Voice Over Etiquette — The Book!
Will Ryan reviews Voice Over Etiquette, a new book that teaches the basics of doing voice over work. While focused primarily on the advertising business, the book may offer a few tips for beginning animation hopefuls.
Hollywood Flatlands: Animation, Critical Theory and the Avant-Garde
Four working composers discuss the creative challenges of making music for animation. Denis M. Hannigan, Don Grady, Jody Gray and James L. Venable offer tips and advice for both composers and creators, directors and producers.
The 1st Tenerife International Animation Festival
Independent animating guru Bill Plympton attended the 1st Tenerife International Animation Festival and thoroughly enjoyed it. Here's his report!
Career Coach: Time to Review
Jean Ann Wright finishes her series on writing for television animation with some tips on how to add comedy and gags to your script.
Fresh from the Festivals: November 2002's Film Reviews
Maureen Furniss reviews five short films fresh from the festival circuit: Hessi James by Johannes Weiland, Tomek Baginski's The Cathedral, The Lark by Gil Kenan, Passing Moments by Don Phillips, and Slava Ushakov's Orange. Includes QuickTime movie clips!
At War No More
Why do our super-patriotic favorite toon characters no longer help with our war efforts? Martin "Dr. Toon" Goodman investigates how times have changed since WWII.
Prime Time Animation Isn't Dead -- It's Just Moved…
While prime time animation might have disappeared from the big three, it is alive and thriving on cable. Rick DeMott reports on where the sauciest of television animation can be found.
The Mighty Principles of Animation
While the basic technology of animation changed little prior to the advent of the computer, the principles of animation that are used today were all developed in one amazing decade. Gene Deitch explains.
New from Japan: Anime Film Reviews
Anime expert Fred Patten reviews the latest anime releases including Ceres, Celestial Legend, Hamtaro, Pilot Candidate, Real Bout High School and Soul Hunter.
Panique au village: Belgium's Absurd Best
Panique au Village "The Cake" caused a riot of laughter at Annecy 2001 where it won for best TV program. Now this certifiably crazy show is coming to television. Philippe Moins reports on the insanity.
Getting Into Gaming
Three game designers working for Sucker Punch and SCEA discuss how they got to where they are today.
Creating Successful Music For Animation
Four working composers discuss the creative challenges of making music for animation. Denis M. Hannigan, Don Grady, Jody Gray and James L. Venable offer tips and advice for both composers and creators, directors and producers.
Career Coach: A Thank You Note
As Thanksgiving approaches, Pamela Kleibrink Thompson encourages us to think back and thank those who have helped us throughout the year.
Animation Comedy and Gag Writing
Jean Ann Wright finishes her series on writing for television animation with some tips on how to add comedy and gags to your script.
Comic Wars: How Two Tycoons Battled Over the Marvel Comics Empire -- And Both Lost
Danny Fingeroth reviews Dan Raviv's book on the legal wrangling between two businessmen for control of Marvel Comics, which reveals the power of dollars and its impact on the art.
Kim Deitch's Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Chris Lanier discusses the new graphic novel by Kim Deitch, which follows the ups and downs of an old time animation studio, through the metamorphosis of their star character, Waldo the Cat.
New from Japan: Anime Film Reviews
Anime expert Fred Patten reviews the latest anime releases including Ceres, Celestial Legend, Hamtaro, Pilot Candidate, Real Bout High School and Soul Hunter.
Carrying Forward: Online Animation
Has the boom gone completely to bust? Lee Dannacher visits some of the dotcom survivors and learns how their business approach saved them from the crash.
Producing Animation in the Third Millennium
The Producers Guild of America's New Media Council recently put together a panel of industry heavy hitters to discuss Producing Animation in the 21st Century. Greg Singer was there to take down the details
Cool Comic-Con 2002
From joking Klingons to an ovation for Ray Bradbury, five animation attendees share what they found most impressive at 2002's Comic-Con International.
Winsor McCay’s Animation Lesson Number One, 1919
Karl Cohen has found a copy of Winsor McCay's long lost lesson on animation. Read about what it contains and what these tidbits mean to animation's history.
Baby Steps
Martin “Dr. Toon” Goodman discusses the “babyfication” of cartoon characters and wonders why Warner Bros. has gone back in time with Baby Looney Tunes…
David Ehrlich: Excavation of a Flawed Soul
Since entering animation in the Seventies, David Ehrlich has created not only a prolific number of films but also a greater sense of the animation community. Chris Robinson explains. Includes QuickTime clips!
Prague, A Change of Life
In 1959 at the request of Bill Snyder, a successful animation distributor, Gene Deitch arrived in Prague to oversee the production of several animated specials based on classic children's books. He was surprised to find an impossible production system, and is even more surprised to find himself still there to this day
Fresh from the Festivals: October 2002's Film Reviews
Maureen Furniss reviews five short films fresh from the festival circuit: The Mosquito and the Horse by Mikk Rand, Michael Overbeck's Tongues and Taxis, Its Alive! by Terry Ziegelman and Paul George, Caged by Ashley Hoffman and Dan Blank's Shadowplay. Includes QuickTime movie clips!
