Comic strips, slapstick comedy, and the recurring protagonist Early animation was non-series films without protagonists as it was expansive and we were still in the cinema of attraction area as time went on the stated to have non series films with protagonists like Winsor McCay’s little nemo. Some artist with persisted with series films without protagonist even with the wake of CEL animation

The benefit of stars – 1910s-ish
Having recurring charts had similar benefits like live action
Helps provide continuity across a series of film and having repeatable pleasures
A hero for the audience
Merchandising possibilities
Allows more animation to be reused
Advertising can daw upon a name, visual image and established personality
Using preexisting star actors

The yellow kid
The yellow kid character from Richard F.Outcault’s comic strip Hogan’s alley (1895-98) is considered the first major recurring comic strip character.
spiraled into merchandising

Animated adaptations
Little nemo(1911) as the first animated adaptation of a comic strip
The newlyweds as first animated series released in 1912

Mutt and Jeff – the most prolific cartoon stars during the silent era – more than 500?
Krazy Kat – george harrison – gender fluid character/ first trans cartoon star
Repeatable pleasure of the mouse being put in jail after a brick at krazy kat who was harassing the mouse.
Conveying thing verbally instead of animating things – taking advantage of the comic strip

The masters of slapstick 1910-20
Charlie chaplin– famous for his little tramp character.
Very physical approach to humor which lends itself will to animation
It mad animation look like the poor younger cousin of live action

Busterbkeaton-known as the great stone face
Harold lloyd -known for his glasses character

Rubber hose animation
Could stretch the body and comedy actor can’t warp their forms like that.