During the past few weeks, it seems like everyday there is an announcement
regarding a company beginning to broadcast animation over the 'net. With
Level 13 and Wild Brain recently throwing their hats into the ring with
their new Internet entertainment web sites, web surfers are starting to see
the beginning of a boom in Internet animation. Level13.net and
WildBrain.com join Harvey Entertainment, which launched realcartoons.net
just over a week ago, and Time-Warner, which launched Entertaindom.com last

This weekend, Film Roman, Inc., producers of THE SIMPSONS and KING OF THE
HILL, launched Level 13.net, an innovative multi-channel animation network
to be delivered via the Internet. Level 13 is the industry's first
regularly scheduled, animated television-like network made directly for the
Web. William Shpall, Chief Operating Officer of Film Roman, and architect
of the company's Internet strategy, said, "While many of today's
entertainment and Internet leaders are still testing enhanced television

Mondo Media, one of the Bay Area's largest independent animation studios,
is looking for TRADITIONAL 2D CHARACTER ANIMATORS and DIRECTORS who are
interested in participating in the creation of original on-line
entertainment. The Mondo Mini Shows are currently featured on Netscape's
Netcenter, Shockwave.com, and Altavista, as well as other affiliate sites.
Contract and staff positions available. Job Requirements: Traditional
character animation experience; Timing; Poses; Knowledge of basic

Like Woody and Buzz, Visual Magic Magazine is back. After a period of
inactivity, your favorite visual effects & 3D animation magazine is back on
the web sporting a brand new look, a new way of publishing, and a renewed
commitment to providing superior articles and news to visual effects and
animation professionals and enthusiasts. The only thing we don't have is
Tom Hanks and Tim Allen. But that can be arranged (maybe). "Toy Story 2" is
hitting our screens very soon, and of course, you can expect full coverage

Macromedia, the producers of popular web and graphics tools Flash, Director, and Freehand, recently announced a new product bundle: Dreamweaver 3 Fireworks 3 studio. The bundle contains new versions of Dreamweaver and Fireworks, however, both of the new versions will be available as stand-alone applications. Dreamweaver, the most popular web authoring tool available to designers, boasts several new features, most notably a new feature which allows users to customize Dreamweaver itself using Javascript, HTML, and XML.

Shockwave.com, owned and operated by
Macromedia Inc., and Stan Lee, Inc. have teamed up to bring Stan Lee's
first episodic Web animation series to life. Stan Lee, the genius behind
classic comic characters like Spider-Man, the X-Men, and the Incredible
Hulk, will create his new 5-minute "Web-isodes" using Macromedia Flash
technology. According to Lee this new venture will allow the whole world to
be part of his new creations without limitations. This exclusive deal
includes Macromedia, Inc.'s $5 million purchase of Stan Lee Media Inc.

Several weeks ago (Animation Flash 9/28/99) Oxygen Media, Geraldine Laybourne's company founded to
provide content for women, announced its online production team. Now Oxygen
Media has named seven executive producers for its original cable television
line-up. CARSEY WERNER MANDABACH will oversee seven hours of original
programming each day on the 24-hour-a-day, 7 day-a-week cable network. The
new appointments are: LINDA CORRADINA (former Senior Vice President,
Programming and Production, VH1) will join Giselle Benetar as Executive

New York City-based Oxygen Media,Geraldine Laybourne's company founded to provide content for women, has
reached an agreement with Insight Communications to distribute the Oxygen
cable network. Insight is the 8th largest cable operator in the United
States, serving more than one million customers in six states. Under the
terms of the agreement, Insight Communications will launch Oxygen across
the majority of its systems. The new Oxygen cable network, which launches
on O2/O2/2000, will be integrated with Oxygen's existing online properties

Macromedia, the industry leader in web design and web graphics tool
development, announced several moves and agreements which gear the
company toward taking e-commerce to a new level, and making Macromedia a
central part of this growing sector's evolution. The company unveiled its
eBusiness Infrastructure strategy, i.e. plans to provide 'solutions' for
content creation, management, personalisation and management of Extranet
and Internet sites.


The company also made several other significant announcements, most notably

Burnaby, British Columbia-based CDIS is offering a one-day industry
introduction to Macromedia's Flash 4.0 on October 23 from 9 am-4:30 pm.
Cost is $225, which includes lunch. By the end of the seminar, you'll know
how to prepare graphics for Flash, use the interface, sketch and draft
ideas for animation and interactivity, create symbols and manipulate
instances for actions, combine the final pieces into your own 30-second
animated banner with sound, and post the final product to the web with FTP.

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
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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

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

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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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
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