Felix: Twisted Tale of

by John Canemaker

Book Overview

Handsomely illustrated with over 150 photos and with full-color inserts, Felix is a stylish account of the intrigue behind the creation and marketing of the most popular, well-executed, and lucrative... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067940127X
• ISBN13: 9780679401278
• Release Date: April 1991
• Publisher: Pantheon Books
• Length: 378 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.3" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Wish there were more books devoted to Felix,eh?

This book should be considered a combination of art/animation history,as well as a bible for Felix fans!

Spellbinding, a must-read for Felix fans.

Canemaker takes the reader through the amazing roller coaster ride that is the career of Felix the Cat. From the shady past of producer Pat Sullivan, to the brilliant career of Otto Messmer, this is a great read. Complete with rarely seen Felix memorabilia, this book has it all. It is just too bad that there aren't more books like Canemaker's out there for the dyed-in-the-wool fan. Pick it up!

An amazing story, compellingly told.

John Canemaker has the rare gift of bringing the human side of great animation to life. He is at the top of his form in this book, which follows the story of Felix the Cat from his creation by Otto Messmer through the present day. Very highly recommended for anyone interested in Animation in any form whatsoever.

The world's most wonderful, wonderful cat!

An excellent book filled with early pictures of Felix the Cat. A must for anyone (like me) who has an interest in early animation. In the book are interesting facts about the first comic superhero that was born about 65 years before Bart Simpson. Did you know that Walt Disney admitted to stealing some of the way Mickey Mouse looked from old drawings of Felix the Cat? I have found this this black-and-white coffee table book very useful in my research for my Felix the Cat web page. (http://w3.nai.net/~eifert)