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The Simpsons Handbook: Secret Tips from the Pros [Hardcover]

Matt Groening (Author)
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Publication Date: May 31 2007 | Series: Simpsons (Harper)

Here is a rare homage to the art of classic 2–D animation and the time–honored method of hand–drawing characters that come alive on the silver screen. The creator of "The Simpsons" and "Futurama," reveals the art of brilliant character design, backgrounds, and prop art in this lavishly detailed handbook that unveils the complex secrets behind the deceptively simple and universally loved Simpsons characters. With creative insights, artists' sketches, helpful insider hints, and step–by–step instructions, enter the imagination of "master doodler" Matt Groening and receive some professional "how–to" advice from many of the animators and directors who have made "The Simpsons" the longest–running animated show and situation comedy in television history. In our technological era when animation has become increasingly digitalized, this unique handbook records the genesis of some of the most extraordinary examples of the art of hand–drawn animated characters.

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Matt Groening, the creator and executive producer of the Emmy® Award-winning series The Simpsons, as well as creator of the cartoon strip "Life in Hell" and the animated FOX television series Futurama, is the man responsible for bringing animation back to primetime and creating an immortal nuclear family. In addition, Groening formed Bongo Comics Group in 1993 and currently serves as publisher of The Simpsons Library of Wisdom, Simpsons Episode Guides, Simpsons Comics, Bart Simpson Comics, Radioactive Man Comics, Simpsons Comics Treasure Trove, the annual Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror, Futurama Comics and more than 36 comic compilations, as well as many instant classics including Bart Simpsons Guide to Life, The Simpsons Handbook and The Simpsons Uncensored Family Album.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome! Feb 13 2012
By Jésus Christ
Format:Hardcover
The book was incredibly intact for a used one. The shipping was all right and I don't know what to say more darn 20 words'too long for a book review
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4.0 out of 5 stars We need more of these books Sep 21 2010
By Manny Peters
Format:Hardcover
I think if there's one thing we could teach some of the computer-centric illustrators today is to ditch the computer and get a firm grasp of the basics first. This book is a fun read and really opens your eyes to how the animators at The Simpsons construct their characters. It might not be the ideal resource for an animation student, but it has a lot of good examples of the fundamentals.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Under the hood (and hair) of The Simpsons Dec 19 2007
By John Burns
Format:Hardcover
Here it is, the big-ticket item for those misguided tots who think you can actually make a living drawing poorly proportioned caricatures all day. Ah, youth. But as Matt Groening reminisces in the introduction to this how-to doorstopper, world domination takes practice: "Eventually, those crude grade-school scribbles grew more polished and refined, resulting in that crude grown-up cartoon powerhouse we all love and worship, 'The Simpsons.'" Many secondary characters from the world of The Simpsons are here in diagrammatic splendour, with the first half devoted to the many moods and bulging-eyeball variations of the family itself. It's instructive about how to render the Simpsons in a dozen easy steps, but proceed with caution: some things, once seen, can't be unseen: Marge's sisters Patty and Selma without their hair on add up to a profoundly disturbing experience.
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