Remembering Max Fleischer

I know I am a day late celebrating the birth of one America’s pioneers in animation Max Fleischer. I am still playing catch up with all my back logged blogging, and this one almost slipped under the radar. Fleischer is too important to forget. So its important to mention him since I grew up with a lot of his cartoons, and I’m sure you did too. Max Fleischer born June 19, 1883, a Polish-Jewish immigrant who grew up in Brooklyn, New York received commercial art training at Cooper Union. In his teens, he started working for The Brooklyn Daily Eagle as an errand boy, and eventually became a cartoonist for the paper. Fleischer was a pioneer in the development of the animated cartoon and served as the head of Fleischer Studios. He brought notable animated characters: Betty Boop, Koko the Clown, Popeye, and Superman to the movie screen. He was also known for The Sidewalks of New York. Fleisher passed away September 11, 1972 he would have been 129 today. Take a moment to remember this great pioneer in cartoons and animation.