Cartoon Labor Unions & More Chuck Jones & Surfing

[alice malice]

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,
archival information, and firsthand knowledge of the animation process
to create an insider's history of a colorful set of labor unions. Sito
describes the history and fiery personalities behind the formation of
the Screen Cartoonists Union, the strikes and walk-outs, the effects
of Hollywood blacklisting, and the battles at the bargaining tables.
He closes with a look at the changing nature of animation and the way
in which current giants Disney and Dreamworks are again reshaping the
relationship between studios and animators. Well illustrated with
never-before-seen images from the backstage of classic Hollywood,
Drawing the Line will change basic assumptions about animation history
and its place in the story of American labor.

http://www.kentuckypress.com/live/title_detail.php?titleid=1891#.VAWSqmNnU38

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