Winsor McKay's experiments in animation like «Gertie the Dinosaur» and
other early cartoons were sensations, not unlike early game icons like Pac - man and Space Invaders, but Mickey Mouse became the face of animation for many people after his debut in 1928.
Not exact matches
Other titles announced out of competition include: the closing night film, Therese D, by Claude Miller, the French director who died
earlier this month; Me and You, a new drama from Bernardo Bertolucci; and Madagascar 3, which looks to fill the regulation animation spot (previous
cartoons to do the honours include Up and Kung Fu Panda).
His
early paintings of
cartoon characters, comic books heroes and heroines became, along with the work of Warhol, Hamilton, Ruscha and
others, Pop art's first clear manifestations.
In his
early Joke paintings, the artist experimented with layering pilfered
cartoon illustrations and their pun - riddled, Freudian punchlines on canvas with a silkscreen while also inviting incidents of chance, dripping and
other fragmentary evidence of his hand.