[B]oth groups would agree that at the core of the dependency relation between center and periphery lays [lies] the inability of the periphery to develop an autonomous and dynamic process of technological innovation. Technology â the Promethean force unleashed by the Industrial Revolution â is at the center of stage.
In July 2011, in the wake of critical and box office success of their animated feature, Rango and the departure of DreamWorks Animation upon completion of their distribution contract in 2012, Paramount announced the formation of a new division, devoted to the creation of animated productions.
The Fleischer brothers and later Famous Studios (a division of Paramount Pictures) produced cartoons featuring Bluto up through the 1950s. In the early 60s, King Features Syndicate, the distributor of Popeye's comic strip, commissioned several different animation studios to produce made-for-TV Popeye toons.