Set your own hours. Work on your own projects. Be your own boss. Be
creative. This company is taking greeting cards to a new level of artistry
and interactivity. Ecards.com utilizes Macromedia Flash technology to
produce the most dynamic and exciting electronic greeting cards on the Net!
If you are proficient in Flash and can artistically conceptualize, here is
a variety of creative jobs for you. Ecards.com offers freelance Flash
Designers the creative freedom to design compelling and entertaining

San Francisco, California-based Mondo Media, Inc. has announced a one-year deal with Netscape Communications, a subsidiary of America Online, Inc., to provide Netscape's Netcenter Web site with two weekly animated shows which will be presented under the banner of MONDO MINI SHOWS. LIKE, NEWS is written and directed by Don Asmussen, a regular cartoonist for TIME and GEORGE magazines, and features a sarcastic teenager with a nose ring who "interviews" newsmakers such as Saddam Hussein and Al Gore.

Now you can purchase more back issues of Animato!, the magazine for
animation fans. Added to the Animato! archives are issues #25, 26, 27, 28,
31, 33 and 36. Subscribe to your favorite animation publications directly
from the Internet 24 hours a day! Already available in AWN's Newsstand are:
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The Center for Digital Imaging and Sound (CDIS) is a leader in technical
arts education based in Burnaby, B.C., Canada. CDIS is growing rapidly and
currently seeking applications for instructors in 2D and 3D Graphics, 3D
Special FX, Film/Video FX, Computer and Classical Animation, Film/Video
Production, Art and Design (Practical and Theory), Interactive Media (Web
and CD), Web Design/Development, Internet Applications, Programming for Web
and Game Applications, Game Design, and Audio Production and Theory. Job

Buena Vista Home Entertainment previously announced that the 60th
Anniversary Edition of Disney's classic PINOCCHIO would be the first Disney
animated feature to be released in the DVD format [Animation Flash
8/24/99]. Now they have announced that a new VHS edition of PINOCCHIO,
fully restored and THX-certified, will be available on the same day as the
DVD version, October 26, 1999 in the US. This version will include a
"Making of Pinocchio" bonus section, which will only be available on the

Visit the ASIFA San Francisco site in the Animation Village and check out
their latest news. The June and July '99 issues of the newsletter are now
available on line with regular columns on: Magazines, Books, National News,
Employment Opportunities, Festivals and Events.
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August is a full month for Animation World Magazine as we delve into the
growing and constantly changing fields of Computer and Internet Animation.
Bob Miller goes one on one with Brad Bird, director of "The Iron Giant."
And Karl Cohen interviews Rob Coleman on the making of Star Wars Episode I:
"The Phantom Menace." Looking to make your own computer animated short?
Mike Amron discusses the cost effective software and set ups available for
such an undertaking. On the Internet animation side of things Buzz Potamkin

Gary Albright, vice president of creative services and off air promotions
for Atlanta, Georgia-based Cartoon Network, has awarded The Classical
Animation Society of the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) a $500
grant on behalf of Cartoon Network. The society will use the money to help
fund its activitites such as last February's MULAN Event which included a
screening of Disney's MULAN, clips of various stages of animated scenes,
and a workshop in layout design by Disney artist Bill Hodman. The Classical

This issue #38 of ANiMATO! is autographed with paint (not ink) by Underdog creator Joe Harris. Thirteen pages are devoted to Underdog in this issue which kicks off with David Krell's "Underdog: The Canine Crusader" and closes with "Flying High With Underdog" by Leigh Anne Brodsky. In addition to drawing the original cover, Joe Harris also wrote an article for this issue entitled "Life With Underdog." Inside the front cover is Joe's full color artwork of Underdog smashing "Hunger" for the World Hungerthon and, on page 37, Joe's storyboard art for The World of Commander McBragg.

