Issue #165 October 2006 (Cover B)

Same content as Issue #165 (Cover A), just different cover image! Gaming - Fall brings creepy new games for boys and ghouls. Features - Memorable characters and elastic cartoony style make Sony Pictures Animation’s Open Season a sight for sore eyes; IDT hits one out of the park in "Everyone’s Hero" as the resilient spirits of Christopher and Dana Reeve inspire the studio’s first CG animated feature. Television - A quick sampler of some of the new shows and players of the ’06 global toon market; The unluckiest animated heroine is "Growing Up Creepie" this fall; " "Legion of Super Heroes" gets its own Warner Bros. toon; Comedy Central adds "Freak Show" to its cartoon lineup; A look at Baestarts, the young, vibrant animation studio in Budapest; Disney Channel's "Handy Manny" teaches younger kids how to face the daily challenges of life. VFX - Stop-motion gets surreal in Michel Gondry’s "The Science of Sleep"; Director Neil LaBute learns how to deliver digital bees for his new thriller, "The Wicker Man".