Fritz the Cat

Made after Ralph Bakshi had some stints animating some Saturday morning cartoon shows like Spider-Man and Mighty Mouse, he wanted to make something more uniquely his but was convinced by his producer, Steve Krantz, to pursue the rights to the R. Crumb comic Fritz the Cat to take on something more distinctly commercial. Well, it worked. The independent animation made $90 million at the box office and launched Bakshi’s independent animating career. A work of confused anger and directionless am...