This issue #40 is Animato!'s special 15th Anniversary issue with 144 bound
pages. Featured articles include: Gerry Anderson, The McKimson Brothers,
Cartoon Network, Warner Bros., Jay Ward Voices, Flip the Frog, Bartlett,
Rose, Quakenbush, Fogel, Simensky, Tartakovsky, McCracken, Mulan, a huge
Anime section and more. There's just too much to list everything! Order
your copy in AWN's Newsstand, where you can subscribe to your favorite
animation publications directly from the Internet 24 hours a day! Already

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Animation World Network is looking for an intern to assist the editorial staff with our monthly on-line publication Animation World Magazine and weekly Flash Email Newsletter. Responsibilities will include proofreading, copy editing, news gathering, transcribing interviews, filing, researching publicity information, writers and companies, conducting surveys, working with freelance writers and managing correspondence for the editor and associate editor. Part of the position’s responsibilities involves doing publicity for the publication.

By special arrangement with Nielsen Media Research, AWN publishes the Nielsen ratings for animated programs on a monthly basis in the Animation Flash. The ratings included herein are only for U.S. national network television. The following list of animated national network programs is ranked by Household Ratings. A Rating is the percentage of households that tuned into the program. This percentage can provide us with the number of households that tuned into the program on average during the month. The universe estimate for the 1997-98 television season is 98 million TV homes.

Atomic Vision Animation and Tub Studio have premiered their first episode of the innovative and stylish on-line animated comic book at www.jonninitro.com. The animated series follows the adventures of Jonni Nitro, an English superspy and heroine living in the near future. The animation is viewable using an Internet browser (i.e. Navigator, Explorer) and Macromedia's Flash 3.0 plug-in. "We've worked hard to create a new style of on-line animation," says Alex Ogle, Atomic Vision founder. "There has never been animation this realistic on the Internet before."

Animation World Network will be publishing a special NATPE edition of the
Animation Flash. Please send all your NATPE-related news and press releases
to awnflash@awn.com. Please put "NATPE News" in the subject area of your
e-mail.

By special arrangement with Nielsen Media Research, AWN publishes the Nielsen ratings for animated programs on a monthly basis in the Animation Flash. The ratings included herein are only for U.S. national network television. The following list of animated national network programs is ranked by Household Ratings. A Rating is the percentage of households that tuned into the program. This percentage can provide us with the number of households that tuned into the program on average during the month. The universe estimate for the 1997-98 television season is 98 million TV homes.

As a follow-up to our 11/17/98 Animation Flash story, Canadian-based CINAR Films Inc. has changed their name to CINAR Corporation (Corporation CINAR in French) after a Special Meeting of Shareholders approved the change. The new name better reflects the diversification of the company’s business activities which have expanded beyond the film industry.

By special arrangement with Nielsen Media Research, AWN publishes the Nielsen ratings for animated programs on a monthly basis in the Animation Flash. The ratings included herein are only for U.S. national network television. The following list of animated national network programs is ranked by Household Ratings. A Rating is the percentage of households that tuned into the program. This percentage can provide us with the number of households that tuned into the program on average during the month. The universe estimate for the 1997-98 television season is 98 million TV homes.

HotWired's Animation Express (http://www.hotwired.com/animation/) is a new site that showcases the latest animation from both professional and independent animators. The animation can be viewed using plug-in technologies like Quicktime 3, Shockwave's Flash 3 and Director 6 and a "plug-in tester" will help you download the right plug-ins if you don't already have them. Currently, the site features selections from Pixar's Oscar-winning short "Geri's Game" and highlights from Spike and Mike's 1998 Festival of Animation.

The animation union, the Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists (M.P.S.C.) and Affiliated Optical Electronic and Graphic Arts, Local 839 IATSE has completed its voting process and announced the new Executive Board of the organization. Re-elected to office were incumbents Bronwen Barry, Dave Brain, Pat Connolly-Sito, Earl Kress, Craig Littell-Herrick, Enrique May, Ann Sullivan and Stephan Zupkas. Also elected were newcomers Bob Foster, Warren Greenwood and Karen Nugent, replacing Board members Sheila Brown, Tom Ray and Dave Zaboski who did not run for reelection.