How Animated Cartoons Were Made

Here's a few pages from The Complete Guide to Professional Cartooning by Gene Byrnes. The text in this section is credited to Fred Quimby, producer of most (or all?) of MGM's 40s and 50s cartoon shorts, but most likely written by somebody else. Lots of photos of late-40s MGM staff, including Joe Barbera, Bill Hanna, Tex Avery and Scott Bradley. Also, model sheets, paint mixers and more. Hope you like it!

Let me know you're interested and I'll try to post more from this great book...

Link to a large scan of the "Ol' Rockin' Chair Tom" storyboard (530k)