Tagged With: Animation
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.
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.
From Humble Beginnings to the Makings of Superstars
Steve Hulett of the Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists' Union (MPSC Local 839) reviews animation wages of the past, present and future
Kassel: The Little School With a Big Name
Professor Paul Driessen relates his experience at the animation school of Kassel University in Germany.
Scouting For Talent: Where the Recruiters Go.
Independent recruiter Pamela Thompson investigates where the industry's top recruiters look for their next hires.
Editor's Notebook
Words From the Publisher
I'd like to take this opportunity to introduce myself, and to share some of the background that motivated me to publish Animation World Magazine and motivates me still in our great and growing venture. I would like also to introduce my esteemed partner in AWN, and co-publisher, Dan Sarto. Dan is our technical guru and the spark behind the creation of the magazine. We have just begun our second year in publication, successfully reaching people in more than 100 countries who all share a common interest, animation. We are connected by our fascination, appreciation...
Editor's Notebook: May 1997
Commercials Many years ago, when I was an undergraduate student, I volunteered to transcribe an oral history interview with Hans Richter, one of the pioneers of European avant garde cinema, whose career dated back to the 1920s. One of the comments that stuck with me all these years was about an offer he had to make an advertising film. As he considered himself first and foremost an artist, he refused. Later, after seeing the resulting film, he was so delighted that he changed his mind towards working on such films. Today, with the likes of Spike Lee making...