Sharon starts to believe that Mel, who is becoming raucouster, is the actual artist, and she starts to feel disposable. The delicate equilibrium of their union is threatened by the doubt and destruction that come along with their achievement. They are the talk of the independent film community and are poised for success. The two are now celebrating the publication of their first full-length feature, which turns Mel’s challenging upbringing into a provocative and aesthetically adventurous piece of art, after ten years of hard work.

Mel is drawing to better understand her turbulent history, and Sharon is drawing to completely lose herself. They spent their twenties working together in a seedy Brooklyn studio. They connected over their working-class backgrounds and obvious skill during their first week of college and have been best friends and creative collaborators ever since. Sharon is quietly ambitious but self-conscious. Mel Vaught and Sharon Kisses are a dynamic duo in the predominately male industry of animation, driven by the friction of their differences: Mel is the life of the party and is boisterous and unrepentant. akin to fireworks A strong debut, The Animators goes straight to the heart of a real friendship. I found the fervour and utter recklessness Whitaker portrays in this book to be enthralling, despite the fact that some of the American pop culture allusions and language (conversation) felt a little odd to me and the decisions made by her characters are not always likeable. Too much explanation of the plot’s specifics might easily ruin these moments. The Animators is a story of moments, the characters’ (and readers’) responses to unexpected, frequently surprising happenings.

When they learn it, they learn it permanently, creating two distinct planes on which they exist: the life lived on the outside, displayed to others, and the one lived on the inside, the one that you are owned by. Boys, but girls more frequently and closely.

The Animators by Kayla Rae Whitaker