30 Pixar Goes Swimming with the Fishes
Andrew Stanton's visually stunning feature Finding Nemo boldly swims where other underwater toons fear to go.

9 Frame-by-Frame
May Animation Planner ...Dreamcatcher's sublime slime ...Silverwing's actors go batty ...Genndy Tartakovski does Star Wars.

16 Winners Take It All
We catch up with the talented winners of our Gamer's Rad Pack poll.

20 French Toon Scene Is Alive and Well
National regulations help French TV animation outfits.

22 Mr. Warburton Explains It All!
The creator of Codename: Kids Next Door shares the secrets of his hit Cartoon Network series.

36 Frank and Ollie: Drawn Together
A tribute to the artistry and genius of Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston, the men behind some of the most memorable scenes in classic Disney features.

44 State of the Art: Building the Perfect Monster
Weta artists give us the skinny on The Two Towers' Gollum.

46 Hey, What's on Your Desktop?
How the effects masters of Sony Pictures ImageWorks made Spider-man fly. [By Barbara Robertson]

54 Tech Reviews and Seal of Excellence Winners
[By Bijan Tehrani]

57 Ex'pression Express
Ex'pression offers a two-year ride to a strong animation background.

On the Cover:
Finding Nemo, courtesy of Pixar/Disney Studios.
Frank and Ollie Tribute cover, courtesy of Disney Home Video. Maya NAB cover, courtesy of Alias|Wavefront.


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