Books
DreamWorks Getting Into Books. DreamWorks Consumer Products has signed a multi-year
license agreement with Penguin Putnam, Inc., which grants publishing rights
for at least the first five animated features from DreamWorks Pictures,
as well as the option to propose publishing programs for other DreamWorks
properties (television, direct-to-video, etc....). Penguin Putnam is already
developing 12 formats of books for children and adults, based on The
Prince of Egypt, the studios' first animated feature, slated for a
fall `98 release. Being that Prince of Egypt is a Biblical tale,
the publishing opportunities are wide open. All titles will be released
under the newly-created DreamWorks Publishing banner.
Animated Reading. There are several new books which came out last
month that will be of interest to animation fans. HarperPerennial's The Simpsons: A Complete
Guide to Our Favorite Family by Matt Groening
and Ray Richmond (reviewed in the November issue of Animation World
Magazine) is reportedly selling out in bookstores. McFarland Publishers
has Karl Cohen's Forbidden Animation, a chronicle of censorship
in cartoons. John Libbey & Company and Level 10 has issued its first
publishing of David Kilmer's comprehensive resource, The Animated Film
Collector's Guide: Worldwide Sources For Cartoons On Video And Laserdisc.
Tiger Mountain Press has Rick Goldschmidt's The Enchanted World
of Rankin/Bass, which profiles the creators of so many classic Christmas
specials. Watson-Guptill Publications has Christopher Hart's workbook-style
how-to guide, How to Draw Animation. HarperCollins has The Art
of Anastasia by Harvey Deneroff, an in-depth look at the making of
the Fox animated feature. Hyperion Publishing is distributing Pierre Lambert's
Pinnochio, a richly-illustrated volume initially published in French
and now available in English. Prague-based animator Gene Deitch (Nudnik,
Tom Terrific) has self-published his memoirs in a book called For
the Love of Prague. The Ink Tank founder R.O. Blechman's illustrated
story The Juggler of Our Lady has been published by Stewart Tabori
& Chang. FableVision Animation has published an illustrated children's
book called The North Star. Most of these books can be found or
ordered through your local bookstore, except Forbidden Animation
(call 800-253-2187), The Animated Film Collector's Guide (contact
jlsydney@mpx.com.au), For The Love of Prague (contact genedeitch@traveller.cz)
and The North Star (visit http://www.fablevision.com/nstar/thestory/ded.html).
Several of these books will be reviewed in upcoming issues of Animation
World Magazine, so stay tuned!
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