![]() ![]() Whitaker’s passion for and encyclopedic knowledge of the medium couches a deftly characterized study of the toils of creative collaboration and personal expression. Both a highly reverential (and referential) examination of the art of animation and an intimate exploration of women in the creative class, the novel follows dual protagonists Mel Vaught and Sharon Kisses, underground animators raised on a steady diet of 90s MTV and weirdo comix, during a career-making period that forces them to confront their troubled personal histories. ![]() Kayla Rae Whitaker’s The Animators is a debut with the ambition and polish of a fourth or fifth book. Nickelodeon is an Excellent Place to Start: Kayla Rae Whitaker on weird cartoons, pop culture before the internet, and women artists SPECIAL FEATURE: SIX WRITERS EXPLORE COLLAGE.KAYLA RAE WHITAKER INTERVIEWED BY LUKE GEDDES. ![]()
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