It’s been nearly 100 years since the first modern cartoon
animation “Gretie the Dinosaur” by Winsor McCay, was created.
McCay, who is also considered the “father of animated cartoons”,
with his lovable animated dinosaur Gertie made their cartoon in
debut 1914. Although by today standards, the cartoon animation
of Gertie the Dinosaur might appear to be simple and boring to
many. However, nonetheless, Winsor McCay’s animated creation was
a major breakthrough as it brought back the life of something
many believed had thought to be extinct and gone forever, a
live, living, moving and sensible dinosaur. However, McCay’s
success as the first cartoon animator didn’t last long. By the
early 1920′s he drifted away from animation altogether. But of
course, this was not the end of the cartoon animation. In fact,
the next big cartoon success would be succeeded by his assistant
Otto Messmer who ultimately creates the biggest cartoon star of
the Silent Era, Felix the Cat. Felix the Cat made his debut in
1919 in Feline Foll