Felix the Cat is over 100 years old, but he remains forever young. First introduced in 1919, during the silent film era, Felix was one of the very first cartoon characters to become famous.

Today’s Cartoon Brew Pick is Uli Meyer’s short The Discarded, a 10-step guide to designing a cartoon cat that quickly goes off the rails. Any artist who has ever toiled to find the right look ...

And finally, bringing our survey of cat-loving poets into the contemporary era, the Canadian poet and novelist Margaret Atwood is a confirmed cat lover. In 1977, she drew a cartoon of herself ...

Garfield the cat occupies an understated and often overlooked position critical to the history of televised animation. Introduced as a comic strip by artist Jim Davis in 1978, the lasagna-loving ...

In Casanova Cat, above, Tom tries to impress a rich she-cat by blacking up Jerry's face with cigar smoke and then making him do a minstrel dance. It is Tom who is blacked up in Mouse Cleaning.

The cartoon cat first appeared in 1919, the silent film era, and made his way into comics and merchandise. In the 1950s, Felix the Cat cartoons started appearing on television.

Davis drew a cartoon with the cat triumphantly returning through the lobby of the Sun-Times. It was the last time anybody was going to drop Garfield.