Betty Boop Turns 95 — And Fans Still Can’t Get Enough of the Cartoon Icon originally appeared on Parade. Boop-Oop-a-Doop! Born from the hands of American animator Max Fleischer, Betty Boop first ...

On Aug. 9, 1930 — 95 years ago Saturday — the cartoon character of Betty Boop made her debut with the release of the Fleischer Studios animated short “Dizzy Dishes.” Except this wasn’t quite the Betty ...

The original version of Betty Boop — as seen in this "Dizzy Dishes" cartoon — is one of many works from 1930 entering the public domain in 2026. (Screenshot by NPR) A new year means a new parade of ...

NEW YORK — In 1917, a man named Max Fleischer invented the rotoscope, a combination of projector and glass drawing board that allowed animators to trace over live-action film, one frame at a time.

Created by animator Grim Natwick, and voiced (mostly) by Mae Questel, Betty was the queen of the New York cartoon studio run by Max and Dave Fleischer — Walt Disney's only serious rival in the 1930s.

With a new, exclusively curated exhibit, San Diego’s Comic-Con Museum is celebrating the more than 90-year legacy of Betty Boop, whose child-like voice and pin-curl hair won the hearts of adult ...

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