George McManus – MRQE https://mrqe.com Mon, 14 Sep 2026 07:10:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://mrqe.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/MRQE-favicon-1.png George McManus – MRQE https://mrqe.com 32 32 Gertie the Dinosaur https://mrqe.com/movie/gertie-the-dinosaur-m100019884/ Fri, 29 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/gertie-the-dinosaur-m100019884/ Although not the first feature-length animated film, as is sometimes thought, it was the first cartoon to feature a character with an appealing personality. The appearance of a true character distinguished it from earlier animated “trick films”, such as those of Blackton and Cohl, and makes it the predecessor to later popular cartoons such as those by Walt Disney. The film was also the first to be created using keyframe animation.

]]> Winsor McCay, the Famous Cartoonist of the N.Y. Herald and His Moving Comics https://mrqe.com/movie/winsor-mccay-the-famous-cartoonist-of-the-ny-herald-and-his-moving-comics-m100105019/ Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/winsor-mccay-the-famous-cartoonist-of-the-ny-herald-and-his-moving-comics-m100105019/ Cartoon figures announce, via comic strip balloons, that they will move – and move they do, in a wildly exaggerated style. Also known as “Winsor McCay, the Famous Cartoonist of the N.Y. Herald and His Moving Comics”.

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