Issue #192 March 2009

Features - How the brilliant Henry Selick and his team at LAIKA used 3-D stop-motion to recreate the world of "Coraline"; Adam Elliot’s new stop-motion feature "Mary and Max" was the toast of Sundance last month; Some of the buzz-worthy feature projects playing at Cartoon Movie; Oscar Watch: Weighing in on the best short contenders for this year’s Oscars, which are both artistically and geographically diverse. Television - Nickelodeon and DreamWorks bring "The Penguins of Madagascar" to the small screen. VFX - Master Kent Houston mixes subtle effects with superheroic elements in the new sci-fi thriller, "Push".