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Flipping Out Over Flip Books

  By Ju-osh M. • January 21, 2015 ,

1Collector’s Weekly has a beautifully illustrated piece about vintage flip books. Covering a wide swath of time (the late 1800s to today), the article presents a concise, contextual history for flip books. It’s neat to see the role that flip books played in the development of not just animation, but also cinema in general. Take that, Academy!

Anyone who has ever scribbled a rocket ship blasting off in the margin of their math book should check this article out. Click here to read.

Related: Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Nine Old Men: The Flipbooks

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Impeccably Packaged & Endlessly Inspiring

  By Ju-osh M. • December 3, 2014 ,

24Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Nine Old Men: The Flipbooks

This box set of nine flipbooks pays tribute to Walt Disney’s legendary animators, The Nine Old Men: Les Clark, Eric Larson, Frank Thomas, John Lounsbery, Ward Kimball, Ollie Johnston, Mark Davis, Wolfgang Reitherman, and Milt Kahl. In addition to the flipbooks, the set contains a booklet of brief bios about The Nine Old Men, written by amazing animators like Glen Keane, Andreas Deja and Ron Clements. (Pic and GIF via A113.)

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