''Animato!'' was a magazine that was dedicated to animation, generally viewed by animation fans as a successor to
Michael Barrier's pioneering ''Funnyworld'' and David Mruz's ''Mindrot''/''Animania''.
History and profile
''Animato!'' was first published in the summer of 1983.The magazine was founded and initially edited by Michael A. Ventrella in Boston in the early 1980s and featured the film ''
Rock & Rule
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'' as its first cover.
Harry McCracken
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later become editor and expanded the magazine to full sized with a color cover.
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Ventrella later sold the rights to G. Michael Dobbs and Patrick Duquette, who began distributing through newsstands. The magazine was first published under the new ownership in 1992. It ceased publication with issue #40 published in Spring 1999.]
External links
Animato issues at the Internet Archive
See also
* List of film periodicals
Film periodicals combine discussion of individual films, genres and directors with in-depth considerations of the medium and the conditions of its production and reception. Their articles contrast with film reviewing in newspapers and magazines whi ...
References
Animation fandom
Animation magazines
1984 establishments in Massachusetts
1999 disestablishments in Massachusetts
Visual arts magazines published in the United States
Film magazines published in the United States
Defunct magazines published in the United States
Magazines established in 1984
Magazines disestablished in 1999
Magazines published in Boston
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