steph_z_d’s Animation Labor Substack
steph_z_d~~writings and research on the animation industry and its labor practices, by freelance animator and animation labor researcher Stephanie Delazeri~~
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The Problem with 24hr Animation Marathons
doing an 24hr animation event right now, with the way the animation industry currently is, is like playing with fireworks in the middle of a wildfire. could be cute in another place and time..but right now, you aren't helping.
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How Walt Disney Once Tried to Own “Wonderland”
Since at least 1938, Walt Disney had been hemming and hawing about making Lewis Carrol’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’' into a film. He had already made a series of shorts based loosely the Alice character in the 1920s (live action Alice/2D animate...
1947 Comic Strip About Terrytoons Strike Drawn by Studio Strikers
UPDATED 11/06/2025 in order to add a better version of the comic
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cartoons and Ruiz’s quote come from “Screen Cartoonists Draw Up Their Arguments Against Film Company” PM (newspaper) Aug 7 1947
“[Weiss] made a mistake” quote from...
Day in the Life of a 1941 Disney Worker on Strike
Sources include 1941 strike footage from various strikes such as Ray Patin and John Hubley, as well as various strike pamphlets located at the CSUN special archives and the transcript of Herbert Sorrell’s testimony during the HUAC hearings.
Fleischers and Stoopid Buddies Used the Same Anti-Union Tactic Against Workers
Fleischer Studios’ characters, Popeye and Bluto, make an appearance in the 10th season of Stoopid Buddies’ Robot Chicken (2019).
Two Studios, Two Letters
In the Fall of 2016, workers at the Los Angeles based stop motion studio Stoopid Bud...
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