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Winsor McCay

His Life and Art

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
288 Seiten
2018
CRC Press (Verlag)
978-1-138-57886-9 (ISBN)
64,80 inkl. MwSt
This volume is the only existing biography of one of America's greatest and most influential cartoonists. Winsor McCay (1867-1934) is universally acknowledged as the first master of both the comic strip and the animated cartoon. Although invented by others, both genres were developed into enduring popular art of the highest imagination through McCay's innovative genius. Included are new materials found since the previous publication of the book such as new comic strips of Little Nemo in Slumberland, and new sketches of Gertie the Dinosaur.

Key Features

In the book the author reviews and fully analyzes mcCay's achievements in print and film while examining his work in relation to his life, family, and to American culture and values of the period.
This painstakingly thorough biography begins with mcCay's childhood in Michigan to his seat as one of the greatest of the early animators.
Originally published in 1987, it is now back in print in a new expanded and revised edition.
Included are new amterials found since the previous publication of the book such as new comic strips of Little Nemo inSlumberland and new sketches of Gertie the Dinosaur.

John Canemaker is an internationally recognized animator, author, teacher, and animation historian. THE MOON AND THE SON: AN IMAGINED CONVERSATION, his 28-minute autobiographical film, won the 2005 Academy Award for Best Animated Short and a 2006 Emmy Award. He has designed and directed animation for numerous commercial projects, including the Warner Bros. feature The World According To Garp; TCM's Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood; and CBS' Break the Silence: Kids Against Child Abuse, which have won for their sponsors an Oscar, Emmy Awards, Ace Award and Peabody Award. He is the recipient of grants from the American Film Institute, PBS, and a Rockefeller Foundation Residency Grant in Bellagio, Italy.His independently-produced animated shorts, which are in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, and on a Milestone Films DVD titled John Canemaker: Marching to a Different Toon. One of America's most respected animation historians, Canemaker is the author of twelve acclaimed books, including "Winsor McCay: His Life and Art," “The Art and Flair of Mary Blair,” and "The Lost Notebook: Herman Schultheis and the Secrets of Walt Disney's Movie Magic." His articles have appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Print magazine.A tenured professor at New York University Tisch School of the Arts, where he began teaching animation in 1980, Canemaker has directed the Animation Program since 1988. He was Acting Chair of the NYU Undergraduate Film and Television Department from 2001-2002. The John Canemaker Animation Collection, part of the Fales Collection in Bobst Library at New York University, is an archival resource that opened to scholars and students in 1989. Professor Canemaker was a 2009 Recipient of NYU's Distinguished Teaching Award for "exceptional teaching inside and outside the classroom."

FOREWORD BY MAURICE SENDAK

PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

AUTHOR

INTRODUCTION

Phase One: 1867 to 1903

CHAPTER 1. MICHIGAN YEARS

CHAPTER 2. CHICAGO TO CINCINNATI

CHAPTER 3. CINCINNATI YEARS

Phase Two: 1903 to 1911

CHAPTER 4. NEW YORK AND THE GREAT COMIC STRIPS

CHAPTER 5. SHEEPSHEAD BAY

CHAPTER 6. VAUDEVILLE

CHAPTER 7. LITTLE NEMO ON BROADWAY

Phase Three: 1911 to 1934

CHAPTER 8. ANIMATED FILMS

CHAPTER 9. A HEARST MAN

CHAPTER 10. AFTER MCCAY

NOTES

CHRONOLOGY

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 254 x 305 mm
Gewicht 1583 g
Themenwelt Literatur Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Literatur Comic / Humor / Manga
Kunst / Musik / Theater
ISBN-10 1-138-57886-X / 113857886X
ISBN-13 978-1-138-57886-9 / 9781138578869
Zustand Neuware
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