Inside Out 2 Was the Hit Pixar Needed, but the Laid-Off Employees Who Crunched on It Are Still Hurting
Inside Out 2 is the highest-grossed animated film ever. But behind the scenes, Pixar workers grappled with crunch, layoffs, and an avoidance of LGBTQ+ themes. Our report of the tumultuous making of the sequel to one of the most beloved Pixar films ever.
IGN interviews ex-employees of pixar who worked on "Inside Out 2". The article discusses crunch, layoffs, the company culture of pixar, and how the failure of "Lightyear" led to executive notes that "Inside Out 2" be "less gay"
Mixing SF action and mordant satire since 1977, sometimes uneasily, Judge Dredd recently concluded a storyline on defunding the police. Shea Hennum examines the utility and futility of broaching activist themes in a strip like this.
Steam and Discord are being used as a home base for hateful reactionaries to single out and harass game developers.
Yeah, I think they just want memestock-like bag holders, people invested in reddit "as a company/platform" who are unlikely to sell
Nick and Chris weigh in on the vitriol and misinformation swirling around AI usage and localization in anime and manga translation.
James Somerton is (was?) a YouTuber who covered queer issues in cinema. Thanks to a video by HBomberguy, we now know he was a plagiarist.
Article from Gita Jackson detailing the legal and other complications about mounting a law suite against Somerton
Yoruichi almost had a new voice in Bleach.
The fight to get animation writers included among the ranks of the Writers Guild of America is moving forward - at least on the east coast.
Hollywood executives said writers’ and actors’ strike demands like raising wages and protecting actors’ likenesses from AI was “unrealistic.”
Yes, but unfortunately the city council is a coward and only fined them $200 for it