Before Mickey (1982)

Donald Crafton

Year:	1982
Authors:	Donald Crafton
Publishers:	MIT Press (MA)
Pages:	446
Print type:	BOOK

Description:

This is the first book to trace the prehistory of animation - zoetrope, flipbooks, and vaudeville "lightning sketches" - and to chronicle the achievements of Emil Cohl, the first animator, and Felix's creator Otto Mesmer, among others.