This document provides a summary of the history and development of cartoons from the early silent films in the 1910s through popular modern cartoons. It notes some of the first animated films created around 1910. Popular cartoon characters that emerged in the 1920s through 1950s included Felix the Cat, Mickey Mouse, Betty Boop, Popeye, and Tom and Jerry. Iconic cartoons from the 1960s onward mentioned include The Flintstones, Scooby-Doo, The Simpsons, Rugrats, SpongeBob SquarePants, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Pokémon, and The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy.

1. Cartoons

2. The beginning
• Silent film until
nowadays.
• Émile Reynaud:
praxinoscope.
• First cartoon:
Fantasmagorie -
Émile Courtet.
• 1910: Without colors
and for adults.
• Sounds before colors.

3. From 1920 until
1960

4. Felix the Cat
• Frist popular character.
• Successful
• Decline at 1928 ( cartoons with sounds)
• Back for the TV: 1953 (Long legs and a magic bag of
tricks)

5. Mickey Mouse
• Mortimer
• Plane Crazy (silent) and
Steamboat Willie (first
with sounds and music) :
1928
• Anthropomorphism
• Clothes: tribute
to Demolay.

6. Betty Boop
• Jewish immigrant with a
sexy image
• Queen of the cartoons in
30’s.
• Inspired in jazz.
• Censured (Disney times):
1938
• Appearance with Felix the
Cat (comics):1984

7. Popeye the Sailor
• Popeye = Pop Eye.
• Stronger with spinach
• Characters were inspired.

8. Tom and Jerry
• Criated by Hanna-Barbera
• Awards
• Sadistic tendencies
• Polemics
• Inspiration for “The
Simpsons”.

9. From 1960 until nowadays.

10. The Flintstones
• Hanna-Barbera.
• 300 million
spectators in
80 countries.
• Prehistory’s family.
• Almost 30 minutes.
• Anachronism.

11. Scooby Doo
• “Who's Ssssscared?” –
Very scary.
• Changes
• “Strangers in the Night”
– Frank Sinatra.
• Considered the best of
cartoons.

12. The Simpsons
• Satire of american’s
families (sitcom).
• More than 20 Emmy’s.
• Almost 500 episodes.
• Creatives openings.
• Neologisms
• Hollywood Walk of
Fame
• Black humor.
• Censored at Venezuela.

13. Rugrats
• Babies’ adventures.
• Metaphors literally
• Only Angelica talks.
• Rumor.

14. SpongeBob SquarePants
• Created by a marine
biologist.
• Bikini Bottom: inspired in
Seattle.
• Affects attention and
learning
• Squilliam Fancyson’s
suicide

15. Courage the Cowardly Dog
• Adopted
• Lives in Nowhere, Kansas.
• Creppy criatures (ironic).
• Area 51.
• Not very childish
• Refers to “The Exorcist” and “Thriller” by
Michael Jackson

16. Pokémon
• Created by Satoshi
Tajiri and Ken
Sugimori.
• Mark at pop culture.
• Started with games.
• Criticized by religions.
• Cruelty to animals.

17. The Grim Adventures of Billy and
Mandy
• Sarcastic, ironic.
• Grim Reaper lost a bet.
• Mandy: evil, grumpy and
without feelings.
• Billy: fool, stupid and happy.
• “Smile... tomorrow will be
worst.”
• Refers to other produtions
(Harry Potter, Dragon Ball,
Lord Byron)