BY SETH WILLIAMS In the midst of the Great Depression and growing conflict around the world during the 1930s, cartoonist Max Fleischer sought to raise America’s spirits with the delightful and entertaining throwback to the roaring 20s with the flapper-caricature Betty Boop. She found popularity with adults, who enjoyed the comedy of the double entendre […]
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