Jasmine Amy Rogers always knew that someday she would be a cartoon character. Her mother told her and her brother as much when they were children. But the actress always thought it would be as a voice ...

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 ...

Betty Boop, seductive cartoon character who wowed movie audiences in the 1930s, has become a new item on the home video circuit 50 years later. At least a half-dozen collections of original Betty Boop ...

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.

CHICAGO - A Tony-Award winner from Michigan has helped bring a cartoon icon to life. You could be among the first people in the world to see a new Broadway-bound musical comedy about Betty Boop. It’s ...

Boop-oop-a-doop! Max Fleischer’s greatest creation is bringing all her friends back to the screen this weekend at AFS Cinema with the Fleischer Studios Legacy Credit: courtesy of Fleischer Studios In ...

She may be recognized today as a macrocephalic tart gracing tons of tacky merchandise, but Betty Boop's original animated shorts still seem as subversive, off-the-wall, and unpredictable as they must ...