Bonzo the dog

The Bonzo Dog was a British cartoon character.

The rotund dog with the schwarzgetupften fur and blue eyes was a creation of George E. Studdy and was initially launched as postcards and cigarette motif as well as in magazines, picture books, and as Motif. Initially, the figure was only known as the Studdy - dog until he was officially christened in November 1922. Three-dimensional representations Bonzo, eg as a toy figure or shape of an ashtray were already widespread before 1924, he was first seen in an animated film.

The Movies

A total of 26 animated films were made with Bonzo; the manuscripts of these silent films came from Adrian Brunel and for animation made ​​by William A. Ward. The Bonzofilme were the only successful animated film series of the silent era in England.

The comic strips

From 1912 every week published a page of comic drawings by the artist George E. Bonzo Studdy under contract from The Sketch. This picture stories were collected in 1932 in the book Bonzo: The Great Big Midget Book. From 1933, every year there appeared a Bonzo Annual, which lasted until the 1950s. After Studdys death in 1948 it was continued by other artists.

Bonzo as an advertising figure

From 1925, in the U.S., the comparatively cheap Radio Crosley Pup by Bonzo, who was wearing headphones as advertising character, made ​​popular. In this form Bonzo is now in the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC to see.

Band name

The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah band was called by Bonzo.