Betty Boop and Felix is a newspaper comic strip starring Betty Boop and Felix the Cat, which ran from November 19, 1984, to January 31, 1988.[1] It was written by Mort Walker's sons Brian, Morgan, Greg and Neal, who signed their work as "The Walker Brothers".
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![]() The Walker Brothers' Betty Boop and Felix (January 13, 1985) | |
Author(s) | The Walker Brothers |
Current status/schedule | Daily and Sunday; concluded |
Launch date | November 19, 1984 |
End date | January 31, 1988 |
Syndicate(s) | King Features Syndicate |
Genre(s) | Humor, Talking Animal |
Debuting at the height of Garfield's popularity, this King Features Syndicate strip showed Betty Boop as a working woman and Felix as her pet (replacing Pudgy as Betty's pet). Unlike most other incarnations of the famous cat, Felix never spoke in this strip; his ideas and opinions are conveyed to the reader in thought balloons. Also, Felix's squash and stretch abilities and magic bag are absent, and Betty's sex appeal is downplayed.[2]
References
edit- ^ Holtz, Allan (2012). American Newspaper Comics: An Encyclopedic Reference Guide. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press. p. 71. ISBN 9780472117567.
- ^ Cartoon Brew: Betty Boop and Felix Archived September 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine