* Thursday, October 26 – Sunday, November 5, 2000. San Luis Obispo, California, U.S.A.

* Thursday, October 26 – Saturday, October 28, 2000. Oakville, Ontario, Canada.

* Thursday, October 19 – Sunday, October 22, 2000. New York, New York, U.S.A.

* Wednesday, October 25 – Thursday, October 26, 2000. Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

* Saturday, October 14, 2000. Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.





Teen Comic Age 2000 is a festival highlighting teen comic and animation artists. Presented by the Los Angeles Public Library, the event will feature portfolio reviews, comic and animation workshops, panel discussions, celebrity signings and student, computer and anime animation screenings. The festival takes place from 10 am – 5:30 pm and admission is free. For more information contact the library at: Tel.: (213) 228-7510; or Web: www.lapl.org.

* Friday, October 13 – Friday, October 20, 2000, Burbank, California, U.S.A.

Olive Jar Studios Inc. will be the exclusive U.S. representation of veteran director Bruce Alcock and his Vancouver-based company Global Mechanic. Alcock, the former creative director and co-founder of Tricky Pictures, joins Olive Jar with a resume featuring live-action with mixed-media, design-based drawn animation, stop-motion and experimental computer animation. Olive Jar’s executive creative director Fred Macdonald said, "I have been a big fan of Bruce’s work, and, having bid against Tricky Pictures in the past, know that Bruce is one of the few true experimental directors.

* Friday, October 13 – Sunday, October 15, 2000. Lakewood, Colorado, U.S.A.

* Wednesday, October 11 – Friday, October 13, 2000. La Quinta, California, U.S.A.

* Thursday, October 12, 2000. Westwood, California, U.S.A.





Jeffrey Scott will be guest speaker at the Women In Animation Writers' Group Seminar Series at Saban Entertainment, 10960 Wilshire Blvd., at 7:30 pm. Jeffrey has written over 500 animation scripts, including the recent PBS DRAGON TALES. For more information and/or to RSVP contact Jean Ann Wright at: Tel.: (818) 360-8321; or E-mail: jjwright@gte.net.