The Noble Approach: Art and Designs of Maurice Noble

If you have seen both Duck Dodgers in the 24 ½th Century, What’s Opera, Doc? and The Road Runner Show, then you know Maurice Noble.  He pleasured our senses with his animation background artwork in those classic cartoons and many other ones. Tod Polson collects his works and more about the enigmatic Maurice Noble.  The book The Noble Approach: Art and Designs of Maurice Noble is out this October, consider this your Halloween treat.

This extraordinary volume examines the life and animation philosophy of Maurice Noble, the noted American animation background artist and layout designer whose contributions to the industry span more than 60 years and include such cartoon classics as Duck Dodgers in the 24 ½th Century, What’s Opera, Doc?, and The Road Runner Show. Revered throughout the animation world, his work serves as a foundation and reference point for the current generation of animators, story artists, and designers. Written by Noble’s longtime friend and colleague Tod Polson and based on the draft manuscript Noble worked on in the years before his death, this illuminating book passes on his approach to animation design from concept to final frame, illustrated with sketches and stunning original artwork spanning the full breadth of his career.