Sammond explains that they "weren't just like minstrels, they were minstrels." Characters worse loose, baggy clothes, had painted faces, and most importantly wore white gloves. For Walt Disney's ...

Furthermore, gloves help to anthropomorphize cartoon animals. The video brings up a quote from Walt Disney’s 1968 biography The Disney Version, in which Mickey Mouse’s creator explains: ...

Here's why so many cartoon characters wear gloves. By: Andrew Krehbiel Posted . and last updated . You’re sitting on the couch, watching yet another cartoon. You’ve seen this one a ...

Bugs Bunny, Mickey Mouse, Sonic the Hedgehog, the list goes on - but what do they all have in common? They all wear gloves. You may be asking yourself why. Well, that's a very good question and ...

What the film also points out is that - conversely - cartoon birds don't tend to wear gloves (nor do some human characters, which isn't so surprising), but we don't yet have an explanation for that.

They all wear gloves. You may be asking yourself why. Well, that's a very good question and one that Professor John Canemaker, animation historian at NYU, has now answered in an interview with Vox ...