Back in the day, when it came to drawing a cartoon character, one thing that they couldn't be without in terms of attire was a fancy white pair of gloves. Whether it was a cat, mouse, or whatever ...

Before we toast Kitty White’s 50th ... Hello Kitty is not a cat. She’s a cartoon character. She is a little girl. She is a friend. But she is not a cat,” said Yano.

Bill Nolan, who animated Felix the Cat in the early 1900s ... animators in the age of fuzzy black and white film. Yes, simplifying the features of characters made the process easier and faster.

When early cartoons were black and white, the bodies of most ... and inspired the creation of early cartoon characters like Mickey Mouse, Felix the Cat and Bimbo. All of these characters were ...