In Birth of an Industry , Nicholas Sammond describes how popular early American cartoon characters were derived from Blackface minstrelsy.
Cherished cartoon characters, such as Mickey Mouse and Felix the Cat, were conceived and developed using blac.
He charts the industrialization of Animation in the early twentieth century, its representation in the cartoons themselves, and how important Blackface minstrels were to that performance, standing in for the frustrations of Animation workers.
In Birth of an Industry , Nicholas Sammond describes how popular early American cartoon characters were derived from Blackface minstrelsy