This 20-year compendium of the leading artists, creators and animated features, TV series, shorts, games (1987-2007) includes articles by and interviews with the field's leading stars. Top-quality full-page reproductions of all the magazine's covers are accompanies with useful charts, statistics and indexes about the animation and vfx arenas. Disney/Pixar chief creative officer John Lasseter, French director Sylvain Chomet, Aardman Animations co-founder Peter Lord, voice artist Nancy Cartwright (Bart Simpson),independent animators Bill Plympton and John Canemaker, vfx guru John Knoll, animation experts Leonard Maltin and Charles Solomon are some of the book's featured artists and writers. The book also features pieces by Animation Magazine founders Terry and Jean Thoren.
Ramin Zahed is the Editor-in-Chief of the Los Angeles-based monthly publication, Animation magazine. He has been covering the animation and visual effects world for over 15 years. Before joining Animag, he was a senior editor at Daily variety. His articles have also appeared in Variety, Hollywood reporter, The Los Angeles times and The Christian science monitor.