Ralph Bakshi's bawdy and outrageous 1972 film sparked controversy when it was released 50 years ago – changing animation forever, writes Tamlin Magee. A blazer-clad student called Fritz attends ...

Originally advertised as “X-rated and animated,” “Fritz the Cat” scored a hit when it was released in 1972, earning a then-impressive $25 million. (It cost only $850,000--a shoestring even at the time ...

We have previously reported on the astonishing rise in value of comics and comic art in the last few years, with five recent sales of original TinTin comic art fetching over US$1 million each. Now, ...

X-rated feature length cartoon. Fritz is a college-age cat who dabbles in drugs, radical politics, and hedonism. Film traces Fritz's sexual and political exploits from an East Village pot party to an ...

We’ve just learned animator and director Robert Taylor passed away last Thursday, December 11th, from complications due to COPD. He was 70 years old. Taylor is perhaps best known for directing The ...

This 1970 German documentary on Robert Crumb contains rare footage of Ralph Bakshi in his studio during the making of Fritz the Cat. Young Ralph is shown in the studio, walking through New York and ...

In a summer of superhero movies, and sequels and remakes no one asked for, the raunchy animated comedy “Sausage Party” was so much fresh meat. Audiences ate it up for a tasty $34.3 million in ticket ...