On Feb. 10, 1940 — 85 years ago Monday — the first Tom & Jerry cartoon short and the first cartoon directed by the soon-to-be- famous team of William Hanna and Joseph Barbera was released in ...

Oldest Cartoons in Chronological Order Fantasmagorie is thought of by most to be the first cartoon ever created, by French animator Émile Cohl. Understandably, it’s a very short cartoon ...