a feisty cartoon
character cat named Felix, created by cartoonist
Otto Messmer (1892-1983) and
producer,
Pat Sullivan (1887-1933). Felix was introduced in a
series of animated movie cartoons in 1919, and since the 1920s has been featured in
comic books and newspaper comic strips. When Messmer
quit drawing Felix the
Cat in 1955, several other artists continued the cartoon.