As the Crow Flies: The Intermediality of Moran and Mack

NICHOLAS SAMMOND is an associate professor of cinema studies at the University of Toronto. He has recently finished the book Birth of an Industry: Blackface Minstrelsy and the Rise of American Animation (2015), which explores the historical relationship between blackface minstrelsy and the American animation industry. Professor Sammond has also published a number of articles, book chapters, reviews, and encyclopedia entries on film, media, and associated social and cultural practices. Sammond's next major project, The Abject Objection, will explore the political and social uses of abjection in Cold War vernacular media.