Prompt 2:
I believe that many of the early American animated films were based off print comics for a few reasons. The first is that it was easy to use the already existing art and characters/ illustrations so that more focus could be put into the actual technical aspect of the animation. Another reason is that comics typically feature action and incorporate onomatopoeia along with visual illustrations in an attempt to bring the story to life. It would only make sense that the comic writers who try so hard to get their stories to pop and become lively would gravitate toward trying to animate them. Finally, from a business perspective if you are spending all this capital on this new technology and staff it’s less risky to use an established IP than risk the investment on something new. Much easier to just sell the existing fan base to a new format like Marvel comic readers will probably attend the Marvel movie screenings so it is a safer business move.
