Animation Guild | We are 839 Digital Magazine
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JANUARY 18 The Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists Guild, Local 839 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators of the United States and Canada is born! The charter, signed by IATSE President Richard Walsh, hangs on the wall of our boardroom. FEBRUARY 6 Floyd Norman starts working at Walt Disney Productions. He is the first African American artist at the Mouse Factory, although he has said there may have been two earlier, but they quit. APRIL 16 Across the country, the Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists, Local 841 is chartered in New York. OCTOBER Hot on the heels of our charter, the agreement establishing the Motion Picture Industry Health Plan is signed. The Motion Picture Industry Pension Plan follows a year later. Guaranteed benefits—hooray! APRIL - JUNE Comics take a hit when a U.S. Senate Subcommittee holds hearings on the effects of comics on juvenile delinquency. The Comics Code Authority is established, and more than 300 comic titles go bankrupt. MARCH Read all about it! The first issue of The Peg-Board goes out to Guild members. MAY The Guild officially inaugurates its new office and art gallery at 3625 Cahuenga Boulevard on "Animation Alley" with an open house and art exhibition. SEPTEMBER 23 When The Jetsons premieres, it is the first ABC show to be broadcast in color. OCTOBER 11 Warner Bros.' The Bugs Bunny Show debuts on ABC. It features the credit: "Additional Art Work by Members of the M.P.S.C Local 839." 1954 Local 839 successfully organizes Hanna-Barbera Productions. Welcome Yogi Bear! 1958 1962 1960 LATE 1950S TO MID - 60S Known for his work with Chuck Jones, including Jones' 1938 debut cartoon, BEN WASHAM serves as the president of Local 839. Animator (and later Hanna-Barbera Production Supervisor) BILL SCHIPEK is elected to be the first president of Local 839. F E AT U R E 10 KEYFRAME 1956