Barrier, J. Michael

A study of American animation from the 1930s through the 1950s, introducing the artists and entrepreneurs who created Bugs Bunny, Betty Boop, Donald Duck, and other cartoon characters, and providing information about the process of making cartoons.

Tells the life story of artist and entrepreneur Walt Disney, discussing his childhood and young adulthood in Missouri; his innovations in animated film, television, and business; and events, such as the 1941 strike at his studio, that shaped the conflict between art and business with which he struggled.