Animation Pioneer Max Fleischer

Max Fleischer

Max Fleischer was an animator, director, and inventor of some 30 patents for animation production. He is well known for creating animated cartoons featuring popular characters such as Betty Boop, Popeye the sailor man, and Superman. He is considered one of the three major pioneers of American animation of the 20th century, along side with Winsor McCay and Walt Disney. 

Max Fleischer career started at the Brooklyn Daily eagle, where he worked his way up to the top from running errands to the positions of photographer and staff cartoonist while still in his teens. He began drawing single panel political cartoons for 'fillers' and later drew two daily comic strips, Little Algy and E.X Sposher, the camera Fiend. 

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