▁Mel od ies : ▁A ▁Complete ▁Illustr ated ▁Guide ▁to ▁the ▁Warner ▁B ros . ▁Cart o ons ▁( with ▁Will ▁Fried wald , ▁ 1 9 8 9 ) ▁alongside ▁The ▁ 1 0 0 ▁Great est ▁Lo oney ▁T unes ▁Cart o ons ▁( 2 0 1 0 ). ▁He ▁is ▁also ▁an ▁authority ▁on ▁the ▁making ▁of ▁modern ▁films , ▁with ▁his ▁books ▁detail ing ▁the ▁art ▁of ▁Mr . ▁Pe ab ody ▁and ▁Sh erman , ▁Dream Work s ' ▁Mad agas car , ▁and ▁Be e ▁Movie . ▁Beck ▁is ▁also ▁an ▁entertain ment ▁industry ▁consult ant ▁for ▁TV ▁and ▁home ▁entertain ment ▁produ ctions ▁and ▁releases ▁related ▁to ▁classic ▁cart o ons ▁and ▁oper ates ▁the ▁blog ▁" Cart oon ▁Research ." ▁He ▁appears ▁frequently ▁as ▁a ▁document ary ▁subject ▁and ▁audio ▁comment ator ▁on ▁releases ▁of ▁A & E ' s ▁Cart o ons ▁Go ▁to ▁War ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁DVD ▁collections ▁of ▁Lo oney ▁T unes , ▁Pope ye ▁the ▁S ail or , ▁and ▁Wo ody ▁Wood pe cker ▁cart o ons , ▁on ▁which ▁he ▁serves ▁as ▁consult ant ▁and ▁cur ator . ▁ ▁Work ▁Early ▁in ▁his ▁career , ▁Beck ▁collabor ated ▁with ▁film ▁historian ▁Leonard ▁M alt in ▁on ▁his ▁book ▁Of ▁M ice ▁and ▁Magic : ▁A ▁History ▁of ▁American ▁Anim ated ▁Cart o ons , ▁Re vised ▁and ▁Updated ▁Edition ▁( 1 9 8 0 ), ▁organized ▁animation ▁festiv als ▁in ▁Los ▁Angeles , ▁and ▁was ▁instrument al ▁in