Animation Guild

46 KEYFRAME F I N A L N O T E On May 28, 1941, the Screen Cartoonist's Guild voted to strike; the following morning about 300 artists stood outside Walt Disney Studios with picket signs. As the difficult weeks dragged on, a new Disney film—The Reluctant Dragon—premiered at the Pantages Theatre on June 21, 1941 and the artists soon dubbed the head of the studio, The Reluctant Disney. "The humorous signs these striking animation workers carry belie the truth —strike means sacrifice," says TAG Business Representative Jason MacLeod. "These artists fought for better wages and working conditions, and while they prevailed thanks to a federal mediator, things were never the same as before. We benefit today from the price they paid." BOLD HEROES Courtesy of The Cowan Collection

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• PRESIDENT'S LETTER
• EDITOR'S NOTE
• ART & CRAFTAko Castuera's dynamic ceramics
• AFTER HOURS DWA's Abarcaon the sweet sideof animation
• IN PRODUCTION How Paradise, P.D.runs its show
• ON THE JOB Character Designers at different studios
• SPACE INVADERS Get lost in Ben Balistreri's home studio
• PERSPECTIVE Surviving pixel vision
• DIALOGUE Artists onthe show that inspired them
• THE LOCAL Color Stylists ask for your support, our convention delegates
• SOCIAL HOURT oasting our members around town
• MUSIC IN MOTION For Cosmo Segurson, his Nickelodeon short, The Prince and Mr. Whiskers, brings together influences from hispast. Inspired by hot jazz, 1930'scartoons and his father, he creates amusical battle in a stop-motion world.
• AND THE WINNER IS…We look back at eight Primetime Emmy winners over the last five decades, highlighting shows that impacted the industry. From The Flintstones to SpongeBob SquarePants, these unforgettable characters continue to live on.
• INTO THE NIGHT How do you design a summer vacation film without sunlight? That was one big challenge for the production of Hotel Transylvania 3.Learn how the artists behind the filmcreated a bright destination for Dracand his family.