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that the book "is a breeze, a visual delight that brings back childhood afternoons in front of the tube." She also mentioned how the book chronicled the "history of the genre with enough details about how these things work to satisfy anyone with a modicum of interest in the subject." Overall, she
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The book's front and rear cover art shows a variety of famous cartoon stars seated in a nightclub. In the appendix, a list of other cartoons with substantial votes are featured.
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