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For those who want the briefest summary on this famous, trail-blazing cartoon cat here is an infographic which might do the trick. Felix’s pedigree: “The first true animated film star, also a hero of television, a comic strip, and comic books.” (The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Cartoon Animals by Jeff Rovin). More: Click these links …
Felix the Cat was created by animator Otto Messmer who worked at Pat Sullivan’s animation studio. Pat Sullivan claimed credit for this well-known cartoon cat character. Both Messmer and Sullivan agreed that the character was inspired by Rudyard Kipling’s The Cat That Walked by Himself. Sullivan asked Messmer to draw Felix and he did …
The first Felix the Cat cartoon appeared on 9th November 1919. It was three minutes long and called Feline Follies. It was released by Paramount Studios. In the film Felix did little more than grow agitated as a clever mouse outsmarted him. The animator was Otto Messmer who introduced a new look to the …
