The only magazine I currently own that has a focus on Western animation, Animato! ran for 40 issues between 1983 and 1999.
So far, in my research, Animato! was the sixth magazine with a focus on Animation. FunnyWorld, Mindrot, Animania, Animazine and Apatoons all precede it or run concurrently.
I ordered these two issues off of eBay for fairly cheap; issue 14 and the final issue, issue 40. I have yet to do more than thumb through the pages; though they are really interestingly put together. Since Animato! was one of the first magazines to be printed, the earlier issue has a very homemade feel. It appears to have been written out on a typewriter.
The final issue looks more in line with a professional magazine. No criticism implied, that’s growth over time.
I was excited to get the last issue specifically because its subject matter focuses on the What a Cartoon Show, a particular favorite.
There is more information about this magazine run with an article written by Jim Korkis as well as an entire book aptly titled Escape!: How Animation Broke Into the Mainstream in the 1990’s by G. Michael Dobbs. As well as a small cluster of issues available at archive.org.
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