Bugs Bunny, who was first seen in the 1930s, has since appeared in more movies than any other cartoon character. If you make a list of all the “movie personalities” in the world, including both cartoons and humans (and, I suppose, animals like Lassie), Bugs is ninth on the list in terms of most-often seen… Continue reading

Krazy Kat was a comic strip from 1913 to 1944. It was pretty unconventional, from the odd premise to the stylized dialog to being occasionally self-referential — sometimes the characters addressed the cartoonist, criticizing some aspect of that day’s strip.  The main characters were Krazy Kat herself (or himself; it was never clear), and his… Continue reading

Popeye the Sailor Man is a cartoon character that first appeared in1929. He wasn’t the star of a comic strip at first; he was just a minor character in Thimble Theatre, a syndicated comic that had already been published daily for ten years. The main characters in Thimble Theatre at the time were Olive Oyl … Continue reading