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#203 June/July 2010

#203 June/July 2010 - Highlights

• Shrek: The Final Frontier.
Mike Mitchell and the DreamWorks Animation team deliver Shrek Forever After, the green machine’s final bow, in 3-D. Read the article.

• To Infinity, Beyond and Daycare!
Director Lee Unkrich and producer Darla Anderson share their thoughts on Toy Story 3. Read the article.

• The Best of Both Worlds.
Teddy Newton’s exquisite new 3-D short Day and Night blends 2D and CG in a way we really haven’t seen before—and it has a great message too! Read the article.

• Re-Animating the Moomins.
Finland’s Filmkompaniet gives a familiar European children’s classic a shimmering 3-D polish. Read the article.

• Rising Stars of Animation: The 2010 Edition.
Picking a handful of rising stars in animation gets more difficult every year simply because there are so many more outstanding new shorts, TV series, web toons and movies coming our way. So please take this year’s selected profiles as our way of highlighting a few cool patterns in the exciting patchwork that makes up our animation world in 2010. Read the article.

• Back to the 31st Century Future.
Bender, Fry and the rest of the Futurama gang are back with new adventures as they find a shiny new home on Comedy Central. Read the article.

• Gotta Love Them Texan Demons.
TBS explores the hot world of animated sitcoms with the clever new summer show Neighbors from Hell. Read the article.

• Mondo TV’s Puppy Shakes Tail in Vegas.
Italian animation house Mondo TV is ready to steal the limelight at this month’s Licensing International Expo in Las Vegas. Relying on the strength of its creative and colorful new series. Read the article.

• May the Best Story Win!
Director Jean-Christophe Roger discusses the making of the charming new animated feature, Allez Raconte (Tell Me a Story). Read the article.

• ASIFA’s Golden Anniversary.
Bill Dennis shares his reflections on ASIFA’s 50 year legacy of giving to the animation community. Read the article.

• Randy Cartwright’s Timely iPhone App.
Veteran animator Randy Cartwright knows a thing or two about timing. Read the article.

• Streaming the Supernatural.
Filmakademie students find an interesting ‘Key’ that could open new doors in vfx, using thermal imaging. Read the article.

• 10 Things You Have to Do at Annecy This Year!
It’s the silver anniversary of one of the primo events in animation, and there will be so many screenings, panels, shows and celeb sightings in the works that you need to have a really finely tuned plan of attack. Here are 10 incroyable things you won’t want to miss this year! Read the article.

• Tech Reviews: Maxon’s Cinema 4D | Wacom Cintiq 21UX | BonesPro 4 | Hairtrix

• Books We Love: June/July 2010: Read the article.

• Beat the Heat: Cool Cartoons on DVD
Johnny Bravo, Tom & Jerry, Aang and the NFB’s favorite indie filmmakers all make bows on disc this month. Read the article.