Research Catalog

Title

Makin' toons : inside the most popular animated TV shows and movies / Allan Neuwirth.

Author

Neuwirth, Allan.

Publication

New York : Allworth Press, c2003.

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Details

Description

xiii, 272 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Alternative Title

• Making toons
• Making cartoons

Subjects

• Animators > United States > Interviews
• Animated television programs > United States
• Motion picture producers and directors > United States > Interviews

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-265) and index.

Contents

• The bunny did it, after all: Roger Rabbit ignites the toon boom -- A Little Mermaid is spawned in Burbank -- The animated sitcom is reborn: meet the Simpsons -- An angry chihuahua and a retarded cat: Ren and Stimpy get their start in the biz -- Tim Burton shares his nightmare with the world -- Giving his creation life . . . down in Dexter's laboratory -- Whooping some cartoon ass, Powerpuff style -- Congratulations, Mrs. Lion! it's a boy: the birth of the Lion King -- Pretty as a pixel: Toy Story becomes the first CGI toon feature -- Mr. Hankey goes to Hollywood: how South Park got started -- Middle-aged white guys make it to King of the Hill -- Now that's an ugly baby: Shrek happens -- Dawn of a new Ice Age -- He's mean and he's green: bringing Shrek to the screen -- Just your typical yellow cartoon family: turning the Simpsons shorts into the most popular animated series in TV history -- A fish tale that changed everything: how a tadpole grew into The Little Mermaid and woke up Disney feature animation -- Something silly is afin: putting Spongebob Squarepants together -- Let's give 'em boogers and farts: John Kricfalusi finds a home for Ren and Stimpy -- From Russia, with glove: Genndy Tartakovsky's Dexter's Lab explodes -- Craig McCracken's mighty mites: the Powerpuff girls -- You don't know Jack: Genndy's stylish Samurai cuts loose -- He said "size" . . . huh huh huh: Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-head rock on -- Spooning with toons: penning The Tick for the tube -- The vis dev of Beau, Bea, and Al: writing some animated Disney classics-with pictures -- Chairwoman of the boards: getting the story of The Lion King up and running -- To infinitives and beyond: scripting Pixar's Toy Story and Toy Story 2 -- Standing out in the background: the brilliant art direction of Samurai Jack -- Turning the lights down on the Dark Knight: painter Eric Radomski cloaks Batman in shadows -- Painting with the Colors of the Wind: Giaimo's distinctive designs for Pocahontas -- Rhapsody in aqua, cobalt, and periwinkle: Susan Goldberg's Fantasia/2000 art direction -- Amazing feats of clay: Mr. Melton's
• Marvelous Maquettes -- Directing a film that nobody wanted to work on: The Lion King -- It's all in the timing: directing toons for Cartoon Network -- Lights . . . camera . . . simulation: helming the computer-generated Monsters, Inc. -- Sub-zero hero at the helm: directing blue sky's surprise hit Ice Age -- Deja's view: animating Disney's modern heroes and villains -- Ya gotta have courage: Dilworth's cowardly dog leaps into action -- Sheer genie-us: Eric Goldberg conjures up Aladdin's kinetic comic centerpiece -- The mother of all Simpsons: Margot Pipkin, animation producer -- Talking babies are born: producing Nickelodeon's Rugrats -- Who p-p-p-produced Roger Rrabbit? -- June's foray to fame: the queen of all voice artists -- Something wicked this way slimes: the malevolent tones of Ursula -- Way out West: a versitle voice artist named B1lly -- Chillin' with Sid: John Leguizamo's lovable Ice Age sloth -- Missed it by that much: the part almost went to . . . -- The songs always come first: Alan Menken and partners raise the musical bar -- Cartoons-the new wave: the toon boom hits TV -- Whoops! Why some shows fail -- Theatrical toons: triumph and turmoil.

Call Number

MFL 03-5529

ISBN

1581152698 (pbk.)

LCCN

2003000759

OCLC

51476889

Author

Neuwirth, Allan.

Title

Makin' toons : inside the most popular animated TV shows and movies / Allan Neuwirth.

Imprint

New York : Allworth Press, c2003.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-265) and index.

Research Call Number

MFL 03-5529