British television animation 1997-2010 : drawing comic tradition / Van Norris, University of Portsmouth, UK.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Norris, Van, 1964- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animated television programs--Great Britain--History and criticism.

Animated television programs.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

ix, 231 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Summary:

British Television Animation 1997-2010 charts a moment in TV history where UK comic animation graduated from the margins as part of a post-Simpsons broadcast landscape. Millennial shows like Monkey Dust, Bob and Margaret, I am Not an Animal, Modern Toss and Stressed Eric, among many others, not only reflected the changing times, but they also ushered in an era of ambition and belief in the potential of British adult animation. Van Norris charts the evolution of television animation and discusses a raft of innovative works that not only raised the profile of British animation but, at the same time, made a valuable yet under-assessed contribution to the UK TV comedy landscape at the turn of the century. This is the story of a neglected history, the retrieval of a crucial stage in the development of mainstream animation and a story of missed opportunities, artistic compromises and shifts in attitudes within Millennial Britain. Book jacket.

Contents:

Overview

From here to there: first, second and third wave animation

A quotation of normality: the family myth

C'mon mum Monday night is jihad night: race and nostalgia

"Unpack that": animating the male

Sacred territory: faith, satire, and the third wave

Conclusion: it'll never be as good again

Fourth wave animation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137330932

1137330937

OCLC:

871016432