<P> In the late 1990s, when bandwidth was still at 56 kbit / s for most Internet users, many Flash animation artists employed limited animation or cutout animation when creating projects intended for web distribution . This allowed artists to release shorts and interactive experiences well under 1 MB, which could stream both audio and high - end animation . </P> <P> Flash is able to integrate bitmaps and other raster - based art, as well as video, though most Flash films are created using only vector - based drawings, which often result in a somewhat clean graphic appearance . Some hallmarks of poorly produced Flash animation are jerky natural movements (seen in walk - cycles and gestures), auto - tweened character movements, lip - sync without interpolation, and abrupt changes from front to profile view . </P> <P> Flash animations are typically distributed by way of the World Wide Web, in which case they are often referred to as Internet cartoons, online cartoons, or webtoons . Web Flash animations may be interactive and are often created in a series . A Flash animation is distinguished from a Webcomic, which is a comic strip distributed via the Web, rather than an animated cartoon . Flash animation is now taught in schools throughout the UK and can be taken as a GCSE and A-level . </P> <P> The first prominent use of the Flash animation format was by Ren & Stimpy creator John Kricfalusi . On October 15, 1997, he launched The Goddamn George Liquor Program, the first cartoon series produced specifically for the Internet . The series starred George Liquor (a fictional character rumored to have ended Kricfalusi's employment on Ren & Stimpy) and his dim - witted nephew Jimmy The Hapless Idiot Boy . Later, Kricfalusi produced more animated projects with Flash including several online shorts for Icebox.com, television commercials, and a music video . Soon after that, web cartoons began appearing on the Internet with more regularity . </P>

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