Who created Heathcliff the cat?

George Gately the creator of Heathcliff the cartoon cat

George Gately created Heathcliff, the strip-cartoon cat, in 1973. He commented: Before him, cats were depicted as either stupid of sinister, but cats are smart. Heathcliff represented the anti-hero like Humphrey Bogart. He is a tough mug. I have a feeling that Gately liked cats and I think he had a passing resemblance to …

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What cat breed is Felix?

Felix the Cat

I’ll presume that the question refers to a famous cartoon cat, Felix the Cat, who is almost certainly not a member of a cat breed. Felix dates from the 1920s. The cat fancy had not been in existence for that long at the time and there is no indication that the creator, Pat Sullivan, …

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Disney’s remake of Lady and the Tramp will ditch Siamese cat racist stereotypes

Siamese cats Si and Am from Lady and the Tramp

Well, this is a blow for cat lovers. Disney are going to remake the well-known animated film, Lady and the Tramp but they plan to scrap the twin Siamese cat characters. They’ve commissioned a songwriter, Janelle Monae to write a couple of brand-new songs for the film. It is believed that the cats represented …

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