I'm interested in animation--particularly U.S. non-Disney-so-overtly- commercial animation; Japanimation (especially non-mystical/sci-fi genre stuff--more along the line of _Neo-Tokyo_ or perhaps _Twilight of the Cockroaches); European animation (especially Eastern Europe: Jan Svenkme jer; Laurenstein brothers(_Balance_); others); and just any foreign ani- mation I guess. I'm interested in the state of the "art" (let's not be pretentious) in other countries and its general reception. Why is it in America that animation is virtually synonymous with kiddie programs. It is changing perhaps with Ren & Stimpy, Beavis & Butthead, Aeon Flux animation is still looked upon as bastard novelty like comic books. (By the way, for anyone interested in good book on comics and "comic theory" I highly recommend Scott McCloud's _Understanding Comics_ which has a section which is compatible with cutting/editing.) Much is probably being done in commercials, music videos (maybe), and cable shows; but why is it that for probably more than 20 years the same "cartoons/comics--they aren't just for kids anymore" article occur every year? ---Sterling Chen (UNC-Chapel Hill)