This witty and fascinating study reminds us that there was animation before Disney: about thirty years of creativity and experimentation flourishing in such extraordinary work as Girdie the Dinosaur and Felix the Cat. Before Mickey; the first and only in-depth history of animation from 1898-1928; includes accounts of mechanical ingenuity; marketing and art. Crafton is equally adept at explaining techniques of sketching and camera work; evoking characteristic styles of such pioneering animators as Winsor McCay and Ladislas Starevitch; placing work in its social and economic context; and unraveling the aesthetic impact of specific cartoons."Before Mickeys scholarship is quite lively and its descriptions are evocative and often funny. The history of animation coexisted with that of live-action film but has never been given as much attention."mdash;Tim Hunter; New York Times
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