Foreword
UPA: The Exercise of Synthesis
It is commonplace to call the rise of United Productions of America—UPA—a revolutionary turning point in animation history. There are many reasons for that. Within the American animation industry, at that time, artists had to follow the standards of the studios that employed them. The animators had to copy the artistic guidelines of few main creators, being faithful to the studios styles and characters.
UPA animations were low-budget, short productions with a plurality of styles expressing the free inspiration of their authors. Each film was an independent artistic proposal without commitments to the previous productions (except the Mr. Magoo and Gerald McBoing-Boing characters, who were the most relevant ...
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