Issue #181 February 2008

Features - How Marjane Satrapi's poetic illustrated memoir became an acclaimed, hand-drawn animated movie; A preview of some of the hot shorts unspooling at the Sundance festival. Television - Graeme Base's best-selling picture book, "Animalia", becomes a handsome CG-animated international co-pro; New at NATPE - the guide to the hot animated shows debuting at the TV market; TV animation producers in the U.K. band together to survive a crisis period. VFX - The Scoop on the elaborate fan film, "Star Trek: New Voyages".