On A Desert Island With....Some Consenting Adults and a Cartoon Talk Show Host
Glenn Vilppu continues his world-class life drawing lessons. This month the focus is on Spherical Forms.
Category: Reviews
Dig This! SIGGRAPH's Electronic Theater Celebrates 25 Years of Discovery
Animation World Magazine profiles the SIGGRAPH `98 Computer Animation Festival, which will feature computer animated films ranging from scientific visualizations to blockbuster visual effects to independent shorts.
Disney's Mulan: A More Modern Heroine
Andy Klein reviews Disney's latest masterpiece and finds some nice changes in the new Mulan.
The Mainstream Business of Adult Animation
Sean Maclennan Murch explains why animated shows targeted toward adults are becoming a more popular approach for some networks.
The Anime "Porn" Market
Animation World Magazine profiles the SIGGRAPH `98 Computer Animation Festival, which will feature computer animated films ranging from scientific visualizations to blockbuster visual effects to independent shorts.
Annecy's First Annual
Buzz Potamkin tells us how the much-awaited first annual Annecy International Animated Film Festival faired.
Fireworks: Does it Have a Special Spark?
Webmaster Ged Bauer gives Macromedia's Fireworks a try to determine whether it is the "all-in-one-be-all-end-all" web graphics application that it claims to be.
The Essential Animation Reference Library
Animation historian Jerry Beck describes the ideal library of "essential" books on animation.
Dig This! 1001 Nights: An Animation Symphony
Buzz Potamkin tells us how the much-awaited first annual Annecy International Animated Film Festival faired.
Quest For Camelot : Warner's Bid for the Round Table
Ilene Hoffman reviews Warner Bros. Feature Animation's highly-anticipated first fully-animated feature film, Quest for Camelot
Crashing BrainCamp
Wendy Jackson reports on the second annual BrainCamp,an exclusive think tank for executives in the kids' entertainment industry.
What's In Your LunchBox?
Kellie-Bea Rainey tests out Animation Toolworks' Video LunchBox, an innovative frame-grabbing tool for animators, students, seven year-olds and potato farmers alike!
Crashing BrainCamp
Wendy Jackson reports on the second annual BrainCamp, an exclusive think tank for executives in the kids' entertainment industry.
Anima Animus Animation
Wendy Jackson reviews the 1998 book Anima Animus Animation, a collection of creative works by the Czech surrealist filmmaker Jan Svankmajer and painter Eva Svankmajerov.
Stuttgart: A Splendid Festival
William Moritz reviews the ninth Stuttgart Animation Festival which took place from April 3 through April 8, 1998 in Stuttgart, Germany.
In Passing... A Tribute to Pierre Ayma (1941-1998)
Finally, something the Pimp likes! Rex The Runt.But, this month, we see that the Animation Pimp reads a lot into this show of four dogs.
The Anime! Movie Guide: Different But Equal
Brian Camp reviews the 1998 book The Anime! Movie Guide by Helen McCarthy, former editor of Anime UK and author of Anime! A Beginner's Guide to Japanese Animation.
Inside Zagreb: The Preselection Process
Independent animator John R. Dilworth describes his experiences as a preselection committee member for the 1998 Zagreb Festival of Animated Films.
MIP-TV 98 : l'animation en crise ?
Julien Dubois fait un compte-rendu de l'ition 1998 du MIP-TV Cannes, rant un marchinternational de l'animation agit
MIP-TV: Animation in Crisis?
Julien Dubois reports on the 1998 MIP-TV market in Cannes, revealing a troubled international marketplace for animation.
The Entertainment/Marketing/Exploitation Relationship: Two Takes
Buzz Potamkin reviews two new books: What Kids Buy and Why: The Psychology of Marketing to Kids by Dan S. Acuff and The Business of Children's Entertainment by Norma Odom Pecora.
The RealFlash Festival Winners
The RealFlash Festival Winners are in!
General Chaos: Uncensored Animation
Mark Segall reviews Manga Entertainment's debut theatrical compilation of short animated films, General Chaos: Uncensored Animation
MILIA 1998
Un article sur l'ition 1998 du MILIA, par Anne-Marie Meissonnier.
Cult Heroes and Their Secrets
What makes a show or character a cult craze? Dominic Schreiber investigates the similarities, from South Park to SpeedRacer.
