"A flip book or flick book is a book with a series of pictures that vary gradually from one page to the next, so that when the pages are turned rapidly, the pictures appear to animate by simulating motion or some other change. Flip books are often illustrated books for children, but may also be geared towards adults and employ a series of photographs rather than drawings." - Wikipedia
How does it work?
A flip book works by flicking through a series of pages really quickly and only requires a book with drawings/printed images. It totally rely's on persistence of vision to create the illusion to the person watching that they can see a continuous film when in reality they are seeing loads of images after another.
They're advantages and disadvantages to this animation skill:
- The advantages are its pretty cheap and fun to watch
- The disadvantage is it may be difficult to try and make one yourself
The first flip book appeared in September 1868 by John Barnes Linnett
Two well known examples are displayed below:
The Cop shooting a Criminal 
Mortal Kombat
Here's a video showing a complex flip book in action:
Here's another video showing how to make a basic flip book:
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