In 1972, Ralph Bakshi's Fritz the Cat – a cartoon filled with sex, drugs, and graphic violence – became not just the most successful animated movie released that year, but also the most successful ...

To the extent that anyone under 40 knows of Fritz, it’s probably as a mere cartoon sex romp. So it may be a surprise to learn that, under the direction of animator Ralph Bakshi, it’s really a groovy ...

Dirty cartoons have been around since the dawn of animation (and the dawn of man), but none took the world of cinema by storm, pushed the envelope further, and made a cause célèbre quite like the ...

Mike Barrier has posted the first part of a very long 1972 article about Ralph Bakshi and the production of his first feature FRITZ THE CAT. The piece was originally published in FUNNYWORLD #14. Check ...