Cartoon Modern: Style and Design in Fifties Animation Amid Amidi
Publisher: Chronicle Books LLC

For more about Fifties animation design, check out my new book Cartoon Modern: Style and Design in Fifties Animation (Chronicle Books, 2006) and find plenty more artwork at the Cartoon Modern blog. An index page listing The Fifties content. We talked about a book he was working on titled Cartoon Modern: Style and Design in Fifties Animation. Retro Rockets: The design theme for the whole decade, fins and all. This book took me back to my childhood memories of Bugs Bunny and other cartoons. Book: Cartoon Modern: Style and Design in fifties Animation By Amid Amidi (O NC 1766 U5A45). List Price: $ 40.00 Price: $ 25.38 It's all inspiring, and it's fascinating to realize that although the overrriding fifties sense of style is hot right now, these men and women of the grey flannel past are still way ahead of almost all of us. Editor of the leading animation industry resource CartoonBrew.com. Confidential or The Black Dahlia. He is the youngest recipient of the prestigious Theatre Library Association Award which he received for his book Cartoon Modern: Style and Design in Fifties Animation (2006, Chronicle Books). Due to rising production costs and changing tastes, animators were forced to cut more and more corners in their work and gradually adjust to the newer styles coming out at the time. Cartoon Modern is a blog and a book about the visual style and design in animation from the fifties. In the end we didn't, but it did have some influence on Neighbors From Hell. We were so pleased to hear recently that Cartoon Modern: Style and Design in Fifties Animation won the prestigious Theatre Library Association Award for the best book about film, television and radio in 2006. This includes modern noir set during the Fifties like L.A. Showcasing hundreds of rare and forgotten sketches, model boards, cels, and film stills, Cartoon Modern is a thoroughly researched, eye-popping, and delightful account of a vital decade of animation design. He is the author of numerous books including The Art of Pixar Short Films and the award-winning Cartoon Modern: Style and Design in Fifties Animation. Writer Amid Amidi calls the animated versions of this style "cartoon modern" in his beautiful book, Cartoon Modern: Style and Design in Fifties Animation. CARTOON MODERN – STYLE AND DESIGN IN FIFTIES ANIMATION – By Amid Amidi A top-notch check list of classic animation studios from the 40s & 50s including favourites such as Terrytoons and Hanna-Barbera. Animation Resources Animation Welcome To Animation Resources Animation A 501(c)(3) California non-profit corporation dedicated to serving the worldwide online animation community.