FELIX: The Twisted Tale of the World’s...
FELIX: The Twisted Tale of the World’s Most Famous Cat by John Canemaker (Da Capo: $16.95, 178 pp.). Years before Disney created Mickey Mouse, Felix the Cat reigned as the first animated superstar. Canemaker reveals how the extraordinarily talented Otto Messmer invented the character, directed the short films and drew the Sunday comic strip, while his boss, Pat Sullivan, took all the credit and all the profits. This lively history traces the curious artistic and legal paths that took Felix from his 1919 debut in “Feline Follies” to his current resurgence in popularity.
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