The World Encyclopedia of Cartoons" ... Prepared by 22 authors and editors from a dozen different countries ... a comprehensive and unique reference source on the world of cartoons. It is the indispensable companion volume to Maurice Horn's "The world encyclopedia of comics" ... Covered here, both broadly and in depth, is the whole field of cartooning arts -- animation, syndicated panels, humor, editorial, sports, caricature. All aspects of cartooning are examined and evaluated -- historic, aesthetic, social, cultural and commercial ... There are more than 1200 alphabetical and cross-referenced entries on cartoons and cartoonists with special emphasis on styles, themes, cultural contributions and influences on other artists. On the cartoons themselves, in their various forms, the entries include brief histories, summaries of theme and plot, evaluations of the work and its particular historical perspective as well as its adaptation to other media ..."--Inside front cover. |
Contents
Foreword | 11 |
The World in Cartoons | 13 |
An Overview | 15 |
A Brief History | 25 |
A World Summary | 35 |
A Pictorial Survey | 46 |
A World Chronology of Cartoon Art from the Renaissance to the Present | 62 |
AbbeyAzimzade | 71 |
PackerSzyk | 429 |
Plates 5874 | 540 |
TagawaZukas | 541 |
Appendixes | 603 |
A Pulitzer Prize Winners 605 B Sigma Delta Chi Award Winners | 605 |
Academy Award Winners | 606 |
Cartoons in Japan | 607 |
E Animation in Japan | 609 |
Plates 121 | 94 |
following page | 94 |
BabaEve | 95 |
Plates 2239 | 222 |
Fables for the TimesOz | 223 |
Plates 4057 | 427 |
following page 428 | 428 |
Glossary | 611 |
Select Bibliography | 621 |
Notes on the Contributors | 629 |
Indexes | 637 |
A Proper Name Index | 639 |
B Subject Index | 653 |
Copyright | |