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Mickey Mouse

Mickey Mouse is an cartoon character co-created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks.

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Spider-Ham (Peter Porker) is a superhero appearing in Marvel Comics. The character is an anthropomorphic pig and is a parody version of Spider-Man. He was created by Larry Hama, Tom DeFalco, and Mark Armstrong.

KENEDA

Kaneda, the leader of a motorcycle gang in Katsuhiro Otomo’s classic anime feature AKIRA (1988).

Daffy Duck

Daffy Duck was created by Tex Avery for Leon Schlesinger Productions. He has appeared in cartoon series such as Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies, in which he is usually depicted as a foil for either Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, or Speedy Gonzales.

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Bill Desowitz has been covering the Animation industry since the early 2000s for Animation Magazine, Animation World Network, IndieWire, and Animation Scoop. He is also the author of James Bond Unmasked (Spies Publishing), which chronicles the first 50 years of 007’s evolution, and includes exclusive interviews with all six Bond actors.
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How the Wild Car Chase in Pixar’s ‘Hoppers’  was inspired by ‘Mad Max,’ ‘Jaws,’ and ‘The Birds’

Daniel Chong's "Hoppers" is Pixar on steroids. That's where teenage activist Mabel “hops” into a robotic beaver to save the local animal population and their glade from becoming greedy Mayor Jerry's highway construction project.