Plymptoons: The Complete Early Works of Bill Plympton

If you're familiar with Billy Plympton then you know him as a unique artist
with a dynamic style. His art could easily be considered "lively" thanks to the
scribbled appearance, sporadic animation, and colored pencil that is employed.
He is best known for his animated shorts and once you see a few of them you'll
realize that his creativity defies conventionalism. Because of this he has
garnered a lot of recognition and praise from critics. A couple of his pieces
have even been nominated for Academy Awards.

His animations employ an excessive amount of disfigurement and slapstick
violence most of the time. He always seems to think outside of the box to say
the least and his works helped define a portion of the MTV generation. He did a
few clips for them in the late 80s and early 90s for things like a message about
acid rain to shorts that told the tale of the previ...
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