Media Release -- Few cartoons have been able to capture the attention of multiple generations like the Looney Tunes. These enduring characters are celebrated in the Cartoon Art Museum's latest exhibition, Overture: Looney Tunes Behind the Scenes, which opens to the public on December 4, 2010.
This exhibition features over 60 pieces of original artwork featuring the world-famous Looney Tunes characters, including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Sylvester, Tweety, Speedy Gonzales, Foghorn Leghorn, Yosemite Sam and The Tasmanian Devil. Character designs, model sheets, advertising artwork, animation pencil art, Looney Tunes comic book art and other rarely seen illustrations provide an exclusive look behind the scenes at the creation of the cartoon shorts beloved by generations.
Featured artists include famed Looney Tunes Director and Animator Robert McKimson, his brothers Charles and Tom McKimson, and animator Sam Nicholson, who was renowned throughout the animation industry for his skill as a caricaturist.
Exhibition curator Andrew Farago is the author of The Looney Tunes Treasury, published by Running Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group. The timeless generational appeal of the Looney Tunes is celebrated in The Looney Tunes Treasury by an irrefutable source—the characters themselves. Whether it's Bugs Bunny or Yosemite Sam, each character gives his own off-beat look at the animation industry, the creative voices who gave the characters their unequivocal look, attitude and voices, and a first-hand account of what the characters do when they're not starring in the latest cartoon. The Looney Tunes Treasury is available wherever books are sold, and signed copies may be purchased from the Cartoon Art Museum's bookstore.
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