This Week At Animation World Magazine
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:
- Force of Hobbit: Mythmaking at Weta
It is said that love is the mythology that two people create together. At Weta, Ltd., in New Zealand, it is love at first byte.
Gene Deitch recalls Ernie Pintoff and a character named Flebus from his Terrytoon days.
- Atomic Betty: Defending the Universe and Trying to Find a Home on TV
So you think selling a show is easy? Martin "Dr. Toon" Goodman goes behind the scenes of Atomic Cartoons to see how much work and time goes into getting a show off the ground.
- Te Wei and Chinese Animation: Inseparable, Incomparable
John A. Lent and Xu Ying report their experiences from visiting China and speaking with one of China's leading artists -- animation-related or otherwise -- Te Wei, and discussing the nation's rocky past and quickly changing future.
- The Career Coach: Taxed to the Max
We may feel robbed when paying taxes to the government, but we tax ourselves much worse with some insidious habits. Pamela Kleibrink Thompson explains.