FPS Magazine
{{Short description|Canadian magazine specializing in animation}}
{{Infobox magazine
|title = FPS Magazine
|based = Montreal
|country = Canada
|founded = 1991
|finaldate = 2010
|founder = Emru Townsend
|language = English
|category = Animation, film, television
|website = {{URL|fpsmagazine.com}}
}}
FPS Magazine or fps magazine or Frames Per Second Magazine was a magazine specializing in animation, with reviews of animated films and other articles of interest to animation fans.
History and profile
fps was founded as a print magazine in 1991 by Montreal-based animation and technology writer Emru Townsend.{{cite news|title=fps Animation Magazine Celebrates its First Anniversary Online|url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/2/prweb105708.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040519112241/http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/2/prweb105708.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 19, 2004|accessdate=3 February 2017|work=Prweb|date=19 February 2004}} The last print issue was released in December 1999. fps became a web-based publication on 22 February 2003, turing a blog, podcasts and PDF issues of the magazine. fps ceased active publication in 2010 following the death of Emru Townsend from leukemia.{{cite web|last=Tynan|first=Dan|title=Emru Townsend - {{sic|In Memo|rium|hide=y|expected=In Memoriam}}|url=http://blogs.computerworld.com/emru_townsend_in_memorium|work=Computerworld|accessdate=17 August 2011}}
fps featured a distinguished group of contributors, including filmmakers J.Walt Adamczyk, Charlie Bonifacio, Armen Boudjikanian, Mike Caputo, and Marc Elias; Michael A. Ventrella, founder of Animato! magazine, writers Brett D. Rogers and Fred Patten, author Carl Gustav Horn, academic Marc Hairston, and Tamu Townsend, writer and sister of publisher Emru Townsend.
Reception
- Animation Insider praised the regular writing cast. They state that "the magazine is packed to the gills with interesting feature articles and product reviews that appeal to your average, or not so average, animation fan."[http://www.animationinsider.net/article.php?articleID=744 Animationinsider.net] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051225103627/http://www.animationinsider.net/article.php?articleID=744 |date=December 25, 2005 }}
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.fpsmagazine.com}}
Category:1991 establishments in Quebec
Category:2010 disestablishments in Quebec
Category:Film magazines published in Canada
Category:Canadian film websites
Category:Online magazines published in Canada
Category:Defunct magazines published in Montreal
Category:Magazines established in 1991
Category:Magazines disestablished in 1999
Category:Magazines disestablished in 2010
Category:Websites about animation
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