986
Fenelon, Robert. Anime-zine.Three Issues. 1986-1988.
1987
Anacleto, Matthew. Fong, Dana. Schubert, Ann. Animag: The Magazine of Japanese Animation.15 Issues. 1987-1993.
Dubreuil, Alain. Gareau, Michel. Pelletier, Claude J. Protoculture Addicts.103 Issues. 1987-2008.
1990
Thompson, Jeff. Animenominous!Five Issues. 1990-1993.
1991
Anacleto, Matthew. V.Max.17 Issues. 1991-1996.
IANVS Publication. Mecha Press.18 Issues. 1991-1995.
Goll, Peter. Kyte, Steve. McCarthy, Helen. Overton, Wil. Anime UK.
Tatsugawa, Mike. The Anime Reference Guide.Four Issues. 1991-1995.
1992
VIZ Media. Animerica.162 Issues. 1992-2005.
Karahashi, Takayuki. Anime Interviews: The First Five Years of Animerica, Anime & Manga Monthly.Paperback First Edition. VIZ Media LLC. ISBN-10: 1569312206. ISBN-13: 9781569312209.
Viz Media. The Best Of Animerica: 2003 Edition.Paperback First Edition. VIZ Media LLC. 2004. ISBN-10: 1569318999. ISBN-13: 9781569318997.
Hardcover First Edition. San Val. ISBN-10: 0613790448. ISBN-13: 9780613790444.</P.
1995
Japanese Animation Society of Hawai’i. Animeco.10 Issues. 1995-1998.
1997
Scovil Jr., Ronald. Mixx Zine.12 Issues. 1997-1999.
1999
Persons, Dan. Animefantastique!4 Issues. 1999. ISSN: 1521-7205
Beckett Anime.1999-2007.
2001
Wizard Entertainment. Anime Insider.68 Issues. 2001-2009.
2002
A.D. Vision. Newtype USA.65 Issues. 2002-2008.
2004
Taylor, Stu. Trent, Claire. NEO.2004-Present.
2007
Macias, Patrick. Otaku USA.2007-Present.
2008
Gifford, Kevin. PiQ.Four Issues. 2008. ISSN: 1941-0522.
Ikuma, John. Stop Motion Magazine. 37 Issues. 2008-2020.
2009
The Walt Disney Company. Disney Twenty Three. 2009-Present.
2015
Luster, Joseph. Anime USA.11 Issues. 2015-Spring 2020. ISSN: 1939-3318.
Academic Journals
1951
Ollerenshaw, R. On the uses of animation in the medical film. Med Biol Illus. PMID: 14874655.
1991
Tatsugawa, Mike. ä-ni-mé: The Berkeley Journal of Japanese Animation. One Volume, Two Issues. 1991.
2006
Bolton, Christopher. Lamarre, Thomas. Lunning, Frenchy. Mechademia: An Annual Forum for Anime, Manga, and the Fan Arts.13 Volumes, 15 Issues. 2006-Present. ISSN: 1934-2489.
Lunning, Frenchy. Mechademia 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga.Paperback First Edition. University of Minnesota Press. 2006. ISBN-10: 0816649456. ISBN-13: 9780816649457.
eBook. University of Minnesota Press. 2006.
Lunning, Frenchy. Mechademia 2: Networks of Desire.Paperback First Edition. University of Minnesota Press. 2007. ISBN-10: 081665266X. ISBN-13: 9780816652662.
eBook. University of Minnesota Press. 2007.
Lunning, Frenchy. Mechademia 3: Limits of the Human.Paperback First Edition. University of Minnesota Press. 2008. ISBN-10: 0816654824. ISBN-13: 9780816654826.
eBook. University of Minnesota Press. 2008.
Lunning, Frenchy. Mechademia 4: War/Time.Paperback First Edition. University of Minnesota Press. 2009. ISBN-10: 0816667497. ISBN-13: 9780816667499.
eBook. University of Minnesota Press. 2009.
Lunning, Frenchy. Mechademia 5: Fanthropologies.Paperback First Edition. University of Minnesota Press. 2010. ISBN-10: 081667387X. ISBN-13: 9780816673872.
eBook. University of Minnesota Press. 2010.
Lunning, Frenchy. Mechademia 6: User Enhanced.Paperback First Edition. University of Minnesota Press. 2011. ISBN-10: 0816677344. ISBN-13: 9780816677344.
eBook. University of Minnesota Press. 2011.
Lunning, Frenchy. Mechademia 7: Lines of Sight.Paperback First Edition. University of Minnesota Press. 2012. ISBN-10: 0816680493. ISBN-13: 9780816680498.
eBook. University of Minnesota Press. 2012.
