{"product_id":"tex-avery-9781572152700","title":"Tex Avery","description":"\u003cp\u003eTex Avery is considered the most important influence on Hollywood studio cartoons after Walt Disney. The career of this legendary director  who created Bugs Bunny  Daffy Duck  and Droopy  among others  spanned fifty years and took him to most of the major cartoon studios  including Walter Lantz  Warner Bros.  MGM  and Hanna-Barbera. His formative years were at Warner Bros.  where  in the mid-1930s  his innovative directorial spark dazzled and inspired colleagues such as Chuck Jones  Bob Clampett  and Frank Tashlin  all of whom went on to become industry stars themselves. Avery had a long tenure at MGMs cartoon unit where his high-octane  uninhibited  joyously cartoon-y ideas flowered into some of the greatest (and funniest) animated film shorts ever made. Averys body of work during the Golden Era of the Hollywood cartoon is a creative legacy that continues to impact contemporary directors of animation and live action  in feature films such as Who Framed Roger Rabbit and The Mask  as well as in television. Although warmly admired as a film genius by colleagues in the industry and adored by the international cartoon cognoscenti  Avery never shared in the tremendous expansion of the animation industry into television or feature films in a studio of his own  nor did he own the licensing\/merchandising rights to the cartoon characters he created and brought to vital life. Original storyboards  character sketches  and animation cells highlight the career of this important artist  who created sixty-five classic films and numerous unforgettable characters in his fourteen-year stint at MGM.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647843524661,"sku":"ByrdShop_1572152702","price":134.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781572152700.jpg?v=1781697807","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/tex-avery-9781572152700","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}