MTV & Nickelodeon Animation Art Auction 0

[PhilipB2k17]

Heritage Auctions Search, 2023 February 16 The Art of Nickelodeon and MTV Showcase Auction 40218 [3185 793 794 791 1893 792 2088 4294938614] (ha.com)

Animation cells (and prelims) from Ren & Stimpy, Sponge Bob, Rugrats, Aeon Flux and Beavis & Butthead, among others.

[Hekla]

I've purchased animation cells and drawings of my kids' favorite shows when they were younger and they've enjoyed having them. They were not serious comic readers, so this is one of the closest things to OA I could think of to get them.

 

IMO for a show that has thousands of sketches and/or cells, key frame sketches are the ones to get. There are only a few per show and they usually have detailed notes for the animators (e.g. directions for an action sequence, head turns, etc.) and I would assume to have been 'touched' by the creator or director.