Your career in animation : how to survive and thrive / David B. Levy.

Includes bibliographical references.

So you want to be in pictures? -- Stretching and squashing into a job -- Designing a career part I : the animation artists -- Designing a career part II : writers, directors, and producers -- Outside of your day job -- Choosing your battles on the job -- Making on-the-job criricism your friend -- The indie circuit -- Surviving unemployment -- Networking : people who need people -- All grown up and no place to go : starting your own business -- The horror! Pitching and developmment -- Happy trails : parting thoughts and advice -- Appendix: Animation industry resource list.

"Whether you want to break into the animation industry or "toon up" to a better career, this comprehensive guide will show you how. A leading animation professional surveys the field and shares the advice of more than one hundred and fifty top talents in the business of making toons..."--Back cover.