One book that really helped fuel my interests and knowledge in classic animation is Leonard Maltin's "Of Mice and Magic" from 1980 (with research associate Jerry Beck). My high school's media center had a copy I often checked out, and thanks to it I learned a lot about the artists behind these cartoons, along with obscure characters like some of Walter Lantz's lesser-known characters, the Terrytoons, the Fox and Crow and other Columbia/Screen Gems characters, the 1960s Paramount cartoon characters (who I only barely knew about from Nickelodeon's old "Cartoon Kablooey!" block), and the UPA stuff like Mister Magoo. Years after graduating high school I bought my own copy, the 1987 edition. And look at me now! I've ended up incorporating all the interests and knowledge into a fursona: the private toon detective Sam Valentino! Definitely a well-recommended read for fans of classic animation! #FursuitFriday
Zak Wolf
One book that really helped fuel my interests and knowledge in classic animation is Leonard Maltin's "Of Mice and Magic" from 1980 (with research associate Jerry Beck). My high school's media center had a copy I often checked out, and thanks to it I learned a lot about the artists behind these cartoons, along with obscure characters like some of Walter Lantz's lesser-known characters, the Terrytoons, the Fox and Crow and other Columbia/Screen Gems characters, the 1960s Paramount cartoon characters (who I only barely knew about from Nickelodeon's old "Cartoon Kablooey!" block), and the UPA stuff like Mister Magoo. Years after graduating high school I bought my own copy, the 1987 edition. And look at me now! I've ended up incorporating all the interests and knowledge into a fursona: the private toon detective Sam Valentino! Definitely a well-recommended read for fans of classic animation! #FursuitFriday
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