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jekylljuice · 02-21-2009, 05:40 AM

The Pocket Essential: Animation by Mark Whitehead

I picked this up for 24p at a discount book shop...for that price, it was certainly a bargain, and while it does make for a pretty entertaining read, I have to say that I have lost just a little respect for this Mark Whitehead's authority on the matter. Referring to Animaniacs as a "cynical corporate monstrosity" I could forgive, since that at least is just a matter of opinion, but stating that Nick Park's short film Creature Comforts was later spun-off into a series of advertisements for British Gas is just symptomatic of sloppy research. Why? Because those advertisements were for Heat Electric. True, it's a mistake which quite a lot of people seem to make, but for pete's sake, you only had to pay attention to what the characters were actually saying. If not, then the closing Johnny Morris voice-over made it as clear as day.

Oh well, he does at least give props to Craig McCracken for his work on The Powerpuff Girls, describing his output, along with Genndy Tartakovsky's, as the "most enjoyable and risk-taking work" to come out of Cartoon Network. Incidentally, this book was published in 2004, so it (just) predates the arrival of Foster's.

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British Gas? Honestly, Mark...

02-21-2009, 05:40 AM	#122
jekylljuice Executive Weasel Ball jekylljuice was here. Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: the 44th floor (not counting the mezzanine) Posts: 1,568	The Pocket Essential: Animation by Mark Whitehead I picked this up for 24p at a discount book shop...for that price, it was certainly a bargain, and while it does make for a pretty entertaining read, I have to say that I have lost just a little respect for this Mark Whitehead's authority on the matter. Referring to Animaniacs as a "cynical corporate monstrosity" I could forgive, since that at least is just a matter of opinion, but stating that Nick Park's short film Creature Comforts was later spun-off into a series of advertisements for British Gas is just symptomatic of sloppy research. Why? Because those advertisements were for Heat Electric. True, it's a mistake which quite a lot of people seem to make, but for pete's sake, you only had to pay attention to what the characters were actually saying. If not, then the closing Johnny Morris voice-over made it as clear as day. Oh well, he does at least give props to Craig McCracken for his work on The Powerpuff Girls, describing his output, along with Genndy Tartakovsky's, as the "most enjoyable and risk-taking work" to come out of Cartoon Network. Incidentally, this book was published in 2004, so it (just) predates the arrival of Foster's. ......... British Gas? Honestly, Mark... __________________ That's it, The End, But you'll get over it, My Friend.