The Yellow Kid debuted in 1894 .
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The first animated projection in the traditional sense (motion picture film) was Fantasmagorieby the French director Émile Cohl in 1908
The first Looney Tunes cartoon produced to compete w/ the Mickey Mouse shorts was Sinkin' in the Bathtub in 1930 starring Bosko, The Talk-Ink Kid.
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Steamboat Willie (1928), starring Mickey Mouse was advertised as "Sound Cartoon" is often cited as the first but in 1924, a film called My Old Kentucky Home by Max and Dave Fleischer was released using sound synchronization with the cartoon dog. Then in September of 1928, Van Beuren Studios released Dinner Time by Paul Terry and John Foster starring Farmer Al Falfa, Steamboat Willie was released in November 1928. See the links below for more information.Mickey Mouse cartoons didn't have any dialogue, only singing and music. BOSKO THE TALK-INK KID was the first cartoon character to talk as demonstrated in the 1929 film,BOSKO THE TALK-INK KID, by Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising. It is a historic landmark in cartoon history, being the first cartoon to sync dialogue.
The year was 1894 .
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'The Yellow Kid' .
The Yellow Kid
'The Yellow Kid' in 1895 from the cartoon strip Hogan's Alley .
The comic strip appeared in 1894 .
The cartoon 'The Yellow Kid' first appeared as a minor character in the Truth magazine in the comic strip 'Hogan's Alley' in 1894 .
The cartoon 'The Yellow Kid' first appeared as a minor character in the Truth magazine in the comic strip 'Hogan's Alley' in 1894 .
'The Yellow Kid' is the first cartoon strip it being printed in the New York World on February 17, 1895 .
Advertisers/newspapers/magazines realized the potential revenue of having their product advertised by a popular cartoon character such as 'The Yellow Kid' .
'The Yellow Kid' debuted in 1894 .
Mickey 'spoke' in the first sound cartoon released, Steamboat Willie in 1928, although it wasn't actual words. It wasn't until his cartoon The Karnival Kid in 1929 that Mickey spoke real words.