ASIFA-SAN FRANCISCO
P.O. Box 14516
San Francisco, CA 94114
E-Mail: Karl Cohen karlcohen@earthlink.net

ASIFA-EAST (New York)
c/o Michael Sporn Animation
632 Broadway
New York, New York USA 10012
Tel. David B. Levy (917) 833-1483
E-Mail: dbl1973@earthlink.net

ASIFA INTERNATIONAL
c/o Vesna Dovnikovic
Secretary General, ASIFA
Hrvatskog Proljessa 36
41040 Zagreb, CROATIA
E-mail: dovnikovic@asifa.net

ASIFA-ATLANTA
c/o Alejandra Leibovich
1030 Monroe Drive
Atlanta, GA 30306
E-Mail: AleLoop@aol.com

ASIFA CENTRAL
c/o Deanna Morse
School of Communications, Lake Superior Hall
Grand Valley State University
Allendale, MI 49402
Tel. (616) 895-3101
E-Mail: Deanna Morse asifa@asifa.org

ASIFA NW
c/o Amy Collen
11900 SW 116th Ave.
Portland OR 97223
Tel. (503) 590-0186
E-Mail: Chad Essley chad@cartoonmonkey.com

ASIFA ISRAEL
c/o Kfir Ram
E-Mail: kfir@studiopolygon.com

ASIFA CANADA (Vancouver)
Case postale 5226
St-Laurent, Quebec CANADA H4L 4Z8
Tel. (514) 842-9763
E-Mail: Leslie Bishko bishko@cs.sfu.ca

ASIFA CROATIA (Zagreb)
Borivoj Dovnikovic
Hrvatskog Proljessa 36
41040 Zagreb, CROATIA
E-mail: asifa@samson.hivolda.no

THE ANIMATION GUILD
Local 839
(formerly the Motion Screen Cartoonists Union)
4729 Lankershim Blvd
North Hollywood, CA 91602-1804
Tel. (818) 766-7151
E-Mail: mpsc839@mindspring.com

TORONTO ANIMATED IMAGE SOCIETY
c/o Patrick Jenkins
54 Austin Terrace
Toronto, ON M5R 1Y6
Telephone: (416) 533-2440
E-mail: pjenkins@interlog.com

ANIDO
c/o Takashi Nanriki
1-10-12 Takasago
Urawa 336 Japan
E-mail: anido@sainet.or.jp

ASIFA NATIONAL GROUPS

Representatives and contact addresses
1. AFCA-France - Olivier Catherin
2. Austria - Thomas Renoldner
3. Bosnia and Herzegovina - Berin Tuzli
4. Bulgaria - Pencho Kunchev
5. Canada Ð Anouk Prefontaine
6. Croatia - Vesna Dovnikovi
7. Cuba - Mario Rivas
8. Finland - Heikki Jokinen
9. Hungary - Tamas Patrovits
10. India - Bill Dennis
11. Iran - Noureddin Zarrinkelk
12. Israel - Tsvika Oren
13. Italy - Luca Raffelli
14. Japan - Sayoko Kinoshita
15. Korea - Nelson Shin
16. Mongolia - Miagmar Sodnompil
17. Romania - Genevieve Georgesco
18. Serbia and Montenegro - Nikola Majdak
19. Slovenia - Igor Prassel
20. Sweden - Par Berg
21. Switzerland - Rolf Baechler
22. UK - Pat Raine Webb
23. USA Atlanta - Joe Peery
24. USA Central - Deanna Morse
25. USA Colorado - Edward Desroches
26. USA East - Ray Kosarin
27. USA Hollywood - Antran Manoogian
28. USA San Francisco - Karl Cohen
29. USA Washington - Tom Krawczewicz
30. USA Northwest - (no representative at this time)

PUBLICATIONS

ANIMATION BLAST
P.O. Box 260491
Encino, CA 91426-0491
E-Mail editor@animationblast.com

Animation Magazine
30101 Agoura Court, Ste 110
Agoura Hills, CA 91301-4301
Tel: (818) 991-2884
Fax: (818) 991-3773
E-Mail animag@aol.com

