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C A R T O O N S Vol.1 - Issue 1 - Summer 2005 The international Journal of Animation Published by John Libbey in association with ASIFA |
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Letter from the ASIFA President Noureddin Zarrinkelk: ASIFA - the "Association International du Film d'Animation" - came to existence in 1960. In order to communicate with its international members, a periodical publication was devised. The first publication, a simple black and white bulletin, was published in Paris (France) and then in Bucharest (Romania) under the editorial eye of Marian Paraianu and "Elvira Anitei" with the financial supports of Romanian state. The official languages were French, English and Russian. Later on Gyorgy Matolcsy (Hungary) took it over and published thirteen issues with government financial help from 1973 to 1977. In 1978, the periodical became Animafilm. It was published four times a year and had a full color cover. Animafilm was published in Warsaw and edited first by Mieczslav Walasek and later by Marcin Gizycki. In 1983, Animafilm was taken over by Alfio Bastiancich in Torino (Italy). It had a fine color cover with black & white illustrations. In 1988, during the Presidency of Raoul Servais (Belgium), Animafilm became ASIFA News. Doris Cleven and Philippe Moins published the ASIFA News in Belgium until 1991. Stanislav Ulver (Prague) took over the magazine in 1993 and remained editor until 2000. (Because of a money shortage, Gunnar Strom and ASIFA Nordic edited and published one issue in 1995.) When a website was deemed a necessity, the Board decided to compromise and reduced the number of issues to two per year after 1999. Chris Robinson (Canada) took over in 2001 and a year later the ASIFA News became ASIFA Magazine. ASIFA has now begun a new period in its journal's life. Despite the economic realities that prevent ASIFA from publishing its magazine more than two times per year (at least for the year 2005), I hope that the quality of the new journal will make up for the shortage of its quantity. Along with ASIFA.NET, this journal is one of the most important ways for ASIFA to connect with the international animation community. We also hope it will be of interest for animation teachers & students, animation festivalgoers and animation aficionados around the world. I would like to give my warm thanks to John Libbey, the publisher, Chris Robinson, editor of ASIFA, Tsvika Oren and his team, Lou Hertz, Vesna Dovnikovic and all the contributors, whose efforts gave birth to this new publication. Noureddin Zarrinkelk President of ASIFA Introduction, written by Chris Robinson: Dear Readers While the editorial focus of Cartoons will remain virtually the same as it was with the ASIFA Magazine, I am particularly excited that this new partnership between ASIFA and John Libbey enables us to add considerably more images. Over time, we will strive to include more graphic based material. This is, after all, a journal devoted towards a visual art! Most importantly, Cartoons allows us to provide you with even more interesting, original and provocative writings on all facets of animation ranging from independent and industry filmmakers to business issues, new technologies, education strategies, and theoretical and historical papers. Enjoy the new journal. I hope you will find it engaging, entertaining and informative - and we welcome your feedback and contributions. Chris Robinson TABLE OF CONTENT
International Editorial Board Giannalberto Bendazzi (Italy) John Canemaker (USA) Olivier Cotte (France) Karl Cohen (USA) Donald Crafton (USA) Ton Crone (Holland) Terence Dobson (New Zealand) David Ehrlich (USA) Maureen Furniss (USA) Sayoko Kinoshita (Japan) Clare Kitson (UK) Jayne Pilling (UK) Igor Prassel (Slovenia) Luca Raffaelli (Italy) Thomas Renoldner (Austria) Stanislav Ulver (Czech Republic) Lea Zagury (Brazil) Editor Chris Robinson Managing Editor John Libbey Prize per magazine: 10 US$ Contact: secretary@asifa.net |
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