"A wide-ranging inquiry into an incredible region of latest scholarly curiosity, and in addition an interesting, good written and intelligently conceived collection." -Eric Smoodin, writer of Animating tradition: Hollywood Cartoons From the Sound Era

Despite the luck of insects Bunny, Daffy Duck, and their Looney cohorts, Warner Bros. animation labored within the shadow of Disney for a few years. The earlier ten years have noticeable a resurgence in Warner Bros. animation as they produce new insects Bunny cartoons and theatrical positive aspects like area Jam in addition to tv exhibits like Tiny Toon Adventures and Animaniacs. whereas Disney's animation performs it secure and mirrors conventional cinema tales, Warner Bros. is understood for a extra unique or even anarchistic form of narration, a willingness to take hazards in tale development, a fearlessness in crossing gender strains with its characters, and a freedom in breaking limitations. This choice of essays appears to be like on the heritage of Warner Bros. animation, compares and contrasts the 2 studios, charts the increase and fall of creativity and bold at Warner's, and analyzes the ways that the studio used to be for a time transgressive in its therapy of sophistication, race, and gender. It finds how defense and commercialization have, in spite of everything, triumphed at Warner Bros. simply as they a lot previous conquered Disney.

The publication additionally discusses fan parodies of Warner Bros. animation at the net this present day, the insects Bunny cross-dressing cartoons, cartoons that have been censored via the studio, and the advertising and licensing suggestions of the Warner Bros. studio shops. members are Donald Crafton, Ben Fraser, Michael Frierson, Norman M. Klein, Terry Lindvall, invoice Mikulak, Barry Putterman, Kevin S. Sandler, Hank Sartin, Linda Simensky, Kirsten Moana Thompson, Gene Walz, and Timothy R. White.