THE PEGBOARD
The publication of The Animation Guild (Motion Screen Cartoonists Local 839)
4729 Lankershim Blvd
North Hollywood, CA 91602-1804
Tel. (818) 766-7151
E-Mail: mpsc839@mindspring.com

Animation World Magazine
6525 Sunset Blvd.
Garden Suite 10
Hollywood, CA 90028
E-mail: editor@awn.com

Animation Journal
AJ Press
2011 Kingsboro Circle
Tustin, CA 92680-6733
E-mail: Maureen Furniss furniss@nexus.chapman.edu

FPS Magazine of Animation
Pawn Press
PO Box 355, Station H
Montreal, Quebec CANADA H3G 2L1
E-Mail: Emru Townsend emru@cam.org

Persistence of Vision Magazine
Walt's World Publishing
3136 S 3200 West
Salt Lake City, UT 84119
E-Mail: Matt Crandall matt@alumni.caltech.edu

 

NEWSGROUPS AND FORUMS

ANIMATION NATION
Topics relating to current animators and animation are discussed here.

TERMITE TERRACE TRADING POST
Newsgroup devoted to the discussion of classic Hollywood cartoons.

ANIMATION SHOW FORUMS
Forums covering the films, characters and artists in animation past and present.

GOLDEN AGE CARTOONS FORUM
Topics relating to classic cartoons are discussed here.

TOON ZONE FORUMS
Topics relating to current TV cartoons are discussed here.

 

E-MAILING LISTS

Animation World Spotlight
The AWN Spotlight brings you the lastest AWN and Affiliate news, job postings, industry news Flash headlines, event announcements and more. All delivered every Monday directly to your email box.
 

WEBSITES

CARTOON BREW
A weblog written by Jerry Beck & Amid Amidi - updated daily!

ANIMATED NEWS
An excellent page of news about animated features - updated daily!

Jerry Beck's CARTOON RESEARCH
Dedicated to classic cartoons: past, present and future. Complete list of U.S. released Animated Feature Films, and much more!

Michael Sporn's SPLOG
Great blog by a top New York animator about his own animation career and cartoon history in general!

John Kricfalusi's ALL KINGS OF STUFF
Animated opinion from the creator of REN & STIMPY!

Harvey Deneroff's ANIMATION CONSULTANTS
A great source of links to every animation studio in the world!

MICHAEL BARRIER.COM
Interviews, reviews and opinions from the creator of the magazine FUNNYWORLD and the book HOLLYWOOD CARTOONS!

ANIMATION WORLD NETWORK
Industry news and links to the world's most famous animators!

ANIMATION NATION
Controversial message board for animators!

ANIMATION RESEARCH CENTRE
UK Archive of British animation history!

Amid Amidi's CARTOON MODERN
50s animation style discussed. The official webite of Amid Amidi's superb animation book!

JOHN CANEMAKER.COM
The website of filmmaker/animation historian extrodinaire John Canemaker!

DAWS BUTLER Page
A tribute to one of the greatest cartoon voice actors, ever.

Jon Cooke's LOONEY TUNES & MERRIE MELODIES PAGE
Video release information, bibliography and filmographies related to the Warner Brothers studio.

WARNER BROS. CARTOON COMPANION
Filmography of Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies.

WALTER LANTZ Encyclopedia of Cartune Shorts
Ambitious project that seeks to catalog and collect data on every one of Walter Lantz's animated short subjects.

CARTOON RETRO
Shane Glines cartoon art database and message board.

BULBO
Funny retro webtoon. Try it.

Tim Fitzpatrick's Animation of Heaven & Hell In 3D
Comprehensive look at one of the most exciting and least appreciated techniques: Puppet Animation. Pages dedicated to the Brothers Quay, Starevich, Clokey and Pal.

Mark Evanier's POV ONLINE
Excellent commentary on animation, comic books and all pop culture.

CARTOON POP MUSIC!
David Gerstein discusses the origin of classic cartoon songs.

Shane Glines CARTOON & ILLUSTRATION PARADISE
A showcase of the coolest animation art, cartooning and commercial illustration!

SCRAPPYLAND
A webpage devoted to the greatest cartoon star you've never heard of!

 

 

Just for fun...

Three Little Kittens
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