In 1981 , Romero 's publishing company Everyman Studios expanded into commercial animation production , hiring animators William Kirk Kennedy , Jan Johnson and Roy W. Smith , and accepting a contract to produce an animated rock video for the band Gibraltar . A work print of the 5-minute film " King 's Elevator " premiered at the 39th World Science Fiction Convention in Denver , and subsequently the finished video aired on the nationally syndicated TV series " America Rocks . " The studio then began producing animated television and theatrical commercials under contract
39th World Science Fiction Convention
39th World Science Fiction Convention
Artie Romero