Ronald Searle and the Christmas Carol: between animation design and illustration, a story

• Main Authors: Benvenuti, Davide, Albers, Kathrine
• Other Authors: School of Art, Design and Media
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Humanities::General; Visual arts and music::Art history; Ronald Searle; Animation; Dickens Adaptation; A Christmas Carol; Animation History.
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/155811; https://confia.ipca.pt/2020/files/confia_2020_proceedings.pdf
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The 1843 A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is probably one of the most adapted pieces of literature we know of live-action, illustration and animation. Ronald Searle (1920-2011), one of the most influential British cartoonists and illustrators of the 20th Century, approached this subject four tim...