The 50 Greatest Cartoons
The 50 Greatest Cartoons: As Selected by 1,000 Animation Professionals is a 1994 book by animation historian Jerry Beck.
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| Editor | Jerry Beck |
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| Subject | Animation |
| Publisher | Turner Publishing |
Publication date | October 1, 1994 |
| Pages | 192 |
| ISBN | 187868549X |
| OCLC | 467065913 |
| 791.43 | |
| LC Class | NC1766.U5 F54 1994 |
Criteria
It consists of articles about 50 highly regarded animated short films made in North America and other notable cartoons, which are ranked according to a poll of 1,000 people working in the animation industry.[1]
Each cartoon is under 30 minutes long and cel animated (with the exception of Gertie the Dinosaur). Seventeen of the selected films were produced for Warner Bros.'s Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series, ten of which were directed by Chuck Jones (including the #1 cartoon on the list, What's Opera, Doc?). All of the selected cartoons were created and released before 1960, except for the 1985 short The Big Snit (No. 25),[2] the 1988 short The Cat Came Back (No. 32), the 1969 short Bambi Meets Godzilla (No. 38), the 1987 short The Man Who Planted Trees (No. 44), and the 1975 short Quasi at the Quackadero (No. 46).[3]
The book's front and rear cover art shows a variety of famous cartoon stars seated in a nightclub.[4]
Runners-up
The following cartoons received a substantial number of mentions on voter ballots[5] but were ultimately not nominated:
See also
References
- The 50 greatest cartoons : as selected by 1,000 animation professionals (Book, 1994)-WorldCat.org
- 100 Greatest Animated Shorts / The Big Snit / Richard Condie|Skywigly Animation Magazine
- 100 Greatest Animated Shorts / Quasi at the Quackadero / Sally Cruikshank|Skywigly Animation Magazine
- The 50 Greatest Cartoons : As Selected by 1, 000 Animation Professionals: Book Despository
- The 50 Greatest Cartoons: As Selected by 1,000 Animation Professionals (pg.186)
- Sara Petty » Alternative Projections
- iotaCenter on Vimeo
External links
- Beck, Jerry, ed. (1994). The 50 Greatest Cartoons: As Selected By 1,000 Animation Professionals (1st ed.). Atlanta: Turner Publishing. ISBN 1-878685-49-X.