Sketchy Business: This Cartooning Trivia Is Surprisingly Hard
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Who was the writer and artist behind "Peanuts" for the duration of the comic strip?
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Charles Schulz
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What is the name of the 1963 Marvel series that deals with a group of mutants?
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X-Men
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What 1939 Detective Comics superhero could run faster than the speed of light?
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The Flash
4.
Who referred to animation as "making a couple of thousand drawings for a hundred feet of film"?
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Winsor McCay
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Who authored a graphic novel that follows a character as he attempts to find his real father?
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John Rieber
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Whose strip explores the lives of African American kids who are growing up in a white neighborhood?
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The Boondocks
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What comic character struggles with "the four basic guilt groups: Food, Love, Mother, and Career"?
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Cathy
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What event hurt the production of European animation, leaving the U.S. as the leader in the field?
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World War I
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What was responsible for a dramatic increase in cartooning's popularity in the 19th century?
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Zincography
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What comic strip, created by a woman, features the adventures of a redheaded reporter?
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Brenda Starr
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What was a 1933 collection of reprinted newspaper strips that was given away as a promotional aid?
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Funnies On Parade
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What artist felt it is not what the character looks like, but what the character does, that counts?
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Tex Avery
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What cartoonist worked on Disney's "The Fox and the Hound", but found the idea too light for him?
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Tim Burton
14.
What comic strip, written by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott, depicts the realities of child-rearing?
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Baby Blues
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What comic deals with characters who are aware that they are in a comic strip?
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Pearls Before Swine
16.
What cartoonist produced such serious graphic novels as "Maus: A Survivor's Tale"?
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Art Spiegelman
17.
What comic strip did Cathy Guisewite begin in 1976 that was loosely based on her own life?
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Cathy
18.
What cartoonist saw "Dinner Time", the first film to be made with sound, and said it was awful?
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Walt Disney
19.
What group introduced Josie McCoy, who would go on to star in "Josie and the Pussycats", in 1963?
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Archie Comics
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What cartoonist - formerly famous for his comic strips - produced the film "Fantsmagorie" in 1908?
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Emile Cohl
21.
What cartoonist produced the "Mutt and Jeff" animated shorts, based on the Bud Fisher comic-strip?
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Charles Bowers
22.
What cartoonist created the strip "Rose Is Rose", a cheerful comic that deals with the everyday?
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Pat Brady
23.
What Disney cartoonist was hired by the studio the first Monday after graduating from high school?
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Les Clark
24.
What cartoonist is quoted as saying, "I try in my own lousy, noisy way to make an audience laugh"?
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Bob Godfrey
25.
What film creator also authored a 1997 graphic novel entitled "The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy"?
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Tim Burton
26.
What did Fred Quimby see in Tex Avery's work that inspired him to ask the artist to "tone it down"?
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A Caricature Of Hitler
27.
What cartoon character was introduced in 1945, but did not receive his own comic book until 1949?
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Casper The Friendly Ghost
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What 1995 Jan Eliot strip is one of the few comics to revolve around the life of a single mother?
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Stone Soup
29.
Who operated the King Features Syndicate, which ran George Herriman's comics until his death?
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William Randolph Hearst
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Who helped launch the Vertigo comics line, aimed at adults, with his work "The Sandman"?
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Neil Gaiman
31.
For what company was Tom Wilson an executive at the time of the creation of his comic "Ziggy"?
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American Greetings
32.
Before naming his comic-strip "Peanuts", what did Charles Schulz wish to call his strip?
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Li'l Folks
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What was the name of the first strip to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning?
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Doonesbury
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Throughout the history of comics, what has been the predominant and primary aim of cartoonists?
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To Entertain
35.
What dark-edged cartoonist created the 1982 animated feature "Vincent", a tribute to Vincent Price?
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Tim Burton
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What cartoonist created a graphic novel based on his father's experiences in the Holocaust?
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Art Spiegelman
37.
What 1982 graphic novel deals with nuclear fallout after a country is bombed?
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When The Wind Blows
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What iconic former-Disney cartoonist opened his own studio in 1931, only to shut it down in 1936?
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Ub Iwerks
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Who did Alan Moore describe as "the single person most responsible for giving comics its brains"?
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Will Eisner
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What legendary cartoonist founded the Special Processes and Camera Department at Disney Studios?
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Ub Iwerks
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What character made his first appearance in print as a Canadian superhero that fought the Hulk?
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Wolverine
42.
What popular daily panel made its debut in the San Francisco Chronicle on New Year's Day, 1980?
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The Far Side
43.
What was the name of the first Disney studio for animation, which opened its doors in 1922?
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Laugh-O-Gram
44.
What 1935 cartoonist felt that the most important thing is what happens between the frames?
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Norman McLaren
45.
Who are the starring twin brothers from Rudolph Dirks' 1897 comic "The Katzenjammer Kids"?
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Hans And Fritz
46.
What 1920 comic strip was the first successful strip to feature a working woman character?
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Winnie Winkle
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What was the title of the first comic-strip reprint collection to be published in history?
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The Yellow Kid In McFadden's Flats
48.
