Joe Oriolo

Joseph Dominic Oriolo (/ɔːriˈɒloʊ/; February 21, 1913 – December 25, 1985) was an American cartoon animator, writer, director and producer, known as the co-creator of Casper the Friendly Ghost and the creator of the Felix the Cat TV series.

[5] In 1933, at age 20, he went to work for Fleischer Studios as an errand boy, where his talent as a draftsman and his ambitions advanced him to the position of an animator within one year.

[5][6] Two subsequent books, There's Good Boos To-Night and A Haunting We Will Go followed before Oriolo sold the rights to Famous Studios for $200.

[9] In 1954, Oriolo assumed authorship of the separate Felix daily comic strips at the request of King Features Syndicate, which he continued to produce until 1969.

It was retitled Princess Knight and purchased from Mushi Productions; English dialogue scripts were written and voices dubbed.

By 1971, when Sullivan's nephew died, Oriolo had taken complete control of Felix the Cat and continued to market the character right up until his death.