A century of stop motion animation

A pioneer shares his memories and insights on the technique he defined!

Completes the best-selling trilogy that began with Ray An Animated Life and The Art of Ray Harryhause.

Never-before-published photos! Traces the history of stop-motion animation from the 1890s through Chicken Run and beyond.

This lavishly illustrated tribute to the stop-motion animation - the technique behind special effects for more than half a century - traces the history of the genre through the eyes of the industry's greatest pioneer. From crude model animations in the 1890s, through the first animated feature and into the computer age, Ray Harryhausen and his co-author, Tony Dalton, reveal the patience and ingenuity of animators and explain the development of the technology.

240 pages.