Inspired by a real-life incidentāgetting his tie caught in a moving Moviola editing machineāGene Deitch, cartoonist, animator, memoirist, renaissance man, created Nudnik, his Everyman character, a cross between Candide and Godot. The star of 12 Paramount-produced animated shorts that ran in theatres as an opening to the main movie in 1964 and 1965, Nudnik was one of Deitchās most creatively personal and commercially successful creations in a long career of innovative and successful work, including the award-winning animated versions of Jules Feifferās Munro and Maurice Sendakās Where the Wild Things Are. Nudnik is the well-intentioned, kind, cheerful, but bumbling naif, inspired by and reflecting such archetypal characters as Jackie Gleasonās Poor Soul, Charlie Chaplinās Tramp, and Charles Schulzās Charlie Brown. He never gets a break, canāt do anything right, but somehow muddles through, dignity more or less intact. Nudnik Revealed! finally collects all of Deitchās original drawings, sketches, model sheets, storyboards, and color āset-upsā that he drew during the Nudnik production season of ā64-ā65, all reproduced from original art, showcasing his lively pencil line and his slick, authoritative pen and ink work. Deitch, a born storyteller and one of the great raconteurs of comics and animation, accompanies the copious examples of art with a running commentaryāby turns, funny, spirited, and chock full of historical insights.
This book title, Nudnik Revealed!, ISBN: 9781606996515, by Gene Deitch, published by Fantagraphics (September 7, 2013) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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