February 26th is Frederick Bean "Fred/Tex" Avery's 100th birthday if he hadn't passed on back in August of 1980.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tex_Avery
Tex Avery was indeed the King of Cartoons whose distinct style is recognizable when cartoons do the unbelievable believably.
To learn more about the Cartoon genius, watch this 5 part 1988 documentry which highlights his career:
The nifty logo up top was created by DeviantArt cartoonist, MikeMedia.
Check out his page here: http://mikemedia.deviantart.com/