Who is the cartoonist behind the Pulitzer-nominated comic strip "For Better or For Worse"?
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Lynn Johnston
49.
What 1941 Detective Comics superhero was created by a psychiatrist named William Marston?
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Wonder Woman
50.
What did the cartoonists of Fleischer Studios do in 1937 that was especially significant?
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Went On Strike
51.
What Disney cartoonist is behind the representation of Mickey Mouse that is in use today?
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Fred Moore
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What iconic cartoonist created Daffy Duck, Porky Pig and the personality for Bugs Bunny?
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Tex Avery
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What cartoonist realistically portrayed the life of a young woman in the strip "Luann"?
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Greg Evans
54.
What legendary cartoonist is known for the phrase "We have met the enemy and he is us"?
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Walt Kelly
55.
What producer of "Felix the Cat" was very eager to merchandise his animated characters?
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Otto Messmer
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What is a phrase commonly used to describe the 1964 Marvel Comics character Daredevil?
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The Man Without Fear
57.
What Rudolph Dirks comic appeared in the New York Journal for the first time in 1897?
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The Katzenjammer Kids
58.
What animating cartoonist was behind the 1929 Walt Disney produced "Skeleton Dance"?
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Ub Iwerks
59.
Which famous cartoonist once said, "There is a market for innocence"?
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Charles Schulz
60.
What cartoonist was originally behind the famous strip "Gasoline Alley"?
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Frank King
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What was the main contributor to the falling out between Ub Iwerks and Walt Disney?
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Altering Characterization
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Which was the first comic-strip that featured the aging of characters in real time?
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Gasoline Alley
63.
What cartoonist is responsible for the legendary comic strip "Calvin and Hobbes"?
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Bill Watterson
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What comic-strip author is well-known for refusing to merchandise his characters?
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Bill Watterson
65.
What iconic cartoonist began his career at the Kansas City Slide Company in 1920?
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Walt Disney
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What Disney cartoonist was known to scorn the adherence to anatomy and drawing rules?
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Norm Ferguson
67.
What is the name of a popular politically-driven comic strip by Walt Kelly?
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Pogo
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What Walt Disney animated feature was the first successful animated film with sound?
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Steamboat Willie
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When the Fleischer Studio closed in 1942, what new studio did the artists open?
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Paramount
70.
Who was the cartoonist behind the very popular animated series "Bonzo the Dog"?
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Billy Ward
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What legendary cartoonist was responsible for the 1913 comic strip Krazy Kat?
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George Herriman
72.
What 1934 comic strip featured the adventures of a character named Terry Lee?
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Terry And The Pirates
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What 1907 comic is widely considered to be the first successful daily strip?
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Mutt And Jeff
74.
What animated character did Walt Disney create while on a train ride in 1928?
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Mickey Mouse
75.
What 1980 comic strip was modeled after the legendary "Doonesbury" series?
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Bloom County
76.
What Detective Comics cousin of Superman earned her own series?
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Supergirl
77.
What cartoonist animated 1933's "Popeye" from the Elzie Segar comic strip?
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Max Fleischer
78.
The word "cartoon" comes from the Latin word "cartone", which means what?
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Heavy Paper
79.
Which 1924 comic-strip went on to inspire a world famous Broadway musical?
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Little Orphan Annie
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What crime-fighting superhero made his debut in Detective Comics in 1939?
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Batman
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In what 1933 animated feature does Hitler chase Jimmy Durant with an axe?
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Bosko's Picture Show
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What was the first animated feature to come out of Walt Disney Studios?
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Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs
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What cartoonist created the comic "FoxTrot", based on the Fox family?
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Bill Amend
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What iconic cartoonist was the assistant of artist Tom K. Ryan in 1969?
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Jim Davis
85.
Who did Blondie, from the comic-strip of the same name, marry in 1933?
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Dagwood
86.
Which was the first Warner Brothers short animated feature?
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Sinking In The Bathtub
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What was another name for the 1941 comic-strip character Steve Rogers?
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Captain America
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What cartoonist was responsible for the daily comic "Doonesbury" which began in 1970?
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Garry Trudeau
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What 1930 cartoonist was responsible for the creation of "Blondie"?
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Chic Young
90.
For what animated film did Walt Disney win his first Academy Award?
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Flowers And Trees
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Who was the creator of the 1961 Marvel comic "The Fantastic Four"?
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Stan Lee
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Which was Tex Avery's first film for Warner Brothers?
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Gold Diggers Of '49
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What was the first film to use three-strip "Technicolor" in animation?
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Walt Disney's "Flowers And Trees"
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Which 1990's cartoonist authored the strip titled "Slow Wave"?
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Jesse Keklaw
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Which cartoonist was responsible for creating "Ziggy" in 1968?
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Tom Wilson
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What was the most profitable comic strip of the 20th century?
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Peanuts
97.
Who is often considered to be the grandfather of animation?
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Winsor McCay
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Who is the cartoonist behind the iconic strip "Garfield"?
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Jim Davis
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Which comic-strip tells the story of the Patterson family?
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For Better Or For Worse
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What comic strip was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1987?
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Bloom County
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