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Photo courtesy Klasky Csupo Publishing.
Photo courtesy Harry N.Abrams.
Photo courtesy Hugh Lauter Levin
Associates.
Books
Hot Off The Presses: A number
of animation books have recently
been released just in time for the
holiday season. Great Plains Publications
has published Gene Walz’s
Cartoon Charlie: The Life and Art
of Animation Pioneer Charles Thorson,
a detailed biography of the
Golden Age animation artist filled
with many never-before-seen illustrations.
Other recently published
books include Paul Dini and Chip
Kidd’s Batman Animated (Harper
Prism), Jan Breslauer’s The Making
of the Rugrat’s Movie (published
by Klasky-Csupo, distributed by
Simon and Schuster), Peter Lord
and Brian Sibley’s Creating 3D Animation:
The Aardman Book of
Filmmaking (Harry N. Abrams)
published as Cracking Animation
(Thames and Hudson) in the UK,
Michael Mallory’s Hanna-Barbara
Cartoons (Hugh Lauter Levin Associates),
and Les Daniel’s Superman:
The Complete History (Chronicle
Books) which celebrates the 60th
anniversary of DC’s Man of Steel in
all media including his animated
incarnations.
Upcoming Titles: There’s also a
number of interesting animation
books scheduled for release in the
near future including The Art of
Klasky-Csupo, Igor Kovalyov: A
Director’s Notebook (Klasky-Csupo
Publishing), Michael Barrier’s longawaited
authoritative book on the
Golden Age of US Animation, The
Magical Art: Hollywood Animation
In Its Golden Age (Oxford University
Press), and Pierre Lambert’s Mickey
Mouse (Hyperion), a glossy art
book companion to Lambert’s
1997 Pinocchio book.
Many of these books will be
reviewed in upcoming issues of
Animation World Magazine. Read
what Ollie Johnston and Frank
Thomas had to say about Pierre
Lambert’s Pinocchio in “An Afternoon
with Ollie Johnston, Frank
Thomas and Pinocchio” by Charles
Solomon.
Also remember that books can be
ordered through the Animation
World Bookstore.
Call for Entries
NY Animation Festival Call For
Entries. The first annual New York
Animation Festival, slated to take
place in New York City during April
1999, is now accepting entries in
all categories. This comprehensive
festival will encompass all types of
animation including film, video,
and digital animation of any
genre. Student and international
entries are also encouraged. For
entry forms or information, call
(212) 982-7781 or
NYAFest@yahoo.com.
Milia Awards Interactivity Milia.
MILIA, the International Content
Market for Interactive Media Conference
will take place in Cannes,
France, February 9-12, 1999.
Entries for the fifth Milia d’Or
Awards and the New Talent Pavilion
are still being accepted. The
event is organized by the Reed
Midem Organization, the same
company that puts on MIPCOM
and MIP TV. For the second year,
MILIA will present a conference
called “Towards the Convergence
of Animation and Video Games,”
the objective of which is to bring
together publishers, producers
and developers of interactive
products to promote partnerships.
For information about this partnership
program, visit Frederique
Doumic’s article, “MIPCOM Meets
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