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Abbreviations: A - Author(s) CE - Chief Editor E - Editor h/b - hardback p/b - paperback oop - out of print A-B A Reader in Animation Studies E. Jayne Pilling 1-86462-000-5 (P/B) 1997 John Libbey & Company Ltd 13 Smiths Yard, Summerley Street, London SW18 4HR libbey@earlsfield.win-uk.net - yes HOW TO DRAW SERIES Animal Cartoons Ed Nofziger Walter Foster Publishing Inc La Gooner Hills - yes Tel : (949) 380 7510 Animation - A Guide To Animated Film Techniques Roger Noake 0-356-15872-1 1988 Macdonald & Co (Publishers) Ltd Greater London House, Hampstead Road, London NW1 7QX an ideal book to obtain a greater understanding of animation techniques in detail as well as providing useful contacts and general animation set up and requirements. Animation in Asia E. John A. Lent 1-86462-0 (36-6 is h/b & 37-4 is p/b) 1999 John Libbey & Company Ltd 13 Smiths Yard, Summerley Street, London SW18 4HR libbey@earlsfield.win-uk.net - yes Art in Motion: Animation Aesthetics Maureen Furniss 1-86462-03 (8-2 is h/b & 9-0 is p/b) 1998 John Libbey & Company Ltd 13 Smiths Yard, Summerley Street, London SW18 4HR libbey@earlsfield.win-uk.net - yes C-G HOW TO DRAW SERIES Cartoon Animation (Basic Skills) Walter Foster ISBN 0-929261-51-8 1980 Walter Foster Publishing Inc La Gooner Hills - yes Tel : (949) 380 7510 Cartoons - One Hundred Years of Cinema Animation Giannalberto Bendazzi 0-86196-445(6-2 is h/b & 5-4 is p/b) 1994 John Libbey & Company Ltd 13 Smiths Yard, Summerley Street, London SW18 4HR libbey@earlsfield.win-uk.net - yes Giannalberto Bendazzi is a founding member of the Society for Animation Studies. HOW TO DRAW SERIES Comic Characters Walter Foster Walter Foster Publishing Inc La Gooner Hills - yes Tel : (949) 380 7510 HOW TO DRAW SERIES Comic Strips Roger Armstrong Walter Foster Publishing Inc La Gooner Hills - yes Tel : (949) 380 7510 HOW TO DRAW SERIES Creating Cartoon Characters Don Jardine Walter Foster Publishing Inc La Gooner Hills - yes Tel : (949) 380 7510 H-R HOW TO DRAW SERIES How To Animate - Film Cartoons Preston J Blair 1-56010-069-9 1990 Walter Foster Publishing Inc La Gooner Hill - yes Tel : (949) 380 7510 extremely informative by simple text and images show clearly how to animate. CA HOW TO DRAW SERIES How To Draw - Cartoon Animation Preston J Blair 0-929261-51-8 Walter Foster Publishing Inc La Gooner Hills - yes Tel : (949) 380 7510 extremely informative by simple text and images showing clearly how to animate. S HOW TO DRAW SERIES Story Cartoons Walter Foster Walter Foster Publishing Inc La Gooner Hill - yes Tel : (949) 380 7510 T-Y Tex Avery's Comic Language 10 yrs of Creation at MGM 1942-1951 Pierre Floquet 1 86462 0 (42 0 h/b & 43 9 p/b) 1999 John Libbey & Company Ltd 13 Smiths Yard, Summerley Street, London SW18 4HR libbey@earlsfield.win-uk.net - yes The Animator's Workbook - Step by Step Techniques of Drawn Animation Tony White 0-7148-2 (439-9 is h/b & 566-2 is p/b) Phaidon Press Limited 140 Kensington Church Street, London W8 4BN - yes probably This book is an excellent, helpful & easy to follow workbook, having taken part in the original course in London - I loved every minute - this book reflects the course and more since then. The Encyclopedia of Animation Techniques Richard Taylor 0-7318-0595-X Quarto Publishing plc The Old Brewery, 6 Blundell Street, London N7 9BH Raytech BBS (92-97 was raytracing specialist online source) supplied 2 images for this excellent book which covers many useful facts and information on the basic production of the animated film covering most mediums. Thinking Animation http://www.thinkinganimation.com/ published by Thomson Course Technology Buy the book http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1598632604/sr=8-1/qid=1145851566/103-2516577-1285454 Book Blog http://thinkinganimationbook.blogspot.com/ Timing for Animation John Halas & H Whitaker Offstage Film & Theatre Bookshop, 37 Chalk Farm Road London NW1 8AJ - yes from this bookshop One of the most valuable books around if you really want to understand how to animate and appreciate how to use timing to perfection - a must for all serious animator's. Now in reprint ! W-Z Walt Disney and Europe Robin Allan 1-86462-04 (0-4 is h/p & 1-2 p/b) 1998 John Libbey & Company Ltd 13 Smiths Yard, Summerley Street, London SW18 4HR libbey@earlsfield.win-uk.net - yes Willis O'Brien Special Effects Genius Steve Archer 0-89950-833-2 1993 McFarland & company Inc., Publishers Box 611, Jefferson NC 28640 tel : (919 246 4460) - yes Steve Archer is an excellent special effects artist & animator based in London. Willis was the technical director behind the original King Kong and was one of the most influential special effects artists in Hollywood history. An extremely thorough and beautifully composed book.