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ANIMATION WORLD MAGAZINE - ISSUE 4.4 - JULY 1999

Events

Spike And Mike Return To L.A., Montreal, And San Francisco. The Nuart theater in Los Angeles showed the 1999 Spike and Mike's Classic Festival of Animation Friday, May 28-Thursday, June 3. The program included Blue Sky Studios' Oscar-nominated Bunny, Aardman's Hum Drum, Digital Domain's Tightrope, Pierre Coffin's Pings, Peter Reynolds' The Blue Shoe, Annecy-winner Sientje, Don Hertzfeldt's Billy's Balloon, Laurent Gorgiard's Man With The Pendulous Arms, Behaviour Productions' The Art Of Survival, Chris Landreth's Bingo, Folimage's The Romance Of My Heart, Eric Fernandes' Son Of Bambi Meets Godzilla, Emma Calder's The Queen's Monastery, Anna Henckel-Donnermarck's Busby, classics from past festivals like Christophe and Wolfgang Lauenstein's Oscar-winning short Balance and Marv Newland's Bambi Meets Godzilla. The Nuart is located in West Los Angeles, California at 11272 Santa Moncia Blvd. The program also played at the Towne Theatre in San Jose, California through May 27, 1999 (408) 287-1433; Rafael Film Center in San Rafael, California through May 27, 1999 (415) 454-1222; Red Vic Movie House in San Francisco, California through May 23, 1999 (415) 668-3994; Cinema du Parc in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from May 21 - 27, 1999 (514) 279-3830; Laemmle's Colorado Theatre in Pasadena, California, June 4 - 10, 1999 (626) 796-9704; Five Star Theatre in Northridge, California June 11 - 17, 1999 (818) 993-0211; and Real Art Ways Cinema in Hartford, Connecticut June 16 - 22, 1999 (860) 232-1006. For more information visit www.spikeandmike.com.

Read Wendy Jackson's review "Malicious Balloons and Flying Lingerie" in the April issue of Animation World Magazine.

An example of Wild Brain's work on display at the Cartoon Musueum. Courtesy of Wild Brain.

Wild Brain At Cartoon Museum. Selected work from San Francisco-based Wild Brain will be featured at the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco in a show entitled "The Art of Animation." The show demonstrates the various stages of animation production, from early conceptual sketches and storyboards, to expansive painted backgrounds and cels, to final print and video. Wild Brain's work includes several Clio award-winning commercials, Fern Gully 2: The Magical Rescue, DreamWorks' Toonsylvania, HBO's Spawn, and an original short film, A Dog Cartoon. The show opened on May 28th, and is scheduled to run through the summer. For more information contact San Francisco's Art Museum, 814 Mission Street, San Francisco, California, USA. Tel: 415-CAR-TOON.

The March 1998 issue of Animation World Magazine features "Ferngully 2: The Magical Rescue - Getting the Money on the Screen," in which co-directors Dave Marshall and Phil Robinson of Wild Brain discuss the pre-production process and share storyboard samples and tips.

Disneyland Celebrates Haunted Mansion Anniversary. This summer, Disneyland, in Anaheim, California, will celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Haunted Mansion, one of the theme park's most popular attractions. In preparation for the August 9 milestone, on June 26 and 27 Disneyland offered the opportunity to meet several of the attraction's creators, and to view or purchase limited-edition reproductions of Haunted Mansion artwork created 30 years ago by Marc Davis and Collin Campbell. On Saturday, June 26, guests who purchased the required special ticket attended a beverage reception and panel discussion featuring six of the creators of The Haunted Mansion: animator Marc Davis, artist Sam McKim, music director Buddy Baker, "Grim Grinning Ghost" lyricist X. Atencio, Imagineer and designer Rolly Crump, and Imagineer and artist Collin Campbell. The June 26 ticket also included access to a reserved viewing area for Fantasmic!, a midnight ride through The Haunted Mansion (with surprises), and a commemorative Haunted Mansion pin. On Sunday, June 27, at the Disney Gallery, painter Eric Robison and sculptor Terri Hardin appeared in person to greet guests and sign their work from 2 to 4:30 pm. Robison's original painting of the Haunted Mansion will be on sale, along with limited-edition lithographs of the same work. Earlier on Sunday, from 10 am to 12 noon, Robison demonstrated his painting techniques at The Haunted Mansion. Terri Hardin will create two limited-edition 7 inch sculptures, "Organ Player" and "Caretaker the Dog." For more information call 1-800-362-4533.

Alex Rossą artwork from Superman: Peace on Earth. © 1997 Warner Bros. Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Alex Ross Art Auction Benefits UNICEF. Comic book artist Alex Ross debuted a limited edition lithograph from the DC Comics graphic novel Superman: Peace On Earth at the Warner Bros. Studio Store Gallery at the corner of Fifth Ave. and 57th St. in New York City on June 10, 1999 at 7 pm. The book tells the story of Superman's efforts to alleviate world hunger. Sixteen pieces of the artwork auctioned at Sotheby's later in June were on display at the same Warner Bros. Studio Store from Sunday, June 6-Saturday, June 12. Ross will donate all proceeds from the auction to the U.S. Committee for UNICEF. Entitled "Peace on Earth," the lithograph recounts the unforgettable origin and amazing powers of Superman. It was created by Ross and Paul Dini, who will also be in attendance at the debut. Each piece is signed by Ross and Dini, and comes with a soft cover edition of the comic book. Warner Bros. Studio Stores will donate a portion of the proceeds from the sale of the lithograph to UNICEF. The lithograph has an edition size of 350 and retails for $425. Alex Ross studied illustration at the American Academy of Art in Chicago, and worked as a storyboard artist before entering the comic book field. He is best known for the Marvel Comics miniseries Marvels (1993) and the DC Comics miniseries Kingdom Come (1996). While still a college student Paul Dini began writing for television in the early 1980s on Filmation's He-Man and She-Ra series. He also wrote for the Batman TV series (Warner Bros.) before branching out into comics with the Batman graphic novel, Mad Love, which featured Harley Quinn, a character that originated on Batman: The Animated Series.

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