New Category: Cartoon Carnival (#1)

I Could Have Grown to Accept Betty's Dog Ears as Half-Moon Earrings Had They Been Tendered as SuchCartoon Columns Should Be Shorter, So Here Goes ...Decided to inaugurate a series for animation, and those being best where brief, let points stay brisk with commentary nugget-size like candies enjoyed while watching.Too Few Humans? Betty Boop began as a dog, at least had dog ears. She did not appeal that way, not compared with what she became. Final form Betty was human enough to be a sex symbol. How many more of those emerged in cartoons? Possibly Tinker Bell, Jessica Rabbit, the Tex Avery sirens. Avery women became a sensation as in audiences demanding repeat runs of shorts where they featured. Popeye was human as was Olive and Bluto, all abstract enough to fit best in a cartooned world (live action Popeyes not notably successful). Disney’s prince in Snow White was an awkwardist fit to that feature. His maker admitted as much. A more angular and sharper featured prince in Sleeping…