1906
J. Stuart Blackton created the first animated short film called Humorous phases of Funny Faces. Blackton used a chalk board to draw various funny faces and film them. He simply stopped the film then erased one face and draws another; played together this gave the illusion of movement.
1911
Winsor McCay creates an animated sequence based on his comic strip character Little Nemo.
1914
Winsor McCay creates the first cartoon character specifically for animation in Gertie, The Trained Dinosaur. The animation consisted of McCay Interacting with the titular Gertie the dinosaur, it was shown both in theatres and live on stage.
1920
Felix the Cat was a very popular character in the early period of animation, he appeared in many short animations. He was also one of the first characters to be heavily merchandised.
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