Messmer was undoubtedly a big influence on many animators. Messmer's iconic rubberhose art style was also universally copied by the animation community of the time, due to how practical and inexpensive it was to animate. His most famous creation is Felix the Cat, easily the most influential, and at 99 years and going, longest lasting, animated cartoon character in history, and the first to achieve genuine popularity and success. One of the most influential artists in the History of Animation, Otto James Messmer, born on Augin West Hoboken, New Jersey (now Union City), was an animator and comic artist during The Silent Age of Animation, The Golden Age of Animation and The Dark Age of Animation, and one of the founding fathers of the American cartoon. John Kricfalusi, praising Messmer and Felix.
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