Serious Business: Serious Book?
Mark Kausler reviews Serious Business: The Art and Commerce of Animation in America From Betty Boop to Toy Story, and has some serious problems.
Submission Guidelines
Compiled by Animation World Magazine and Dark Horse Comics. Before sending unsolicited work and ideas to a publisher, there are standards and specifications that one should know about to avoid the dreaded "unopened returned mail" response. Following are sample guidelines for submitting art, proposals and scripts to Dark Horse Comics, one of the industry's leading publishers. All guidelines herein are courtesy of Dark Horse Comics. Other companies will have different guidelines and regulations. Be sure to contact individual publishers for information. First...
Getting That Big Call And Entering Development!
MainBrain's Tom Mason (Dinosaurs For Hire), Steve Rude (Nexus) and Randy and Jean-Marc Lofficier (The Garage) describe their experiences in the world of development.
Submission Agreement
Dark Horse Comics, Inc. 10956 Southeast Main Street Milwaukie, Oregon 97222: I understand that you may submit the Submitted Material ("the Material") to third parties, motion picture studios, and distributors. I recognize the possibility that the Material may be identical or similar to material that has or may come to you from other sources. Such similarity in the past has given rise to litigation so that unless you can obtain adequate protection in advance you will refuse to consider the Material. The protection for you must be sufficiently broad to...
Popeye From Strip To Screen
Mark Langer chronicles the evolution of one of the most enduring characters in animation history, the sailor man who got his start in comic strips.
Developing the Next Animated Blockbuster: It Ain't Easy
Developing an animated series or feature from a comic book might seem easy from the standpoint that the comic book would give a development team a solid starting point. However, developing a comic book into an animated property has its own set of special problems. We asked a select group of development executives, "What were/are the most challenging aspects of transferring a property from comic book form to an animated one?" While story plays an important role, it seems the actual shift in medium remains to be the most problematic aspect of the process. ...
Global Trends: It's a Tough World Out There for Native Comics
As the world becomes smaller, individual countries' comics industries are changing. John A. Lent explains.
Editor's Notebook
Heather Kenyon introduces this issue with a focus on two hot topics in the comics world plus introduces two new features of the magazine.
Virtually Melting Down: The Quest to Produce an Animated Independent Feature
Randy Lofficier describes how she and Perfect World Entertainment are doing the impossible.
Censorship In Comics: Is This the United States?
Susan Alston of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund describes the shocking state of the nation.
Comic Strips and Animation: The Belgian Tradition
Philippe Moins explores Belgium's long tradition of comics and animation.
The 21st Annecy International Animated Film Festival and Market
AWM's report from the mother of all animation festivals includes A Booming MIFA, But For Whom? by Buzz Potamkin, and Annecy: The Long and The Short of the Carnival by the Lake in English and in French by French journalist and Annecy veteran Michel Roudevitch.
BD et Animation: Une Tradition Belgique
Philippe Moins explores Belgium's long tradition of comics and animation.
The Complete Anime Guide: A Complete Reference Book
Brian Camp reviews The Complete Anime Guide , a Japanese Animation Film Directory and Resource Guide.
Surviving MIP: A Buyer's Guide
Theresa Plummer-Andrews recounts her typical experience as one of the most sought after buyers at one of the world's largest markets.
An Archive Profile: The John Canemaker Animation Collection at NYU
John Canemaker explains the contents of his extensive newly created archives at NYU.
Tick Fever Endures
Ben Edlund, the creator of The Tick, talks to Deborah Reber about the evolution of everyone's favorite blue superhero and what's next on his horizon.
Strip-Mining For Animation
John Cawley looks at the relationship between comics and animation over the years, from Gertie the Dinosaur to Men In Black.
Phyllis Craig: A Woman of Many Colors (1929-1997)
Color key veteran and friend to all, especially students, passes away.
Both Sides of the Coin: Comics Into Animation
Take a look at comics and their animation counterparts by Bill Plympton, Todd McFarlane and Christian Clark.
A Tribute to Jerry Smith (1936-1997): World Ambassador
Friends and colleagues say goodbye to a pioneer of international television production.
On A Desert Island With....Comic Informants
Ben Edlund, Stan Lee, Bill Plympton and Jerry Beck.
Manga into Anime Two Approaches: 'Sanctuary' and 'Ghost in the Shell'
Brian Camp compares the adaptive processes of Sanctuary and Ghost in the Shell.
Dirdy Birdy
Susan Alston of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund describes the shocking state of the nation.
Annecy: The Long and The Short of the Carnival by the Lake
AWM's report by French journalist and Annecy veteran Michel Roudevitch.
