Monday, March 18, 2013

MY ART OF THE LION KING BOOK
(kind of)

So back in the old days,
when I was a dashing young 
New Yorker
with fire in my eyes
and a penchant for jaywalking,
I used to troll the city's used book stores
for animation books.

It was an
addictive 
treasure hunt.
You could find 
nothing...

or 
EVERYTHING.

One of my all-time 
favorite scores 
was this:


The Art of The Lion King.

Yeah, I know.
It's not rare or nothin'.
It cost $20 instead of the $50 retail.
Which rocked.

But when I started paging through it,
I found this:


Hmmmm...
signatures?
I thought it might have been a present 
for someone
named Jane who
really liked 
The Lion King:


Then I started to recognize some of the names:



Wait a second...


Holy crap...


THIS BOOK IS SIGNED BY
PEOPLE WHO WORKED ON
THE FILM!


And lots of 'em:








Cool, right?

But I've always wondered...

Who is Jane?

How'd the book end up in a 
tiny little used bookstore on 
4th Avenue in the
East Village?

Maybe it was stolen.
I think that's happened in NYC before.


Maybe some of you 
feature animation folk
might know
and/or be able to translate 
some of those signatures.


And if by chance Jane wants her book back,
please tell her to give me a yell.







5 comments:

  1. That is REALLY, REALLY cool that you found that! The Lion King is my favorite animated movie ever! :D

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  2. IMDB has two Janes listed in the animation department for The Lion King; both worked on multiple Disney animated projects. But that's just guesswork. Good luck finding Jane!

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