Felix the Cat made his first appearance on November 9, 1919, in the five-minute short "Feline Follies". Created by Otto Messmer for the Pat Sullivan Studio, Felix was a smash hit with audiences and he held the title of world's most popular cartoon character for a few years until Walt Disney introduced the world to a certain mouse. Unfortunately for Felix, the Pat Sullivan Studio was behind the curve in adding sound to their cartoons, and lost much of the market to other, more technologically advanced studios like Fleischer and Disney. For several decades, Felix the Cat appeared mostly in comic books and strips, but he would enjoy a brief resurgence, from 1958 to 1961, with the release of a new cartoon show, produced by Joe Oriolo, featuring Felix and his Magic Bag of Tricks.