Sito Book Must Have:

I have just finished Tom Sito`s book on the animation labor movement, Drawing the Line the Untold Story of the Animation Unions from Bosko to Bart Simpson. At 351 pages plus appendices it is far too short for me. (but then I have been waiting for this book for 4 years and know what had to be left out to get it to a readable size for normal people)

Tom`s book is a major piece of research for anybody that wants to put animation history into prospective.

It is great to see the missing puzzle pieces at long last finally collected together and placed in book form. The animation labor movement is a neglected area of study. The dirty little secret no one talks about.

Trying to understand animation history without dealing with the animation strikes is like trying to understand the present day American South without first looking at the War Between the States (the Civil War for you Yankees).

A must have book for any serious student on animation. Filled with rare photographs that put you in the front lines with a picket sign singing I Dreamed I saw Joe Hill Last Night. Come on people, you can`t animate on your knees.



If you buy Tom`s book you can find out who the people in this photo are.
Drawing the Line  ¶ 7:00 AM