An artist named Otto Messmer who worked for silent cartoon animator Pat Sullivan invented Felix the Cat.
Messmer developed Felix for Paramount’s Screen Magazine in 1919.
Paramount producer John King gave Felix his name.
The first Felix cartoon in 1919 was called Feline Follies; the second was called Musical Mews.
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