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.