The Magic Behind the Voices

The Magic Behind the Voices: A Who's Who of Cartoon Voice Actors
AuthorTim Lawson, Alisa Persons
LanguageEnglish
GenreNon-fiction
PublisherUniversity Press of Mississippi
Publication date
December 2004
Publication placeUnited States
Pages367
ISBN1-578-06696-4


The Magic Behind the Voices: A Who's Who of Cartoon Voice Actors (ISBN 1-578-06696-4) is a 367-page book by Tim Lawson and Alisa Persons,[1] chronicling the artistic achievements and history of cartoon voice actors from the past and the present.[2]

It was published by the University Press of Mississippi in December 2004.[3]

Summary

Drawn from dozens of personal interviews, the book features various biographies, anecdotes, credit listings, and photographs pertaining to thirty-nine of the hidden artists of show business. The featured biographies span many animation studios and production companies, and discuss many details about well-known and distinguished voice actors, such as Beavis and Butt-Head and King of the Hill creator and lead voice artist Mike Judge, who got his start as an engineer for a weapons contractor); Bart Simpson's voice actress Nancy Cartwright, an Ohio native who became the star protégé of Daws Butler (voice artist for Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, and Quick Draw McGraw); and Wayne Allwine and Russi Taylor, the real-life husband-and-wife duo who, at the time of this book's publication, were the current voice actors for Mickey and Minnie Mouse, respectively.[4]

List of voice actors discussed in this book

Background

In the earliest days of cartoons, voice actors were seldom credited for their work, and prior to 1990, voice actors' potential as real actors was overlooked even by the Screen Actors Guild, with Mel Blanc, the so-named "Man of 1,000 Voices", being the only voice actor known to the general public.

Now, Oscar-winning celebrities clamor to guest star on animated television shows and features (often to the displeasure of dedicated voice actors such as Billy West); however, despite the crushing turnouts at signings for such television series as Animaniacs, The Simpsons, and SpongeBob SquarePants, most voice actors, even in 21st-century animation, continue to work in relative anonymity.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "9781578066957: The Magic Behind the Voices: A Who's Who of Cartoon Voice Actors - AbeBooks - Lawson, Tim; Persons, Alisa: 1578066956".
  2. ^ Publishers Weekly
  3. ^ Amazon.com
  4. ^ "The Magic Behind the Voices: A Who's Who of Cartoon Voice Actors". www.upress.state.ms.us. Archived from the original on 2010-06-08.
  5. ^ Lawson, TIM; Persons, Alisa (2004). The Magic Behind the Voices. University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 9781578066964. JSTOR j.ctt2tv8r8.
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