NEW BOOKS
I went to the
Samuel French Bookshop today - still the best book store in L.A. for the latest books on Cinema, TV and animation - and found three new books on animation. I bought only one of them , and I haven't read that one yet - but here's what I found:
Goodness Gracious- Al Broadax wrote a book!
UP PERISCOPE YELLOW: THE MAKING OF YELLOW SUBMARINE (Limelight Editions) might be interesting - but it didn't look so good when I flipped through it. In fact, it looked mighty disappointing compared with Robert Hieronimus' INSIDE THE YELLOW SUBMARINE (2002, Krause Publications). And not one mention of Snuffy Smith or Beetle Bailey! I welcome readers reviews to set me straight.
Another loser, was
ANIMATED FILMS (Virgin Books) by James Clarke. This was a random collection of essays on various "significant" animated features - with an emphasis on anime. Ho-hum!
The one I purchased was NICKELODEON NATION (New York University Press) edited by Heather Hendershot, a collection of interesting essays by the likes of Linda Simensky, Mark Langer and Kevin Sandler on various aspects of the pioneering kids channel. Looks substantial and I look forward to actually reading it.
Posted by at April 22, 2004 04:00 PM
