The history of animation

By wolfie09

  • Émile Cohl

    Émile Cohl
    In 1908, Cohl created “Fantasmagorie.” This animation was created using an illuminated glass plate for his table while drawing black lines on paper.

  • Winsor McCay

    Winsor McCay
    In 1912, McCay animated “How a Mosquito Operates.”

  • Otto Messmer

    Otto Messmer
    In 1919, Otto Messmer created Felix the Cat for the Pat Sullivan Studios.

  • Fleischer Studios

    Fleischer Studios
    The Fleischer brothers would have success in the 1930s with Betty Boop and her spinoff character, Popeye the Sailor Man.

  • Georges Méliès

    In 1902, Georges Méliès made his most famous film, “A Trip to the Moon

  • J. Stuart Blackton

    The Haunted Hotel” in 1907 expanded on the use of stop motion in films.

  • The John Bray Studio

    The John Bray Studio was one of the most influential studios with its cartoon series, “Colonel Heeza Liar.”