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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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The year was 1894 .
. . . the first syndicated cartoon strip .
'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.