Koko the Clown
Koko the Clown is an
animated character created by
Max Fleischer's cartoon studios. He was the first star character of this
New York City based animation studio, from the
silent film era, staring in the
Out of the Inkwell series of cartoons in the
1920s. The
Fleischer Studios were pioneers in experimenting with combining animation and live action characters in a way that prefigured
Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
Koko later appeared with Betty Boop in the 1930s. After Fleischer was bought out by Paramount Studios, Koko continued to be revived periodically for made for television cartoons into the early 1960s.
See also: Animation Before Hollywood: The Silent Period