An overwhelmingly positive reaction in season one meant that Simpsons shorts were featured in every episode of the next two seasons before being spun off into a standalone half-hour series in 1989.
On the 30th March 1939, Batman made his first appearance when Detective Comics #27 went on sale.
It has since been adapted into numerous formats and is still printed in more than 40 countries.
The United States apparently gained the nickname ‘Uncle Sam’ when it was featured in a local newspaper article.
Bugs Bunny made his first appearance in the Merrie Melodies cartoon A Wild Hare.
On 15th May 1928, the first animated cartoon to feature Mickey and Minnie Mouse was shown to a theatre audience.
On the 9th December 1965, American television network CBS first broadcast the animated cartoon A Charlie Brown Christmas.
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