While our first assumptions about gaming lead us to thoughts of a violent, action-packed, male dominated past-time, Jacquie Kubin reveals why it is important never to assume anything as the numbers certainly do not support this ideal anymore.
What's new in the gaming world? Joseph Szadkowski gives us the lowdown on the new animation related games from this year's E3.
Is it all that upsetting?
Sean Maclennan Murch explains why animated shows targeted toward adults are becoming a more popular approach for some networks.
Joseph K. Bevilacqua highlights what's new in animation for the U.S. 1998/99 television season, from CBS to Cartoon Network.
A survey of animation industry professionals around the globe, asking, "What ten animated films would you want to have with if stranded on a desert island?"
Disney's new theme park, Animal Kingdom, opensin Orlando, Florida on April 22. The 500-acre park features live animals,rides, and a few attractions which utilize animation. "It's Tough to be aBug," a show that takes place in a 430-seat theater inside a giant tree,combines 3-D computer animation with animatronic characters. Viewers wear"bug-eye" polarized glasses to view the animation, which was produced byDisney in association with Pixar, which is currently in production on the
Once upon a time there was a world without video tape...Karl Cohen takes us back in time to the days when 16mm film reigned.
ASIFA-Hollywood's night to shine was a real winner!
On a Desert Island With. . . . Gaming Gurus
The title says it all! Scott Brick reviews the world's largest comic book expo.
Take a look at comics and their animation counterparts by Bill Plympton, Todd McFarlane and Christian Clark.
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. ...
Jean-Luc Ballester talks how a 1983 government proposal changed the French animation industry and how the major entertainment union used it to improve working conditions for animation artists.
Harvey Deneroff sums up the current state of America's animation industry, with an emphasis on recent mergia mania, feature films and prime time shows..
Attorney Pam Schechter explores the ways cartoon characters are exploited and the type of money that's involved.
