Betty Boop Turns 95 — And Fans Still Can’t Get Enough of the Cartoon Icon originally appeared on Parade. Boop-Oop-a-Doop! Born from the hands of American animator Max Fleischer, Betty Boop first ...

Betty Boop was “born” in 1930 on Myron “Grim” Natwick’s drawing table at the Fleischer brothers’ Manhattan animation studio. As the journalist Peter Benjaminson details in “The Life and Times of Betty ...

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From Popeye to Shrek, several beloved cartoon characters were inspired by real people. This article uncovers the fascinating ...

NEW YORK — In 1917, a man named Max Fleischer invented the rotoscope, a combination of projector and glass drawing board that allowed animators to trace over live-action film, one frame at a time.

CHICAGO - A Tony-Award winner from Michigan has helped bring a cartoon icon to life. You could be among the first people in the world to see a new Broadway-bound musical comedy about Betty Boop. It’s ...

Jasmine Amy Rogers always knew that someday she would be a cartoon character. Her mother told her and her brother as much when they were children. But the actress always thought it would be as a voice ...

You may not recognize the Austrian composer by name, but if you like cartoons, you've heard the music of Franz von Suppé. From Betty Boop To Popeye, Franz Von Suppé Survives In Cartoons Franz von ...

The network is licensing a significant part of the Warner Bros. Discovery classic animation library, as well as series and shorts from other companies.

One was the creator of a squeaky-clean mouse named Mickey, the other the brains behind a squeaky-voiced flirt with the catchphrase “Boop-oop-a-doop.” But the two great American animators — Walt Disney ...