Drawing the line
Subtitle: the untold story of the animation unions from Bosko to Bart Simpson
By: Tom Sito
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Lexington
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 425
ISBN-13: 9780813171487
Subjects: Animated films; Animation (Cinematography); Labor & Industrial Relations; Business; Fine Arts; Labor; POLITICAL SCIENCE; Labor unions; Animation magazine; History; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS; Animators
Description: As cartoons and animated features became an increasingly important part of the entertainment business, the production of cartoons industrialized to meet growing demands for the new global media. Artists adopted traditional union models to protect their jobs and working conditions, and a unique set of unions was born. Drawing the Line is the first labor history of an industry whose principle figures--Walt Disney, Chuck Jones, and Max Fleischer--helped define American entertainment. Author Tom Sito, Disney animator and former president of the Hollywood Animation Guild, draws on oral histories, a
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-414) and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: The world of the animation studio: the cartoon assembly line; title: Suits: producers as artists see them; title: Hollywood labor, 1933-1941: the birth of cartoonists unions; title: The Fleischer strike: a union busted, a studio destroyed; title: The great Disney Studio strike: the civil war of animation; title: The war of Hollywood and the blacklist: 1945-1953; title: A bag of oranges: the Terrytoons strike and the Great White Father; title: Lost generations: 1952-1988; title: Animation and the global market: the runaway wars, 1979-1982; title: Fox and hounds: the torch seen passing; title: Camelot: 1988-2001; title: Animation; title: isn't that all done on computers now? the digital revolution.