Many people in and around the comics and animation communities (and even a few folks from outside) have very kindly allowed me to pick their brains for odd pieces of information, or have provided corrections of factual errors, or have given tangible support in other ways. I'd like to thank Rob Allen, Jerry Beck, C.L. Bishop, Bill Blackbeard, Rick Bradford, George Broderick Jr., Gary Brown, Charles Brubaker, Kurt Busiek, Nate Butler, Shawn S. Clay, Mike Curtis, GiGi Dane, Andrew Debly, Gene Deitch, Larry Dillie, Buzz Dixon, Jim Engel, Larry Epke, Byron Erickson, Mark Evanier, Margaret Fisher, Bryan Fraser, Michael Gallaher, David Gerstein, Nat Gertler, Michael T. Gilbert, Fred Grandinetti, Roberta Gregory, Martin L. Greim, David Groenewegen, Richard Handley, Jim Hanley, Noa Harvey, Russ Harper, Eric Hess, Bill Hook, Ken Horn, Jim Huff, Tony Isabella, Mark Johnson, David Anthony Kraft, Bart Lidofsky, Larry Loc, Bobby London, Pete Malik, Theresa Manzanares, Robert Massey, Harry McCracken, Timothy J. Miller, Rich Morrissey, Lou Mougin, Michael Netzer, Rick Norwood, Pat O'Neill, Jeremy Aron Patterson, Gene Phillips, Ray Pointer, Alvin Schwartz, Scott Shaw!, Blake Shira, Bo Smith (Dr. Omega), Mike Tiefenbacher, Michael Vance, mike weber, M. Stanley Whitley, Jonah Wieland, Bill Willingham, and no doubt others whom I've forgotten to name. I take the blame for any deficiencies; these people only made it better.
Partial list of sources of information and illustrations:
75 Years of the Comics, by the New York Cultural Center
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The Adventurous Decade: Comic Strips In The Thirties. by Ron Goulart
America's Great Comic-Strip Artists, by Richard Marschall
The Animated Movie Guide, by Jerry Beck
Animation from Script to Screen, by Shamus Culhane
The Art of the Funnies: An Aesthetic History, by Robert C. Harvey
The Art of Walt Disney, by Robert D. Field
The Art of Walt Disney, by Christopher Finch
The Big Book of Big Little Books, by Bill Borden and Steve Posner
Big Little Books: A Collector's Reference & Value Guide, by Larry Jacobs
Cartoon Cavalcade, edited by Thomas Craven
Cartoon Confidential, by Jim Korkis and John Cawley
Cartoon Movie Posters, edited by Bruce Hershenson
Cartoons: One Hundred Years of Cinema Animation, by Giannalberto Bendazzi
A Century of Women Cartoonists, by Trina Robbins
Cereal Box Bonanza: The 1950s, by Scott Bruce
Cereal Boxes & Prizes: 1960s, by Scott Bruce
Clay Animation, by Michael Frierson
Collection of Donald D. Markstein
Collecting Little Golden Books, by Steve Santi
Comic Art in America, by Stephen Becker
The Comic Book, by Paul Sassienie
The Comic Book Makers, by Joe Simon with Jim Simon
The Comic Book Heroes, by Gerard Jones and Will Jacobs
The Comic Book Reader's Companion, by Ron Goulart
Comic Buyers' Guide (various issues), edited by Don and Maggie Thompson
The Comics, by Jerry Robinson
The Comics, by Coulton Waugh
The Comics Before 1945, by Brian Walker
The Comics Since 1945, by Brian Walker
Comics Between the Panels, by Steve Duin and Mike Richardson
Comics, Comix & Graphic Novels: A History of Comic Art, by Roger Sabin
Comics Interview (various issues), edited and published by David Anthony Kraft
The Comics Journal (various issues), edited and published by Gary Groth and Kim Thompson
Comics of the American West, by Maurice Horn
DC Comics: Sixty Years of the World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes, by Les Daniels
Disney A to Z, by Dave Thomas
Crime Comics: The Illustrated History, by Mike Benton
Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life, by Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnson
The Disney Films, by Leonard Maltin
The Disney Poster: The Animated Film Classics from Mickey Mouse to Aladdin, by Jim Fanning
Enchanted Drawings: The History of Animation, by Charles Solomon
Encyclopedia of American Comics, by Ron Goulart
Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons, by Jeff Lenburg
Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Animated Characters, by John Grant
The Fleischer Story, by Leslie Cabarga
Funnyworld (various issues), edited by Mike Barrier
##149; The Grand Comics Database
The Great American Comic Strip, by Judith O'Sullivan
The Great Cartoon Directors, by Jeff Lenburg
Great Comic Strip Cats, by Maurice Horn
The Great History of Comic Books, by Ron Goulart
The Great Movie Cartoon Parade, by John Halas and David Rider
The Great Women Cartoonists, by Trina Robbins
Hogan's Alley: The Magazine of the Cartoon Arts (various issues), edited by Tom Heintjes
Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age, by Michael Barrier
Horror Comics: The Illustrated History, by Mike Benton
The International Book of Comics, by Dennis Gifford
The Internet Movie Data Base
Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons, by Jerry Beck and Will Friedwald
The Magic Behind the Voices: A Who's Who of Cartoon Voice Actors, by Tim Lawson and Alisa Persons
Marvel: Five Fabulous Decades of the World's Greatest Comics, by Les Daniels
Masters of Imagination: The Comic Book Artists Hall of Fame, by Mike Benton
Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters and the Birth of the Comic Book, by Gerard Jones
The Moose That Roared, by Keith Scott
Nemo: The Classic Comics Library (various issues), edited by Richard Marschall
The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe (various editions, various issues)
"Official Indexes" published by Independent Comics Group, by Mike Tiefenbacher and Murray R. Ward
Of Mice & Magic, by Leonard Maltin
The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide (various editions), by Robert M. Overstreet
The Penguin Book of Comics, by George Perry and Alan Aldridge
The Photo-Journal Guide to Comic Books, by Ernest Gerber
Saturday Morning Fever, by Timothy Burke and Kevin Burke
Science Fiction Comics: The Illustrated History, by Mike Benton
Serious Business, by Stefan Kanfer
The Slings & Arrows Comic Guide (second edition), edited by Frank Plowright
A Smithsonian Book of Comic-book Comics, edited by Michael Barrier and Martin Williams
The Smithsonian Collection of Newspaper Comics, edited by Bill Blackbeard and Martin Williams
Superhero Comics of the Golden Age: The Illustrated History, by Mike Benton
Superhero Comics of the Silver Age: The Illustrated History, by Mike Benton
That's All, Folks!: The Art of Warner Bros. Animation, by Steve Schneider
The Walter Lantz Story, by Joe Adamson
Walt in Wonderland: The Silent Films of Walt Disney, by Russell Merritt and J.B. Kaufman
Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe (various editions, various issues)
Wikipedia
Women & the Comics, by Trina Robbins and Catherine Yronwode
The World Encyclopedia of Comics, edited by Maurice Horn
And more specialty Web sites than I can count, let alone find again.
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