[…] By 1987, Frank and Ollie had long since retired as Disney animators and had published two books, the widely acclaimed Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life (1981; subsequently retitled The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation) and Too Funny for Words: Disney's Greatest Sight Gags (1987). When I saw them in 1987, they were at work on a third book, Walt Disney's Bambi: The Story and the Film, which would be published in 1990. […]