Why read The 50 Greatest Cartoons?

Book cover of The 50 Greatest Cartoons: As Selected by 1,000 Animation Professionals

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Showcases some of the greatest cartoons of all time, including characters from Disney, Warner Brothers, Fleischer Studio, Walter Lantz, MGM, and others.

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Why read it?

1 author picked The 50 Greatest Cartoons as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

J.B. Kaufman

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Ordinarily I don’t believe in “greatest” comparisons, but this book is different. Animation historian extraordinaire Jerry Beck surveyed more than a thousand historians and animation professionals to ascertain their picks, compiled the results into a list of fifty “greatest” cartoons, and then created this book with a separate entry for each film. It’s both informative and an endless delight, with well-illustrated celebrations of classic cartoon gems from the Disney, Warner, Fleischer, and MGM studios as well as the smaller, more obscure companies. You may disagree with the rankings or the choices, but this is undeniably a deep dive into a…

From J.B.'s list on American animation history.