{"product_id":"mouse-in-orbit-steve-hulett-9798896094012","title":"Mouse in Orbit: An Inside Look at How the Walt Disney Company Took a Neglected, Moribund Art Form and Turned It into a Mainstream Movie Powerhouse","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom Animation to Arbitration\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Mouse in Transition, the prequel to this book, Steve Hulett told the story of his ten years at Disney Feature Animation. Now Hulett recounts his next twenty years in the animation industry: as a union representative for the Screen Cartoonists Guild.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen, in 1989, Hulett was elected as the business representative of the Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists, Local 839, IATSE, he may have discounted the stereotype of vulgar, cigar-chomping, two-fisted union negotiators pitted against merciless, reptilian corporations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was all true.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteve Hulett was plunged headfirst into the ferment of the animation industry as it struggled to evolve from paint to pixel, penury to prosperity. Disgruntled animators, deceitful executives, hard-nosed union guys from \"back east\", and a cutthroat us-versus-them culture combined into a titanic, at times existential clash in which Hulett fought daily to wrest from Disney and other studios fair wages and fair benefits for the screen cartoonists in his union.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong the way, Hulett recounts from his insider's perspective the rise of the Los Angeles animation industry, spearheaded by Disney, from a sleepy backwater to the multi-billion-dollar industry of today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steve Hulett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798896094012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Theme Park Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.51d","brand":"Steve Hulett","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48440604066047,"sku":"9798896094012","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_49b8dd90-81a6-46aa-8381-fcd47d33bc7c.jpg?v=1777183558","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mouse-in-orbit-steve-hulett-9798896094012","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}