Annotated bibliography of Disney reference books
February 2012
Lee, Newton; Madej, Krystina: Disney Stories: Getting to Digital published by Springer; 2012.
White, Colin: Kay Nielsen published by Forlaget Vandkunsten; 2010.
Let's hope that this book will contain more than a passing reference to Nielsen's Disney work.
March 2012
Cowles, Joseph Robert: Recalling Carl: A Pictorial Memoir publisher unknown; 2011.
This book about Carl Barks should be quite a good read.
June 2012
Smith, Dave: Disney Trivia from the Vault: Secrets Revealed and Questions Answered published by Disney Editions; 2012.
Lerew, Jenny: The Art of Brave published by Chronicle Books; 2012.
July 2012
Gurr, Bob: Design: Just for Fun published by Ape Pen Publishing; 2012.
The long-awaited autobiography of Imagineer Bob Gurr.
August 2012
Solomon, Charles: The Toy Story Films: An Animated Journey published by Disney Editions; 2012.
September 2012
Docter, Pete: Animation Flipbook Box Set published by Disney Editions; 2012.
October 2012
Amidi, Amid: Full Steam Ahead: The Life and Art of Ward Kimball published by Chronicle Books; 2012.
The ultimate biography of Ward. One of the most expected books of 2012.
Disney Animators, The: The Disney Sketchbook 1928 - 2008 published by Disney Editions; 2012.
Considering its title, this book will probably be a must-have for all of us.
Ohmer, Susan: The Disney Studio in the '40s [Working Title] publisher unknown; 2012.
Nothing is known about this book yet.
Publication Date Unknown
Myklebust, Are; Staale Engaas, Jan: Disney in Norway publisher unknown; 2011.
Despite the fact that this booklet will be written in Norwegian, it should contain enough illustrations to make it a fascinating volume to non-Norwegian speakers.
Sherman, Robert: Moose publisher unknown; 2011.
The long-awaited autobiography of Robert Sherman.
Sklar, Marty: Autobiography publisher unknown; 2012.
Laqua, Carsten: Mickey Mouse, Hitler, and Nazi Germany: How Disney's Characters Conquered the Third Reich published by Hermes Press; 2010.
The English version of Carsten's famous 1992 book. Can't wait.
Andrae, Thomas: Creators of Humor in Comic Books published by Hermes Press; 2010.
Fascinating series of in-depth interviews by a master of the genre, which includes two interviews with Disney artists: Barks and Gottfredson.
Noyer, Jérémie: Entretiens avec un Empire - Recontres avec les Artistes Disney (Volume 3) published by L'Harmattan; 2011.
This volume of interviews should focus on Disneyland Paris.
Friedman, Jack: Art Babbitt publisher unknown; 2012.
Can't wait to read this definitive biography of Art.
Solomon, Charles: The Art of the Toy Story Trilogy [Working Title] published by Chronicle Books; 2011.
Smith, Lella (editor): Bill Peet published by Disney Editions; 2009.
Kurtti, Jeff: Season's Greetings from Disney: Disney Holiday Cards published by Disney Editions; 2009.
The title says it all and I have only one word: "finally".
Handke, Danny; Hunt, Vanessa: Disney Park Posters [working title] publisher Disney Editions; 2011.
Norman, Floyd: Forgotten Disney Artists [Wotking Title] published by Blurb; 2010.
Kerry, Margaret: Tinker Bell Talks! Tales of a Pixie Dusted Life publisher unknown; 2009.
Ventura, Fernando: Ze Carioca - No Traço do Canini publisher unknown; 2011.
If you love Disney comics and do speak Portuguese you will want to get that book.
Pegoraro, Celbi: Disney No Brasil publisher unknown; 2011.
Written in Portuguese. A fantastic resource for Disney historians.
Emanuelsson, Lars: Gustaf Tenggren published by Unknown; 2010.
Finally an in-depth biography about Tenggren. In Swedish, unfortunately.
Lesjak, David: One Man Art Department - The Life and Times of Disney Artist Henry "Hank" Porter published by David Lesjak; 2008.
Pierce, Todd: The Disneylands that Weren't Disneylands publisher unknown; 2008.
What did the best Disney Imagineers did after they left Disney? What crazy and unlikely park projects did they work on? This is likely to be a "must-read".
Schultz, Jason; Yee, Kevin: The Disneyland Compendium published by Zauberreich Press; 2008.
Ohmart, Ben: Biography of Buddy Baker [Working Title] published by BearManor Media; 2008.
Ben wrote the excellent biography of Ghost Hoist, Paul Frees, and is supported by Baker's family. This should be a great read.
Hill, Jim: Once Upon an Orange Grove published by Intrepid Traveler Press; 2005.
This story of the creation of Disneyland by famous Disney historian Jim Hill should be full of new stories and anecdotes. A "must-have".
Lesjak, David: The Disney Insignias publisher unknown; 2007.
If David manages to find a publisher for this tremendous book, his work will become the absolute reference on those fascinating pieces of wartime Disneyama.
Hill, Jim: Neverlands published by Intrepid Traveler Press; 2006.
Who can wait for that book about the Disney attractions and Disney parks that never were? I can't!
Fonte, Jorge: The Walt Disney Company Iberia published by Disney Spain; 2005.
A story of the Walt Disney Company Spain.
Jurgens, Jo: Interviews with animation artists legends (title unknown) ; date unknown.
This book which has been a project for years will contain the best interviews the author conducted with the greatest animation artists from around the world, including Richard Williams, Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston, Marc Davis, Joe Barbera, Chuck Jones, Bill Melendez, Maurice Noble, Andreas Deja, John Lasseter, Steve Williams, Nick Park, Peter Lord,...
Last updated December 10, 2011.