Mark Ramshaw reports back regarding the impressive work being done in commercials and music video in the U.K.

Dr. Toon continues to take on the deconstructionists about the things they read into classic cartoons.

John Canemaker’s The Art and Flair of Mary Blair honors a beloved Disney designer.

Bill Desowitz reports back from the VES Awards, where the best in visual effects for 2003 and the career of George Lucas were honored.

Vendors upbeat, despite toy industry challenges as licensing veteran reporter Karen Raugust chronicles Toy Fair 2004 in New York City.

The Animation Pimp offers a very personal journey of self-discovery and advice as he eulogizes his grandfather.

It seemed to be Year of Monkey and causes, at least for animation at NATPE 2004. That and, if you want to sell animation to Latin America, you better have lots of anime. Sarah Baisley compares the NATPE market to previous ones and highlights trends and new offerings.

Shelley Page reports back from Imagina about the daunting task of tackling a trade show, festival AND conference all at once.

Greg Singer examines the business considerations for acquiring, marketing and distributing adult-oriented animated features in North America.

In this fifth of a six-part series, Ellen Besen looks at Oscar-nominees Finding Nemo and The Triplets of Belleville and compares and contrasts their core analogies.

Special Oscar ® Edition! Taylor Jessen reviews five short films: The Hunger Artist by Tom Gibbons, Eternal Gaze by Sam Chen, Rockfish by Tim Miller, Nibbles by Chris Hinton, Destino by Dominique Monfrey, Gone Nutty by Carlos Saldanha. Includes QuickTime movie clips!

Bardel Entertainment Inc. started in 1987 as cel painting service house. Today, the Canadian company is flying high as such high-profile projects Dragons and Silverwing take to the air.

Mary Ann Skweres jumps into the Slamdance Festival and returns to tell us what she discovered.

Dr. Toon takes on the deconstructionists about the ideas they read into classic cartoons.

Karen Raugust takes a comprehensive look at licensing of animated-related merchandise. Experts give advice about trying to tackle this area on your own and what it can mean to your bottom line.

Joe Strike looks at daytime TV successes of 2003 in the U.S and what we can expect from 2004. He talks to industry vet Fred Seibert and network pundits at Kids’ WB!, FOX BOX, Disney/ABC, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, as well as Linda Simensky, in her new role at PBS.

The Career Coach talks about how and why to shop for your next job gracefully without antagonizing your current employer.

That was the question I constantly had to answer while isolated from my old colleagues, and hunkered in this distant and seemingly God-forsaken communist-gripped misery. This chapter answers the question. Was I a pinko? A spy? An enemy agent? A CIA man? Or did I just happen to fall into something too good to be true?

Mary Ann Skweres jumps into the Slamdance Festival and returns to tell us what she discovered.

Mark Simon concludes his series of 12 excerpts from his new book, Producing Independent 2D Character Animation: Making and Selling a Short Film.