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{{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 film]]s 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.<ref name="prw">{{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}}</ref> The last print issue was released in December 1999. ''fps'' became a web-based publication on 22 February 2003,<ref name="prw"/> turing a blog, podcasts and PDF issues of the magazine. ''fps'' ceased active publication in 2010 following the death of Emru Townsend from leukemia.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

''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==
*''[[Mike Milo|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."<ref>[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 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{official website|http://www.fpsmagazine.com}}

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[[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:History of animation]]
[[Category:Magazines established in 1991]]
[[Category:Magazines disestablished in 1999]]
[[Category:Magazines disestablished in 2010]]
[[Category:Websites about animation]]


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