Over at Gang of 7 Tom Sito tells us that today is the day . . . here you read what he said.

1914- A fire in the negative vaults of the Eclair Studios in New Jersey destroyed forever all the American work of pioneer French animator Emile Cohl. He had come to the U.S. to animate the first cartoon series, George McManus` "The Newlyweds" later to be renamed in comic strip form "Life With Father".

This burns me up. (no pun) Because this tragedy lets American historians dismiss this genius and overlook the fact that he taught the New York art world how to animate. Which means that Cohl taught America how to animate. So why isn`t there an Emile Cohl award?  ¶ 5:32 PM