Then there came Donald Duck and Bugs and Daffy and a whole proliferation of non-human humans. With George Herrimann’s Krazy Kat and later Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks’ Steamboat Willie, talking animals (usually living the lives of normal people) became more and more popular. There may be some long and storied tradition stretching back centuries, but for the time being let’s talk about cartoon animal development over the course of the last hundred years. I’m not particularly well-schooled in the history of literally anthropomorphized animals (or are they zoomorphized humans?). For all his cattishness or pantherishness, he’s definitely a guy-a tough guy with brimfuls of moxie and the good sense to wear a hat that matches his attire. And not like kitty-cattish but big-cattish.
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