A Brief Look at the History, Classification and Creation of Cartoons

Abstract

The present article tries to make an approximation and investigation where it opens the way to the cartoons, we find the American Otto Messmer, author of the expressive Felix the Cat (1914), that was the personage of the short of animation more popular worldwide. The Austrians Max and Dave Fleischer gave life to personages who gained great popularity, and were the greater competitors of Walt Disney. Next would begin the call era Disney that would dominate in years 30 and principles of the 40 with Mickey, Donald, and Pluto. Shortly afterwards there were not only the classic cartoons but the creation of different branches of cartoons, among them the comic or humorous, is based on characters that are animals, lasts between 4 to 20 minutes; Science fiction is that where human beings are mixed with characters of animation always develops a story that has a great violent content justified the reason of peace on earth. Example: Dragon Ball; Action, is characterized by a high content of violence and is always fighting against evil. Example: The ninja turtles; Super Heroes, combine violence with action where justice and violence are the main dramatic axes have their origin in comic. Exemplary: Superman, Batman and Spiderman; Infantiles, Its objective is to entertain the children’s audience, generally small stories where the theme is repeated again and again. Example: Daniel the mischievous; For the past Its main characters are humans, their stories are longer than those of other genres, are placed in a historical and social context much of this genre has novels as a background. Example: Darcatan and the three musketeers. The birth of cartoons through a chronology Includes from the first and rudimentary optical toys to the innovations that made possible the realization of cartoons as we know it today.