About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 87. Chapters: Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, Modern animation in the United States, Zoetrope, Animation in the United States in the television era, Golden Age of American animation, United Productions of America, History of anime, Felix the Cat, Emile Cohl, History of Russian animation, Fleischer Studios, List of Estonian animated films, Ladislas Starevich, History of Chinese animation, Younger and junior versions of cartoon characters, History of Canadian animation, Strobe light, Older versions of cartoon characters, Laugh-O-Gram Studio, Disney animators' strike, Woos Whoopee, ASIFA-Hollywood, National Cartoon Museum, Koko the Clown, Encyclopedia of Domestic Animation, History of Azerbaijani animation, Rubber hose animation, Aesop's Film Fables, Phenakistoscope, Animation in the United States during the silent era, Cel, Theatre Optique, History of Iranian animation, History of British animation, Thaumatrope, Praxinoscope, The Animator's Survival Kit, David Gerstein, Edwin Gillette, 1985 in animation, 1999 in animation, 1989 in animation, Society for Animation Studies, Animation World Network, 1998 in animation, Fps magazine. Excerpt: The Golden Age of U.S. animation is a period in the United States animation history that began with the advent of sound cartoons in 1928 and continued into the early 1960s when theatrical animated shorts slowly began losing to the new medium of television animation. Many memorable characters emerged from this period including Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny, Donald Duck, Daffy Duck, Popeye, Betty Boop, Woody Woodpecker, Mighty Mouse, Mr. Magoo, Tom and Jerry, and a popular adaptation of Superman. Feature length animation also began during this period, most notably with Walt Disney's first films: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo and Bambi. The motion picture industry ...
