What's your full name and handle? Eric W. Schwartz Where do you come from and where do you live currently? I have lived all my life (except for my years in college) in Dayton
Ohio, USA. Tell us a little bit about yourself... (age, hobby's, grown up...) There's not much to tell. I'm 30 years old, I work as a freelance
artist, and I enjoy drawing and toy collecting. When did you start your career in "cartooning" and animating small
stories? I have always enjoyed drawing as long as I can remember, and tried
animation as a hobby. Now I try to get work in illustration and
animation. How did it came that you're such a good Cartoonist? You grew up with
Disney? :o) I watched a lot of cartoons when I was growing up, such as those by
Disney and Warner Brothers. Many of my early drawings were based on
those cartoons and comic strips, and I tried to emulate their style.
My own style grew from that. Why is your female Cartoon-Star named "Sabrina"? Is there a special
reason for this? There was no special reason for the name to my knowledge. It was
suggested by a friend. All your animations and comics are available for the Commodore Amiga.
Since when are you an owner of the fabulous Amiga System? What do
you think about it's abilities? I have been an Amiga owner since 1989. I like the system for its
graphics and animation capability and software. I also prefer the
efficiency of the operating system over other systems. Now I use an
A4000T with a Cyberstorm 68060/PPC and a Cybervision video card. Where are people able to get some of your comics/animations/cartoons? Now I concentrate on my comic strip at http://www.sabrina- online.com
It has links to other sites where my works can be found. Are there some new productions (cartoons) in progress? If yes, tell
us a bit about it... I have at least one animation project I would like to finish. It
stars Sabrina. I don't want to say too much about it, in case there
are problems getting it finished. Will you support the Amiga community with cartoons in the future as
you did it in the past? :o) I would like to, but animation takes a lot of time and effort to do.
I have been kept busy with work and other projects, and it has been
difficult to get back to animation. What's your opinion about the current situation of the Amiga? I think the Amiga is at the lowest point it has been in a long time.
I hope future developments can help revive the platform and bring it
into the future. What do you think about AmigaOne, AmigaDE or the currently released
AmigaXL for x86 computers? I think they all show promise. I look forward especially to systems
like the AmigaOne or BPlan's system, which use the newer PPC
processors. I also like the idea of using the AmigaXL on a x86
laptop or similar. Do you plan to buy something of the above? If yes, why? I am considering buying one or more of the new Amiga systems, but I
would like to see them first before I spend the money. I would like
a faster, better Amiga system, hopefully one with a future. I may
get AmigaXL as well, and put it on an inexpensive laptop PC. Any ideas you want to tell the Amiga industry? I think Amiga should keep up with hardware, and help to provide
drivers for printers, scanners, and PCI cards. I would also like to
see good video creation and editing software like that found on other
platforms. An expanded version of Multiview, with better support for
sound, video, and animation codecs, making it a better 'media player'
than those found on other machines. How can our readers get in contact with you? Do you have a web-
adress?
Anything else you want to tell our readers?
I can't think of anything at this time. :)
Thank you for your time and answering my questions. Best wishes and regards Andi
Thank you,
Eric W. Schwartz