Anonymous submission to Ann Landers: Accept the fact that the woman will always have the last word in any argument. Anything said after that is the beginning of a new argument.
The leading lady of early cartoons was Betty Boop. She isn’t shown any more because her material was between “mature subject matter” and “offensive”. The guys were just background unlike Olive Oyl, Popeye, and Bluto.
Her argument was “principal” animal ’toon stars—the ones who get top billing, like Bugs Bunny and Mickey Mouse—were always male.
Betty Boop was drawn as a dog early on before Max Fleischer “humanized” her, so I guess she wouldn’t count.
Minnie Mouse, Daisy Duck, Petunia Pig, Olive Oyl, and others were the “love interests” or female counterparts to their males, but ChukLtl did mention “Lady and the Tramp,” and she was the leading character.
Or how about Amalthea from "The Last Unicorn?Mrs. Brisby from “The Secret of NIMH?”Duchess from “The Aristocats?”Miss Bianca from “The Rescuers” and “The Rescuers Down Under?”
Little Orphan Annie? Cathy? Brenda Starr? Still true that male characters seem to dominate. Perhaps they are safer comic targets to avoid sexism protests.
Reminds me of that recurring bit on the Man Show titled “You Can’t Win!” where Jimmy would get into an argument with his (now former) wife that he simply could not win.
“Little Orphan Annie? Cathy? Brenda Starr?”… Women, yes. Toons, no.The point of the strip is “Animal Toon stars are always male”. The exceptions have to be female AND animals.
jackhs over 8 years ago
Kathy, Nancy, Mary Worth, Miss Buxley, …..
jackhs over 8 years ago
Hmmm…maybe she’s Cathy. ?
wcorvi over 8 years ago
Even SOCKS turned out to be male.
Kali39 over 8 years ago
Well, now we have Marigold Heavenly Nostrils in Phoebe and Her Unicorn, but you have to admit this lady has a point.
Mugens Premium Member over 8 years ago
Did she say “Animal Toons” so I would go with Minnie Mouse and Daisy Duck at a minimum…
Chithing Premium Member over 8 years ago
Anonymous submission to Ann Landers: Accept the fact that the woman will always have the last word in any argument. Anything said after that is the beginning of a new argument.
jrankin1959 over 8 years ago
You’re new to this strip, aren’t you, Miss?
neatslob Premium Member over 8 years ago
But Bugs wasn’t above a bit of cross-dressing.
bhcaruso over 8 years ago
Has everyone forgotten Jessica Rabbit?
lance Premium Member over 8 years ago
I think you could say Rosebud wasn’t put in purely as a love interest. The affair with Hodge-Podge notwithstanding.
Robert Allen over 8 years ago
Kanga on Whinnie the Pooh. A mom with no love interest.
PoodleGroomer over 8 years ago
The leading lady of early cartoons was Betty Boop. She isn’t shown any more because her material was between “mature subject matter” and “offensive”. The guys were just background unlike Olive Oyl, Popeye, and Bluto.
lordlundar over 8 years ago
And the last panel answers the rest of the strip quite clearly.
Aaronious over 8 years ago
Minnie Mouse, since 1928.
Rose Madder Premium Member over 8 years ago
Rosebud in this cartoon [she was even pregnant], and Daisy the dog in Blondie [she’s been around forever]
Bill D. Kat Premium Member over 8 years ago
Tweety’s sex is undetermined as well as the Roadrunner
Sisyphos over 8 years ago
Typical “pick-and-choose, can’t lose” argument.No rebuttal can win, either; doesn’t matter….
ChukLitl Premium Member over 8 years ago
Lady & the Tramp, he was the love interest.
Druarc over 8 years ago
Dot, Betty Boop (started life as a dog)
xsintricks over 8 years ago
No one mentioned Olive Oyl.
HAL69 over 8 years ago
Her argument was “principal” animal ’toon stars—the ones who get top billing, like Bugs Bunny and Mickey Mouse—were always male.
Betty Boop was drawn as a dog early on before Max Fleischer “humanized” her, so I guess she wouldn’t count.
Minnie Mouse, Daisy Duck, Petunia Pig, Olive Oyl, and others were the “love interests” or female counterparts to their males, but ChukLtl did mention “Lady and the Tramp,” and she was the leading character.
Or how about Amalthea from "The Last Unicorn?Mrs. Brisby from “The Secret of NIMH?”Duchess from “The Aristocats?”Miss Bianca from “The Rescuers” and “The Rescuers Down Under?”
codedaddy over 8 years ago
Little Orphan Annie? Cathy? Brenda Starr? Still true that male characters seem to dominate. Perhaps they are safer comic targets to avoid sexism protests.
ChrisV over 8 years ago
Reminds me of that recurring bit on the Man Show titled “You Can’t Win!” where Jimmy would get into an argument with his (now former) wife that he simply could not win.
mike.churchward over 8 years ago
“Little Orphan Annie? Cathy? Brenda Starr?”… Women, yes. Toons, no.The point of the strip is “Animal Toon stars are always male”. The exceptions have to be female AND animals.