Too Funny for Words: Disney's Greatest Sight Gags

This book doesn't receive as much love as 'The Illusion of Life'... actually I don't think it gets any love at all. Which is a shame because I think it is more unique than that book. Over the years, many books about animation have come out. Not overshadowing the heavyweight of 'Illusion of Life', but making it one of many great books on the topic.This book is one of the only books I've seen on the topic of physical comedy in animation. They break up the book similarly to 'Illusion of Life, with categories and terms they used at Disney, but they are very clear that there are a million ways to approach this. It's interesting and eye-opening to their approach to comedy in those golden area Disney cartoons. It deepened my appreciation of the gags themselves, not just the animation of them.One downside to this is that it's a book. A lot of the pictorial examples can be a little hard to follow at times and seeing them in motion would probably help. But thanks to the internet I can look up a lot of these examples and see them in motion, then refer back to this book for frame by frame break down of the gag.Is this going to be required reading in animation classes? No. But I do think it's a very interesting read and helped me create my own categories for gags and gave me a great starting place for designing and building gags. So if you are seeking inspiration for your own work, or just want to better appreciate the art of the masters, this is a great read!

I was expecting it to be a used looking book but was very surprised to find that the quality of this book is very new looking. who ever owned this before took very good care of it. I have just started reading it and know right away that I will be reading it again and again. Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston have done an awesome job in organizing the information in this book. I already own "The Illusion of Life" and "Too Funny for Words" is a great follow up to the principles laid out in their first book. Anyone serous about animation or even just a fan of Disney animation should obtain a copy of this book.

Everything I expected and more. Will turn to again and again every time I need inspiration. Totally timeless and always humorous.

Grate book

A huge hardcover book, filled with full page representations form the animators drawing board, showing you the process of creating visual sight gags in animation. Disney animators Frank Thomas & Ollie Johnston created the animators bible with their first book, "The Illusion of Life". It was to be their best of several books, and Sight Gags is next in line. Frank & Ollie were heroes of the the golden age of animation, and the part they played as part of the team of Walt's top animators, "the Nine Old Men" as they were known.Also be sure to see the documentary video, "Frank & Ollie", to see for yourself what wonderful guys these two gents really were. That documentary is on VHS and DVD.

I love this title. It does an awesome job of illustrating cartoon humor. The book contains many illustrations and is divided into two parts with the second part containing invaluable information:1. The Spot Gag2. The Running Gag3. The Gag That Builds4. The Action Gag5. The Tableau Gag6. The Inanimate Character Gag7. The Funny Drawing8. Specialized GagsIf you are an animator, Disney-phile, or enthusiast you should consider picking this title up.

Libro fantastico con copertina rigida e sovracopertina. Moltissime illustrazioni. Per gli amanti di Disney un altro libro da avere assolutamente in collezione.