Animated Cartoons
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History of Animated Cartoon Stories
The phenakistoscope, zoetrope and praxinoscope, as well as the common flip book,
were early animation devices to produce movement in drawings using technological
means, but animation did not really develop much further until the advent of
motion picture The first animated cartoon (in the traditional sense, i.e. on film) was "Fantasmagorie" by the French director Émile Cohl. One of the very first successful animated cartoons was "Gertie the Dinosaur" by Winsor McKay. It is considered the first example of true character animation.
Competition from television drew audiences away from movie theaters in the late 1950s, and the theatrical cartoon began its decline. Today, animated cartoons are produced mostly for television. |