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- ↑ Robinson, Tasha (September 14, 2012). "In 1992, Bill Plympton made history by drawing an entire film on his own". The A.V. Club . Retrieved April 18, 2018.
- ↑ Maureen McElheron - Your Face (speed version)-YouTube
- ↑ Your Face by Maureen McElheron- Topic on YouTube
- ↑ Your Face - Films by Bill Plympton - The Criterion Channel
- ↑ Oddball Films: Metamorphic Cinema: Meditations on Transformation - Thur. May 12th - 8PM
- ↑ Shout! Factory Announces Acquisitions of Bill Plympton Library|Shout Factory
- ↑ The Man Who Planted Trees Wins Animated Short: 1988 Oscars
- ↑ Pond, Steve (November 30, 2010). "Shortlist for Oscar Animated Shorts Includes Pixar, Bill Plympton". TheWrap . Retrieved April 18, 2018.
- ↑ "The 60th Academy Awards (1988) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
- ↑ Perkins, Dennis (March 25, 2018). "Another retcon of Marge and Homer's marriage leaves us wondering who these impostor Simpsons are". The A.V. Club. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
- ↑ "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.