Ann C. Phillipon talks with "quintessential independent American animator, George Griffin" about his life and art.

Guillaume Calop gives Macromedia's Flash a spin.

Wendy Jackson reports on new animation music, video and book releases.

Logo du festival par Johan DeMoor.La seizième édition du Festival du Dessin animé de Bruxelles, organisée par Folioscope se tenait du 4 au 16 février, période de congé scolaire du Mardi Gras. Mis à part une rétrospective sur les pionniers du genre au Musée du Cinéma, la manifestation belge était circonscrite cette année dans une unique salle (celle du Passage 44). L'organisateur en effet, n'était pas parvenu à reconduire un accord satisfaisant avec le "Botanique" (centre...

Heather Kenyon reports how Balbir Mathur and his organization, Trees for Life, with help from Frédérick Back, are using animation in to help people in the third world plant trees.

John Schnall.Independent animator John Schnall has put together a home video of his short films in association with Poteet Music, an independent record distributor based in New Jersey. Among the community of East Coast independents, Schnall is notably prolific; in this regard, his colleague Steve Dovas said that, "To me, what has been most admirable about his career has been the regularity with which he's turned out his funny, wierd, and wholly singular, self-produced animated films." All this abundance has driven Schnall to be able to release a 40-minute video collection at a relatively early...

William Moritz gives a quick and dazzling historical overview attempts to create visual music using "color organs."

Brussels logo by Johan DeMoor.The sixteenth edition of the Brussels Cartoon and Animated Film Festival, organized by Folioscope, was held from February 4-16, during the Mardi Gras school holiday. Apart from a retrospective held at the Museum of Cinema, this year's event was limited to one movie theater (Passage 44). The organizers, essentially, had not been able to reach a satisfactory agreement with the Botanique (a publicly-subsidized cultural center) that had served as the venue for specialized programs for previous editions. Festivalgoers nevertheless didn't suffer because of this,...

Jean-Luc Ballester talks how a 1983 government proposal changed the French animation industry and how the major entertainment union used it to improve working conditions for animation artists.

At the 1997 Convention and Conference of the National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE), our reporter on the scene, asked animation distributors: "What are some of the considerations involved in developing, producing, and ultimately distributing animation to the international market?" Herein are a selection of answers followed by some comments drawn from a panel discussion "Animation: The Universal Language," moderated by Cartoon Network President Betty Cohen , which discussed the realities of the much-hyped global marketplace for animation.Joel Andryc, Saban's Senior Vice...