Inspired by a real-life incident―getting his tie caught in a moving Moviola editing machine―Gene Deitch; cartoonist; animator; memoirist; renaissance man; created Nudnik; his Everyman character; a cross between Candide and Godot. The star of 12 Paramount-produced animated shorts that ran in theatres as an opening to the main movie in 1964 and 1965; Nudnik was one of Deitchrsquo;s most creatively personal and commercially successful creations in a long career of innovative and successful work; including the award-winning animated versions of Jules Feifferrsquo;s Munroand Maurice Sendakrsquo;s Where the Wild Things Are. Nudnik is the well-intentioned; kind; cheerful; but bumbling naif; inspired by and reflecting such archetypal characters as Jackie Gleasonrsquo;s Poor Soul; Charlie Chaplinrsquo;s Tramp; and Charles Schulzrsquo;s Charlie Brown. He never gets a break; canrsquo;t do anything right; but somehow muddles through; dignity more or less intact. Nudnik Revealed! finally collects all of Deitchrsquo;s original drawings; sketches; model sheets; storyboards; and color ldquo;set-upsrdquo; that he drew during the Nudnik production season of rsquo;64-rsquo;65; all reproduced from original art; showcasing his lively pencil line and his slick; authoritative pen and ink work. Deitch; a born storyteller and one of the great raconteurs of comics and animation; accompanies the copious examples of art with a running commentary―by turns; funny; spirited; and chock full of historical insights.
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