Il Paese degli animali

Are you wondering what to give someone, who works in animation or aspires to this holiday season? Well, wonder no more. The Career Coach has the answer.

Espinho 96: Small Is Still Beautiful

Ron Mann, Sue Shakespeare, Space Jam Directors, Tony Cervone and Bruce Smith.

Society for Animation Studies: 8th Annual Conference

Philippe Moins takes a look at one of the oldest and most respected animation schools in continental European.

Space Jam

Let's face it, there is no avoiding Space Jam. Warner Bros. really pulled out all the stops to make sure the film opened big, which it did. In so doing, they finally proved that Disney is not the only one that has the ability to make and successfully market an animated feature as a major event. Thus, the psychological hegomony that was Walt Disney Feature Animation is no more. In this context, it seems rather picky to cast any sort of critical eye on it. After all, aren't the special effects and the marriage of live-action and animation terrific? Well, yes, most of the time, but... Daffy...

How The Grinch Stole Christmas . . . and My Heart

Frankie Kowalski takes a loving peek at the Christmas classic on the occasion of its 30th anniversary.

Street Fighter--From Video Game to Anime

Capcom's popular Street Fighter games have spawned a slew of movie and TV adaptations both in Japan and the US. Brian Camp reports.

Tim Burton's 'Vincent'--A Matter of Pastiche

Michael Frierson provides an in-depth look at the animated short that brought Tim Burton his first inkling of fame.

The Fremont Street Experience--No Glitz, No Glory!

Las Vegas' Freemont Street Experience boasts of the world's largest electric sign and Jane Baer explains to Frankie Kowalski how one does animation for a 5 screen panel that is almost 1,400 feet long.

Brisbane Animation Festival

Festivals are wonderful places to discover the like-minded and the like-minded wannabes. The debut of the Brisbane Animation Festival, cheekily entitled Celluloid Briefs, drew the vibrant Queensland animation community and the lovers of animation to revel in two days of flickering projected images. And, it appears from the success of this first time out, it will be, as the organizers have promised, a biennial event. Brisbane, a city of about one and a half million has a surprisingly active animation group. With 260 members in the Queensland Animators Group, the organization is certainly on...

Betty Boop: The Definitive Collection

Philippe Moins takes a look at one of the oldest and most respected animation schools in continental European.