Lunning, Frenchy. Mechademia 8: Tezuka’s Manga Life.Paperback First Edition. University of Minnesota Press. 2013. ISBN-10: 0816689555. ISBN-13: 9780816689552.
eBook. University of Minnesota Press. 2013.
Lunning, Frenchy. Mechademia 9: Origins.Paperback First Edition. University of Minnesota Press. 2014. ISBN-10: 0816695350. ISBN-13: 9780816695355.
eBook. University of Minnesota Press. 2014.
Lunning, Frenchy. Mechademia 10: World Renewal.Paperback First Edition. University of Minnesota Press. 2015. ISBN-10: 0816699151. ISBN-13: 9780816699155.
eBook. University of Minnesota Press. 2015.
Annett, Sandra. Lunning, Frenchy. Mechademia 11.1: Second Arc.Paperback First Edition. University Of Minnesota Press. 2019. ISBN-10: 1517906350. ISBN-13: 9781517906351.
Annett, Sandra. Horbinski, Andrea. Lunning, Frenchy. Mechademia 12.1: Second Arc.Paperback First Edition. University of Minnesota Press. 2020. ISBN-10: 1517908426. ISBN-13: 9781517908423.
Annett, Sandra. Lunning, Frenchy. Suan, Stevie. Mechademia 12.2: Second Arc.Paperback First Edition. University of Minnesota Press. 2020. ISBN-10: 1517908434. ISBN-13: 9781517908430.
Annett, Sandra. Lunning, Frenchy. Welker, James. Mechademia 13.1: Second Arc.Paperback First Edition. University of Minnesota Press. 2020. ISBN-10: 1517911303. ISBN-13: 9781517912048.
Annett, Sandra. Jocoy, Stacey. Lunning, Frenchy. Mechademia 13.2: Second Arc.Paperback First Edition. University of Minnesota Press. 2021. ISBN-10: 1517912040. ISBN-13: 9781517912048.
Annett, Sandra. Lunning, Frenchy. Tatsumi, Takayuki. Mechademia: Second Arc: Vol. 14.1: Science Fictions. Paperback First Edition. University of Minnesota Press. 2021.
Annett, Sandra. Lunning, Frenchy. Napier, Susan. Mechademia: Second Arc: Vol. 14.2: New Formulations of the Otaku. Paperback First Edition. University of Minnesota Press. 2022.
Annett, Sandra. Bissonnette, Sylvie. Lunning, Frenchy. Mechademia: Second Arc: Vol. 15.1: Modes of Existence. Paperback First Edition. University of Minnesota Press. 2022.
Annett, Sandra. Lunning, Frenchy. Sugawa-Shimada, Akiko. Mechademia: Second Arc: Vol. 15.2: 2.5D Cultures. Paperback First Edition. University of Minnesota Press. 2023.
Buchan, Suzanne. Animation: An Interdisciplinary Journal. 45 Issues. 2006-Present. ISSN: 1930-1928.
Furniss, Maureen. Animation Journal. 25 Volumes. 1992-2017.
2008
Studies in American Humor. American Humor Studies Association. 1974-2021. ISSN: 0095-280X.
Inge, M. Thomas. Special Section: Humorous Subversions: Animation as Cultural Critique. No. 17, 2008.
2018
Niigata University Archive Center for Anime Studies. Archiving Movements: Short Essays on Anime and Visual Media Materials. Two Volumes.
Joon Yang, Kim. Minori, Ishida. Archiving Movements: Short Essays on Materials of Anime and Visual Media Volume 1. 2019. ISBN-13: 9784991074608. Available online here.
Joon Yang, Kim. Minori, Ishida. Archiving Movements: Short Essays on Materials of Anime and Visual Media Volume 2. 2020. ISBN-13: 9784991074615. Available online here.
2020
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Computer Animation.1987-Present. ISSN: 1087-4844.
Tringaliz, Billy. Journal of Anime and Manga Studies.One Issue. 2020-Present. ISSN: 2689-2596.
2021
Serrazina, Pedro. Woolf, Natalie. International Journal of Film and Media Arts.Vol. 6 No. 2, “Animated Space: Engaged animation for the space(s) we live in”.
Available online here.
Serrazina, Pedro. The International Journal of Film and Media Arts.Vol. 6 No. 3, “Ecstatic Truth V, The Age of the Absurd – Documentary animation practices that reimagine our world.”
Fiction
Frazier, Ian. Acme v. Coyote. Hardcover First Edition. Farrar Straus & Giroux. 1996. ISBN-10: 0374130337. ISBN-13: 9780374130336.
Paperback First Edition. Picador. 2002. ISBN-10: 0312420587. ISBN-13: 9780312420581.
eBook. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2002.
McDermott, John. The Rat Factory. Hardcover First Edition. Prentice-Hall. 1971. ISBN-10: 013753079X. ISBN-13: 9780137530793.
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