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Title: Chuck Amuck : The Life and Time of an Animated Cartoonist by Matt Groening, Chuck Jones ISBN: 0-374-52620-6 Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux Pub. Date: 03 December, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Fantastic...A MUST for ALL Looney Tunes and Chuck Fans!
Comment: Simply put, this is the best book ever written about Looney Tunes, and what it took to make them. Chuck shares entertaining behind the scenes info about the Termite Terrace and the people who worked there. Chuck say's that it was quite normal to see the animators look like they were going to wack each other with a mallet. Chuck also tells stories about those notorious poducers, Leon Schlesinger (whos lisp was used in Daffy voice) and Eddie Selzer. When Eddie said "I don't want any gags about bullfights, bullfights aren't funny!", Jones and Mike Maltise had something. Result: Bully For Bugs. When he said the same thing about camels to director Fritz Freleng, the result: Sahara Hare. Though Eddie is quoted as saying about Pepe Le Pew, "Nobody'd laugh at that s**t!", he happily accepted the Oscar for "For Scent-imental Reasons", a Pepe Le Pew cartoon. That (and many more) hilarous titbits are spread throughout this superb book, including high-quality backgrounds and scenes for "Duck Dodgers in the 24th and 1/2 Century" and many others. Also included are many drawings and many photos of the directors, animators and producers. The most illistruated and well thought out book about cartoons ever made.
Rating: 5
Summary: As Wile E. Coyote would say "Genius, pure genius"
Comment: The world lost an animation genius recently with the death of Chuck Jones. Luckily, there is a book like this that celebrates the animation genius he was. Arguably, Jones was the father of some of the best Warner Brothers cartoons ever made, including "Duck Amuck," "Duck Dogers in the 24th and 1/2 Century," and my personal favorite "What's Opera Doc?" He also is responsible for giving us such great pieces of pop culture as the original "How the Grinch Stole Christmas."
Part autobiography, part instruction, part tribute, this book shows us the man behind the screen, or should I say behind the pencil? We often wonder where a genius comes from - Chuck seems to say from anywhere. His mark on the development of the cartoon is undeniable, and monumental. But just as you cannot appreciate art fully until you know about the painter, so it is with Chuck's cartoons. I have a greater appreciation for the work that goes into developing these 8 minute masterpieces. Yes, it's true that Jones gave us some of the clunkers in the 60's as the Warner Brothers studio (and the MGM studio) animation division gasped what seemed to be its last breath. But it's all the more amazing that Chuck could produce such works given what little he had to work with. The world would be poorer were it not for the gives Chuck has given us, including Wile E. Coyote (super genius!),and the Road Runner, Pepe Le Pew, Marvin the Martian and many others. His style was distinctive, his contributions monumental and behind it all, he was a fascinating and talented man. This book stands as a tribute to this genius now that he's no longer with us.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Joy to Read
Comment: Rather than an autobiography, this book is more a collection of musing from one of America's greatest storytellers (he just happened to tell his stories with pictures shown in rapid succession!) From his love of Mark Twain to his contempt at studio management, we see not how his life unfolded, but rather how Mr. Jones created his vision. Though there is no drawing instruction, I have to agree with the plethora of lists that this should be on the shelves of every animator, professional or aspiring, as it illuminates what goes into a great cartoon before penicl ever touches paper.
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Title:Chuck Jones - Extremes and In-Betweens, a Life in Animation ASIN: B00006JDV4 Publisher: Warner Home Video Pub. Date: 22 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $13.48 |
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Title: The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons by Jeff Lenburg, Jeff Leaburg, June Foray ISBN: 0816038325 Publisher: Checkmark Books Pub. Date: July, 1999 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Reading the Rabbit: Explorations in Warner Bros. Animation by Kevin S. Sandler ISBN: 0813525381 Publisher: Rutgers University Press Pub. Date: July, 1998 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Warner Bros. Animation Art: The Characters, the Creators, the Limited Editions by Jerry Beck, Will Friedwald, Warner Bros. Cartoons ISBN: 0883631075 Publisher: Hugh Lauter Levin Associates Pub. Date: November, 1997 List Price(USD): $75.00 |
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Title: The Animator's Survival Kit: A Manual of Methods, Principles, and Formulas for Classical, Computer, Games, Stop Motion, and Internet Animators by Richard Williams ISBN: 0571202284 Publisher: Faber & Faber Pub. Date: 07 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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