About.com: Animation Guide [more]
Keep up with developments in online animation for all skill levels. Download tools, and seek inspiration from online work.
http://animation.about.com/

Animation World Network [more]
Provides information resources to the international animation community. Features include searchable database archives, monthly magazine, web animation guide, the Animation Village, discussion forums and other useful resources.
http://www.awn.com/

Digital Media FX: The History of Animation [more]
Michael Crandol takes an exhaustive look at the history of animation and animators/visionaries like Max Fleisher, Walter Lantz, and Otto Messmer.
http://www.digitalmediafx.com/Features/animationhistory.html

Enculturation: From Mouse to Mouse: Overcoming Information [more]
Essay by Patricia Pisters on the animated image and its changing relationship with the cinematic image.
http://enculturation.gmu.edu/2_1/pisters.html

History of Animation: Before Disney [more]
A short, illustrated essay by Patrick James on the basics of early animations.
http://www-viz.tamu.edu/courses/viza615/97spring/pjames/history/main.html

Spark Online: Only Genius Is Genius [more]
Chris Romano feels that the proliferation of Flash and other web-based animation technologies has not improved the overall quality of animation and cartoons.
http://www.spark-online.com/august00/media/romano.html

Toonhound [more]
British cartoon, animation and comic strip creations - links, reviews and news from the UK.
http://www.toonhound.com