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Fritz the Cat is a 1972 American adult animated black comedy film written and directed by Ralph Bakshi in his directorial debut.Based on the comic strip of the same name by Robert Crumb, the film focuses on its Skip Hinnant-portrayed titular character, a glib, womanizing and fraudulent cat in an anthropomorphic animal version of New York City during the mid-to-late 1960s.
Fritz the Cat was created in 1959 by Robert Crumb in a homemade comic book story called "Cat Life", based on the experiences of Fred, the family cat. [1] [2] The character's next appearance was in a 1960 story entitled "Robin Hood".
Front cover of Fritz the Cat. In 1965 and 1966 Crumb had a number of Fritz the Cat strips published in the men's magazine Cavalier. Fritz had appeared in Crumb's work as early as the late 1950s; he was to become a hipster, scam artist, and bohemian until Crumb abandoned the character in 1969. [14]
The Online Film Critics Society released a list of the "Top 100 Animated Features of All Time" in March 2003 that included four of Bakshi's films: Fritz the Cat, The Lord of the Rings, Coonskin and Fire and Ice. [103] Fritz the Cat was ranked number 56 in the 2004 poll conducted by Britain's Channel 4 for its documentary The 100 Greatest ...
The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat is a 1974 American adult animated anthology black comedy film directed by Robert Taylor as a sequel to Ralph Bakshi's Fritz the Cat (1972), adapted from the comic strip by Robert Crumb, neither of whom had any involvement in the making of the film.
The People's Comics is a single-issue underground comic book drawn and written largely by Robert Crumb, with a young Harvey Pekar writing a back cover feature. The book is notable for containing the death sequence of Fritz the Cat following Crumb's disappointment with Ralph Bakshi's 1972 film involving the character.
The U.S. Open is in full swing — and everyone is talking about Taylor Fritz. On Sept. 3, the American 26-year-old tennis player advanced to a Grand Slam quarterfinal after defeating Germany’s ...
1972 Fritz the Cat as Fritz the Cat (voice) 1974 The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat as Fritz the Cat (voice) 1977 The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town as Sunny the Easter Bunny; 1980 I Go Pogo as Pogo Possum; 1984 3-2-1 Contact as Flash Jordan 1 episode; 1986 My Little Pony and Friends as Various voices; 1988 As the World Turns as Mr. Leversee 1 episode