became involved in union organizing with Felix Revolts (1923). In some shorts, Felix even performed a rendition of the Charleston.
In 1928, Educational ceased releasing the Felix cartoons and several were reissued by First National Pictures. Copley Pictures distributed them from 1929 to 1930. He saw a brief three-cartoon resurrection in 1936 by the Van Beuren Studios (The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg, Neptune Nonsense and Bold King Cole). Sullivan did most of the marketing for the character in the 1920s, in these shorts he spoke in a high pitched child like voice who was provided by Mae Questel, the voice of Betty Boop and Olive Oyl.
Felix as mascot
The U.S. Navy insignia for the VF-31 squadron from 1948
Given the character’s unprecedented popularity and the fact that his name was partially derived from the Latin word for “lucky”, some rather