Drawn to Television: Prime-Time Animation from the Flintstones to Family Guy

by M. Keith Booker

Book Overview

Since late evening cartoons first aired in 1960, prime-time animated series have had a profound effect on American television and American culture at large. The characters and motifs from such shows as The Flintstones and The Simpsons are among the best-known images in world popular culture; and tellingly, even series that have not done well in prime time--series like The Jetsons, for instance--have yielded similarly iconic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275990192
• ISBN13: 9780275990190
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.6"