Drawing the Line: The Untold Story of the Animation Unions from Bosko to Bart Simpson: Tom Sito
Editorial Reviews
Review
“An important work that discusses and documents a great American artform and industry from a unique point of view.” — Jerry Beck, author of The Animated Movie Guide
“This is one of the most extraordinary ‘insider’ books ever written about Hollywood.” — Paul Buhle, Brown University
Review
Sito’’s connections allowed him access to data and illustrations hard to come by, and he enriches the book with numerous anecdotes gleaned from conversations with top animators and his own 30-year animation experience. Recommended. All readers; all levels. — Choice (Choice )
[Sito''s] marvelous book… provides a witty, passionate, radical insider’’s view of the American film industry that is indispensable reading for anyone interested in the cinema. — International Socialism (International Socialism )
The stories he tells are alternately heartbreaking and hilarious, infused with the irreverence that’’s always characterized this field. Anyone with more than a passing interest in the world of animation should consider this book a must-read. — Leonard Maltin (Leonard Maltin )
Drawing the Line & contains the best account yet of the 1941 Walt Disney strike, with documentation of the union side. — London Review of Books (London Review of Books )
“Sito is at his best sorting through the issues arising from [the arrival of computers]. given that in a sense all cinema is animation, the demarcation and jurisdictional lines between special affects, digital artists (no more inkers and painters), various managers and supervisors became very complex indeed.” (Rick Thompson Screening the Past )
