Could cartoons be invented before film?

[Richard V]

The earliest film footage dates to 1888. But how early could cartoons be invented? You would still need the projector technology, but that should be possible after celluloid was invented in the 1850s, perhaps with limelight as the light source? Were there any alternatives to celluloid, maybe waxed paper?

 

[Mad Bad Rabbit]

The earliest film footage dates to 1888. But how early could cartoons be invented? You would still need the projector technology, but that should be possible after celluloid was invented in the 1850s, perhaps with limelight as the light source? Were there any alternatives to celluloid, maybe waxed paper?

Medieval monks making illuminated flip-book animations?

 

[piratedude]

Medieval monks making illuminated flip-book animations?

Im not sure you can pull that off with vellum

 

[ArchimedesCircle]

From wikipedia: Animation before Film

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_animation#Animation_before_film

Depending on how you define animation it could go back a long time.