Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist
 

Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist

by Chuck Jones

Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist is a sort of autobiography of Chuck Jones, the brilliant Warner Brothers animator who created such enduring characters as Wile E. Coyote and Marvin the Martian. Like his best cartoons, Jones skips around to the fun parts, giving a bit of childhood here, a few words of drawing advice there, and a good yarn wherever one fits. Jones also... (read more)

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I love this book! I had to read an autobiography in high school, and I ended up reading this one. It's hilarious, through and through. It's also easy to see that he was strongly influenced by Mark Twain.

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