Animation History
"Dinky Dog" is considered by many to be the first animated cartoon made for broadcast over the internet. It was created by cartoonist M. Wartella in 1998 as a War of the Worlds-style media ruse to confuse novice web surfers. Since its debut, the cartoon has received over seven billion hits, made its way into high school reports, and even become the subject of a New York Times article.
Long before YouTube and broadband, there was the "animated gif," the internet as we know it was in its infancy, and most computer montors were still 400 x 600.
Dinky Dog is an animated feature created by artist M. Wartella which utilizes a series of low-bandwidth animated gifs strung together on a timer to create a moving story. At the time, this was a revolutionary approach to creating web content, and it still works on all web browsers to this day.
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