AnimationWorld Magazine
Today there are coffee-table “The Art of …” and “The Making of …” books on just about every new American animated theatrical feature to be released. Books about older movies are rarer. Here is one on an often-neglected 1967 “classic”: the stop-motion Mad Monster Party.
Quite a few cartoon characters have made the leap from the animated world to the real one (Scooby Doo, the Smurfs and the Chipmunks for starters) – but how many have gone the other way?
The director of the Spanish Oscar contender gets serious with animation.
The director of the Czech Oscar contender discusses roto for adapting a graphic novel.
The acclaimed director of Belle Epoque tells us about his first foray into animation and this very adult Spanish Oscar contender.
Pamela Thompson talks with Garman Herigstad, FX Lead at Digital Domain, about setting goals for 2012.
Mark Simon runs down his animated hits and fails from 2011.
Weta's Joe Letteri and Jamie Beard revel in Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin.
In the first excerpt from the second chapter, Rhoda Draws talks about drawing what you see.
Pamela Kleibrink Thompson reminds us that we never know whom we will influence.
The director of the latest Toy Story short discusses fast-food collectibles.
Rick DeMott takes a look at the most open animated Oscar race in years.
Martin "Dr. Toon" Goodman looks at why SpongeBob SquarePants is a lightning rod in American culture.
Bill Desowitz talks with Aardman and Sony about their first joint venture together.
