While many people are under the misconception Esther Jones was Betty Boop's direct inspiration, this is not true as she is more of an indirect one as Betty Boop's own creator, Grim Natwick, was always consistent with how he made her and how Helen Kane was the person she was a caricatu...
(there were even suggestions that her “romantic relationship" with bimbo the dog was, um, too intimate. they do seem to kiss a lot.) obviously, her new character bored viewers to tears and bimbo’s popularity soon obscured hers. but betty boop would not be slut-shamed and quieted by ...