Surprises in store...

Ruth and Roger Whiter were lucky enough to meet Ray Harryhausen for tea and a chat about his career, the craft of stop-motion and the value of careful planning.

A New Age...

Shifting from a communist to capitalist market system has not been easy on the great studios of Eastern Europe. Adam Snyder reports on their survival techniques.

Asia's influence...

A hopeful sign...

Within the world of animation, most experimentation occurs within short format productions, whether they be high budgeted commercials, low budgeted independent shorts, or something in between. The growing number of short film festivals around the world attest to the vitality of these works, but there are few other venues for exhibition of them or even written reviews. As a result, distribution tends to be difficult and irregular. On a regular basis, Animation World ...

Gotta, gotta, gotta...

Executives This month we hear the favs from four Cartoon Network creative execs

Let's give some things a chance...

Plympton's Pundits: August 1999

The future is starting now...

Turning Manga into Wine Sales

This month: Brösel, Gregory Noveck, and Robinson Crusoe.

How adult is animation really getting?

Russell Bekins colorfully portrays the events in Positano, Italy, where for a few days the world's animation elite invade a small seaside fishing town for Cartoons on the Bay.

Belgium has long been a mecca of comic strip stars. Philippe Moins takes us on a tour of a museum dedicated to these national treasures. Available in French and English.

Plympton's Pundits: June 1999

Star Wars, of course...

Plympton's Pundits: May 1999