McCay's Gertie the Dinosaur introduces what many consider to be the first cartoon character. Before Gertie, an ornery Brontosaurus, early animated characters didn't have much in the way of ...

Scientifically, There’s No Such Thing as a Brontosaurus (But Apatosaurus ... Apatosaurus Inspired one of the World’s First Cartoon Characters Hand-drawn icons from Mickey Mouse to Homer ...

The Smithsonian Institution famously accused the U.S. Postal Service of pandering to “cartoon nomenclature” when it issued a Brontosaurus stamp in 1989. So, the study published online Tuesday ...