Makin' toons : inside the most popular animated TV shows and movies / Allan Neuwirth.

The bunny did it, after all: Roger Rabbit ignites the toon boom
A Little Mermaid is spawned in Burbank
The animated sitcom is reborn: meet the Simpsons
An angry chihuahua and a retarded cat: Ren and Stimpy get their start in the biz
Tim Burton shares his nightmare with the world
Giving his creation life ... down in Dexter's laboratory
Whooping some cartoon ass, Powerpuff style
Congratulations, Mrs. Lion! it's a boy: the birth of the Lion King
Pretty as a pixel: Toy Story becomes the first CGI toon feature
Mr. Hankey goes to Hollywood: how South Park got started
Middle-aged white guys make it to King of the Hill
Now that's an ugly baby: Shrek happens
Dawn of a new Ice Age
He's mean and he's green: bringing Shrek to the screen
Just your typical yellow cartoon family: turning the Simpsons shorts into the most popular animated series in TV history
A fish tale that changed everything: how a tadpole grew into The Little Mermaid and woke up Disney feature animation
Something silly is afin: putting Spongebob Squarepants together
Let's give 'em boogers and farts: John Kricfalusi finds a home for Ren and Stimpy
From Russia, with glove: Genndy Tartakovsky's Dexter's Lab explodes
Craig McCracken's mighty mites: the Powerpuff girls
You don't know Jack: Genndy's stylish Samurai cuts loose
He said "size" ... huh huh huh: Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-head rock on
Spooning with toons: penning The Tick for the tube
The vis dev of Beau, Bea, and Al: writing some animated Disney classics-with pictures
Chairwoman of the boards: getting the story of The Lion King up and running
To infinitives and beyond: scripting Pixar's Toy Story and Toy Story 2
Standing out in the background: the brilliant art direction of Samurai Jack
Turning the lights down on the Dark Knight: painter Eric Radomski cloaks Batman in shadows
Painting with the Colors of the Wind: Giaimo's distinctive designs for Pocahontas
Rhapsody in aqua, cobalt, and periwinkle: Susan Goldberg's Fantasia/2000 art direction
Amazing feats of clay: Mr. Melton's.

Marvelous Maquettes
Directing a film that nobody wanted to work on: The Lion King
It's all in the timing: directing toons for Cartoon Network
Lights ... camera ... simulation: helming the computer-generated Monsters, Inc.
Sub-zero hero at the helm: directing blue sky's surprise hit Ice Age
Deja's view: animating Disney's modern heroes and villains
Ya gotta have courage: Dilworth's cowardly dog leaps into action
Sheer genie-us: Eric Goldberg conjures up Aladdin's kinetic comic centerpiece
The mother of all Simpsons: Margot Pipkin, animation producer
Talking babies are born: producing Nickelodeon's Rugrats
Who p-p-p-produced Roger Rrabbit?
June's foray to fame: the queen of all voice artists
Something wicked this way slimes: the malevolent tones of Ursula
Way out West: a versitle voice artist named B1lly
Chillin' with Sid: John Leguizamo's lovable Ice Age sloth
Missed it by that much: the part almost went to ...
The songs always come first: Alan Menken and partners raise the musical bar
Cartoons-the new wave: the toon boom hits TV
Whoops! Why some shows fail
Theatrical toons: triumph and turmoil.