Betty’s multitude of nutty roles during her decade-long heyday is cleverly addressed head-on in a snappy opening number in the all-black-and-white, lingo-spouting, cartoon world of the Fleischer ...

Who better then to give life to Betty Boop, the intoxicating character that gives Boop! The Musical its name, that classic cartoon Jazz Age flapper with the funny voice and a head big and round ...

Once crowned the “Queen of Cartoons,” Betty Boop continues her reign over eighty years later. Celebrate her birthday with us, check out this Complex visual history of Betty Boop.

They would come for the Betty Boop cartoon.” The enduring image of Betty is a flapper in a strapless minidress, with a garter peeking out above her knee and large hoop earrings in her ears.

Instead of stiff movement, cartoon characters in Fleischer Studios cartoons suddenly could swing and sway like Cab Calloway, Louis Armstrong or Betty Boop, an affectionate caricature of a maybe ...

Betty Boop remains an instantly recognizable icon 95 years after she was first drawn, but the cartoons that made her a star aren’t as widely seen as they should be.

The cartoon character of Betty Boop may be iconic—and she may have a diehard fan-base—but she is not big in the now. Not only that, the show features none of the name-recognition star-power of ...

Mark Fleischer, the animator’s grandson, calls that the “miracle of Betty Boop.” Interest in Boop merchandise took off in the 1970s, a time you could only watch the cartoons as reruns on TV.

Gorgeous ‘Boop!’ builds a colorful, tuneful, graceful world for cartoon heroine While plot and supporting characters need more attention, Broadway-bound musical has spectacular songs and a ...

With Mitchell’s involvement, a book by Bob Martin, music by David Foster and lyrics by Susan Birkenhead, Boop! The Musical had an impressive Broadway pedigree, and a concept: Cartoon Betty is ...