Disney Villains: Delightfully Evil: The Creation, The Inspiration, The Fascination

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The greatest heroes must face the greatest villains. For decades, Walt Disney Animation and Pixar Animation Studios animated features have offered up some of the most iconic and malevolent villains. Disney Villains: Delightfully Evil showcases rare concept art and photographs and explores the villains' creative origins, roles within the stories and influences on and within pop-culture. The deluxe package collects villains by themes such as vanity, family, royalty, instincts and more.

Jen Darcy is the co-author of two Disney Editions books, Disney in Details: A Scavenger Hunt Through the Walt Disney World Resort and Let The Memories Begin!: Impressions of the Walt Disney World Resort. She has been on staff at several Disney-owned magazines: Family Fun, Disney Magazine, Disney Adventures, and Wondertime. After receiving her master's degree in library science, she became a high school librarian and now manages copyright permissions and is the record librarian at an education publishing company. Jen's favourite villains are Ursula from The Little Mermaid and Shere Khan from The Jungle Book,which she enjoys watching at her western Massachusetts home with her cat, Bagheera.

"Disney Villains: Delightfully Evil . . . shows how both male and female antagonists were created, from early sketches to final renderings, including the stories of the voice talents that influenced animations and the challenges each character posed to the designers who brought them to life."--New York Magazine's The Cut "I have studied animation, and I should be inured to its emotional manipulation. . . . I should be able to read Jen Darcy's Disney Villains--an authorized compendium of baddies from Walt Disney Animation and Pixar Animation Studios--with a cool, scholarly eye. . . . But Disney villains were not written to inspire detachment. . . . The villains were drawn to be hated: squinting, misshapen, with savage, menacing grins. They were 'unforgettable, ' Darcy writes."--Washington Post "It turns out each of the villains have very interesting backstories."--Nerdist "This book is one part good concept, one part beautiful artwork, and one part thorough research all whipped together with fantastic execution."--San Francisco Book Review One of "20 Books Every True Disney Fan Should Have in Their Collection"--POPSUGAR