Animation Fun Facts for May 1st, 2012 Tues.

Birthdays: Maurice Noble, Fyodor Khytruk the Walt Disney of Russia, Louis Nye, John Woo, Wes Anderson is 43, Joanna Lumley is 66, animator Eric Goldberg is 57 1902- Richard Outcault's comic strip Buster Brown and Tige first appeared. Outcault, the creator of the first hit cartoon the Yellow Kid was so famous that as part of his deal to do this strip he negotiated the first back-end deal for a percentage of the merchandise sales. 1939- The first Batman comics created by Bob Kane appear on newsstands. 1989- Walt Disney Feature Animation in Orlando Florida opens. It closed in 2006 1993- The Florida Animation Union Local 843 chartered.