books by Jerry Beck

books by Jerry Beck

books:

Jerry Beck

Jerry Beck

Chronicle Books, 2007

A Delightful Find
I found the "The Art of Bee Movie" to be a delightful visual exertion into the creative development of a wonderful film. Have not completed the reading of the book yet , but have eye walked many times over the illustrations. Have found many visual ideas that will leave ...

Harvey Comics Classics Volume 3: Hot Stuff (Harvey Comics Classics Library)

Leslie Cabarga

Dark Horse, 2008

This book continues the good work of Beck and Cabarga.
At last is Volume 3 in the Harvey Comics Classics series, with Harvey Classics Library Volume 4: Baby Huey (Harvey Classics Library) coming up next. If you've purchased the previous two volumes Harvey Comics Classics Volume 1: Casper (Harvey Comic Classics) and ...

Harvey Comics Classics Volume 1: Casper (Harvey Comic Classics)

Leslie Cabarga, Jerry Beck

Dark Horse, 2007

12 hours of reading pleasure
I don't know why cartoon comic strips went out of style. I am glad that there is someone else who has not forgotten them. Richie Rich was one of my favorite comic strips, and still would be if Harvey Comics were still in business. It is interesting to see how the ...

The Hanna-Barbera Treasury

Jerry Beck

Insight Editions, 2007

CLASSIC CARTOONS OF HANNA BARBERA
On of the trends among higher end collector's books over the past couple of years have been to pack them with all sorts of extra treasures and trinkets. I guess since if DVD's have extra features, why not books as well. The latest such book is Insight Editions' The ...

Pink Panther: The Ultimate Guide to the Coolest Cat in Town!

Jerry Beck

DK ADULT, 2005

Pinkredible Reference Guide!
This is a fun guide for anyone interested in the Pink Panther movies, cartoons, and all the DePatie-Freleng cartoons that came after the cool cat. It has at least two full pages on each of the cartoons--and there are A LOT of them. Some I remember seeing from my ...

The Art and Making of Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Jerry Beck

Insight Editions, 2008

Would you trust a squad of trash-talking Penguins to fly a plane? Probably not, but for Alex the lion, Marty the zebra, and Melman the giraffe there isn't much choice if they ever hope to see the Central Park Zoo again. Join your favorite Manhattan menagerie in The Art of Madagascar for a look into their wild ride from their first trip to the ...

Not Just Cartoons: Nicktoons!

Jerry Beck

DK ADULT, 2007

A Great Compendium of Kids' Cartoons for Adults
Until Nickelodeon decided to revamp and update the children's world in 1991, parents had no problem keeping up with their kids' cartoon experiences. After all, Bug Bunny and Daffy Duck, the Flintstones, and Scooby-Doo (in so many incarnations) were all staples of a ...

Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons; Revised and Updated (Plume Books)

Leonard Maltin, Jerry Beck

Plume, 1987

The history of cartoons (to the 1980s)
When I think of the history of animation, I tend to divide things into three periods: The Golden Age, noted for early Warner Brothers cartoons and the classic Disney movies such as Snow White and Fantasia; The Age of Mediocrity, where creativity seemed to reach its ...

Animation Art: From Pencil to Pixel, the World of Cartoon, Anime, and CGI

Jerry Beck

Collins Design, 2004

A "feast" for the mind as well as for the eye....
This is a magnificent achievement. Serving as General Editor, Jerry Beck has brought together in a single volume a riveting narrative which examines the history of cartoon, anime, and CGI with stunning full-color illustrations of that history. As he explains in his ...

Harvey Comics Classics Volume 4: Baby Huey (Harvey Classics Library)

Jerry Beck, Leslie Cabarga

Dark Horse, 2008

duck out of luck
Baby Huey had a certain charm to him in both film and in comics. His innocence excused his stupidity or maybe it was more his awkwardness of his body adjusting to his severely under developing brain. Between his father and the fox you had to root for him. The fox who ...

The Animated Movie Guide (Cappella Books)

Jerry Beck

Chicago Review Press, 2005

Totally addictive!
Beware - Jerry Beck's guide to animated feature films is totally addictive! If you want to sleep at night, forget it! Once you start reading this book, you're compelled to read on to the next film and find out who animated it, who was involved, little stories about ...

Scooby-Doo: An Insight Mini-Classic
Jerry Beck

Insight Editions, 2008

Ask any masked cartoon villains and they'll give you an earful about those "meddling kids" and their silly dog. No doubt they're whining about Scooby-Doo, America's most endearing crime-fighting Great Dane. In 1969, Scooby, Shaggy, Fred, Velma, and Daphne drove into the Saturday-morning lineup in a funky colored van, aptly dubbed "the Mystery ...

Looney Tunes: The Ultimate Visual Guide

Jerry Beck

DK CHILDREN, 2003

Perfect book for Warner Bros. cartoon fans
I have to admit I had reservations when I saw this at the store. I had not been impressed by the Superman volume or the other editions to come out under this series because so much of it was devoted to modern versions of the main characters. But this book is a visual ...

The Flintstones: Insight Mini Classic
Jerry Beck

Insight Editions, 2008

Yabba Dabba Do! Celebrate more than 45 years of your favorite Neolithic American family and own a piece of cartoon prehistoria with The Flintstones Insight Mini-Classic. The Flintstones are just your average "Modern Stone-Age Family" with a woolly mammoth water heater and a housebroken Snorkasauras named Dino. "The Flintstones" proved that ...

Warner Bros. Animation Art

Warner Brothers, Will Friedwald, ...

DC NTS Rush, 2001

This book was an exceptional collection of old and new.
This book was well done and very appealing to the eye and informational to read. It gives the reader some good history of Warner Bros. cartoons and the rarely credited artists. Through-out the book there are pointers on how to draw various characters, but unfortunatly ...