Earmarked for Collision: A Highly Biased Tour of Collage Animation [Paperback]

In Earmarked for Collision, award-winning writer, Chris Robinson (The Animation Pimp, Mad Eyed Misfits, Unsung Heroes of Animation), takes us on a tour of the history of collage animation, cataloguing the collage works of notable artists like Larry Jordan, Harry Smith, Stan Vanderbeek, Janie Geiser and more.

Chris Robinson is a Canadian writer and author. He is also the Artistic Director of the Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) and is a well-known figure in the animated film world. In 2020, he was awarded for Outstanding Contribution to Animation Studies by the World Festival of Animation Film - Animafest Zagreb. In 2022, he received the Rene Jodoin Prix for his contributions to Canadian animation.

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Robinson has been called one of the stylistically most original and most provocative experts in the history of animation. He made a name for himself with a unique and eclectic magazine column Animation Pimp, which became a book of the same name. He is a frequent contributor to Cartoon Brew and Animation World Magazine.

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Mastering different methods and styles in critical and scholarly approaches, Robinson covers a broad range of Canadian and global subject matters in his books Estonian Animation: Between Genius and Utter Illiteracy, Unsung Heroes of Animation, Canadian Animation: Looking for a Place to Happen, Ballad of a Thin Man: In Search of Ryan Larkin, Animators Unearthed,?and Japanese Animation: Time out of Mind.?

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In addition to his writing on animation, Robinson also wrote the Award-winning animated short, Lipsett Diaries (2010) directed by Theodore Ushev, a graphic novel, My Balls l“á