Annotated bibliography of Disney reference books
April 2008
Hauser, Tim: The Art of WALL.E published by Chronicle Books; 2008.
This series is consistenly perfect. This book should be no exception.
May 2008
Price, David A.: The Pixar Touch: The Making of a Company published by Knopf; 2008.
Published by Knopf, this book is one of the "must-read" of 2008.
Strodder, Chris: The Disneyland Encyclopedia: The Unofficial, Unauthorized, and Unprecedented History of Every Land, Attraction, Restaurant, Shop, and Event in the Original Magic Kingdom published by Santa Monica Press; 2008.
Unlikely to be very interesting, but who knows.
June 2008
Solomon, Charles: Disney Lost and Found: Exploring the Hidden Artwork from Never-Produced Animation published by Disney Editions; 2008.
I want this book, today!
Telotte, J.P.: The Mouse Machine: Disney and Technology published by University of Illinois Press; 2008.
July 2008
Kurtti, Jeff: Walt Disney's Legends of Imagineering and the Genesis of the Disney Theme Parks published by Disney Press; 2008.
One of the books I am most looking forward to buying in 2007.
Kurtti, Jeff; Gordon, Bruce: Walt Disney World: Then, Now, and Forever published by Disney Editions; 2007.
Nice to have, if not a "must-have".
Author unknown: Disney's Neglected Prince: The Art of Disney's Knights in Shining Armor (and Loincloths) published by Disney Editions; 2008.
Definitely an art-book and likely to be quite interesting.
August 2008
Van Pelt, Peggy; Gilleon, Tom; Gordon, Bruce: Illustrating Disney: Imagineering and the Fine Art of Disney Illustration published by Disney Editions; 2008.
Considering the subject and its authors, I can't wait to put my hands on this one.
Aloff, Mindy: Hippo in a Tutu: Dancing in Disney Animation published by Disney Editions; 2008.
Well researched. This will be an extremely interesting book.
September 2008
Kurtti, Jeff; Gordon, Bruce: The Art of Walt Disney World published by Disney Editions; 2008.
If this one is as good as its equivalent about Disneyland, I can't wait to be in September 2008.
Blair, Mary (illustrator): Alice in Wonderland published by Disney Press; 2008.
Alice on Wonderland entirely illustrated by concept art by Mary Blair.
Author Unknown: The Art of Disney published by Disney Press; 2008.
Once again, promising title.
Trahan, Kendra: Disney's California Adventure Detective: An Independent Guide to Exploring the Trivia, Secrets and Magic of the Park Dedicated to California published by Permagrin Publishing; 2008.
The author is good, so this book could be fun.
Willardson, David: The Disney Art of David Willardson published by Insight Editions; 2008.
Too modern looking for me.
October 2008
Author Unknown: Walt Disney Animation Studios The Archive Series: Story published by Disney Editions; 2008.
This book should the first installment in a "must-have" series initiated by Jihn Lasseter. Can't wait!
Khalaf, Tamara: Disney's Dogs published by Disney Editions; 2008.
An art-book which is likely to be excellent.
Johnson, Melinda: Tinker Bell - An Evolution published by Disney Editions; 2008.
An art-book and probably a good one.
The Imagineers: The Imagineering Field Guide to Disneyland published by Disney Editions; 2008.
Fouth installment in an excellent series.
Lefkon, Wendy (editor): Disney Opus published by Kraken Opus; 2008.
A huge book of 900 pages with 1.000 illustrations and a price tag of $3.000. No comments for the moment.
White, Colin: Kay Nielsen published by Forlaget Vandkunsten; 2008.
Let's hope that this book will contain more than a passing reference to Nielsen's Disney work.
Fall 2009
Canemaker, John: Two Guys Named Joe: Master Animation Storytellers Joe Grant and Joe Ranft published by Disney Editions; 2009.
Needless to say, this will be a must-have and a must-read.
Publication Date Unknown
Amidi, Amid: The Art of Pixar's Short Films published by Chronicle Books; 2008.
Tota, Antonio Pedro: Disney and Latin America (working title) published by University of Texas; 2008.
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.
Broggie, Michael: Walt's Words of Wisdom publisher unknown; 2008.
Broggie, Michael: History of the Disney Studio [working title] publisher unknown; 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.
Blair, Mary (illustrator): Peter Pan published by Disney Press; 2009.
Entirely illustrated by Blair's concept art. Same format as Cinderella and Alice in Wonderland. A must-have.
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.
Kerry, Margaret: Tinker Bell Talks! Tales of a Pixie Dusted Life publisher unknown; 2007.
Gordon, Bruce: Wally Boag [Working Title] published by Camphor Tree; 2004.
Gordon, Bruce: Bob Gurr [Working Title] published by Camphor Tree; 2005.
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!
Crump, Rolly: Autobiography published by Ape Pen Publishing; 2005.
Fonte, Jorge: The Walt Disney Company Iberia published by Disney Spain; 2005.
A story of the Walt Disney Company Spain.
Ault, Donald: Ducks in Perspective - The Comic Vision of Carl Barks' Disney
Comics published by University of Mississippi Press; 2000.
A very intelectual study of Carl Barks' work. Probably worth a good look considering the
repute of the author.
Giovan Battista Carpi published by La Vie d'Artistes; 2002.
In French. This book about the late Italian Disney comic book master is a mystery but could be fascinating.
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 May 1, 2008.