Each week, Animation World Magazine offers new articles, special features and theme-based coverage of the art, craft and industry of animation. New this week:
- Software Piracy Sails Despite Rough Seas Ahead
Software piracy is costing the animation industry millions if not billions. Brett Rogers explains why the cost of software piracy goes beyond the losses suffered by the software manufacturers and effects everyone.
Annick Teninge profiles Spark*, one of France's leading CG studios that seems to be following in the path of the U.S. majors - turning commercial and service work success into short film success and then moving into the feature realm.
- Animation Gets Un-Wired And Cuts Loose
The world of wireless animation is sneaking up on many of us. Christopher Harz outlines the current state of the industry, its players and its potential.
- The World, The Fresh, and The Devil
Most of the time, Martin "Dr. Toon" Goodman is an easy going cartoon kind of guy...but in the midst of this hot summer he sounds off on forced cultural/gender diversity, animation naysayers and the 'toon representation of the Devil.
- Fresh from the Festivals: August 2002's Film Reviews
Maureen Furniss reviews five short films fresh from the festival circuit: PREMAMMALS by Michal Zabka, Lisa Yu's VESSEL WRESTLING, BEE MOVIE by Gil Kenan, INTERSTICES by Marina Estela Graça, and Nina Paley's FETCH! Includes QuickTime movie clips!
