Lil' Eightball
Lil' Eightball is a Walter Lantz character voiced by Mel Blanc, who made his first appearance in the cartoon "The Stubborn Mule" in 1939. His final appearance was in 1939, in "A Haunting We Will Go". He is a racially offensive caricature of an African-American child.
"A Haunting We Will Go" is the first Walter Lantz cartoon made in three-strip Technicolor. From this point onward, all of the Lantz cartoons would be produced in color.
Film appearances
- "The Stubborn Mule"
- "Silly Superstition"
- "A Haunting We Will Go"
Comic books
Lil' Eightball first appeared in comic books in Dell Comics' The Funnies issue #64, appearing on both the cover and in a story inside. Lil' Eightball then appeared in Lantz's monthly anthology comic book New Funnies starting with issue #65.Responding to pressure from the African American community, the character was dropped from New Funnies. The last appearance of the character was in issue #126, the August 1947 issue.