Toon icon Betty Boop plays in new NFT collection
Animation’s most famous flapper, Betty Boop, keeps cheering even in the 90s when the Max Fleischer character boop-oop-a-doops into the meta-verse with his own non-fungible food.
Fleischer Studios, Inc., owners of the classic character, have teamed up with leading brand licensing firm Global Icons, LLC (globalicons.com) and Web3 brand consulting firm XLABEL (xlabel.io) to create Boop & Frens, an exclusive NFT collection focused on bringing together Betty Boop’s worldwide fan community. The collection is a tribute to the character, described as a long-standing “global symbol of independence, kindness, style and universal acceptance.”
The NFT collection marks Betty Boop’s first step into Web3’s digital art world. The launch will release 8,888 unique NFTs, with Betty Boop styled in digital fashion clothing and accessories as seen in her classic comics and designed by MYAMI Studio (myami.studio), known for creating digital high fashion that can be worn and traded in virtual realities.
Boop & Frens August 9, the official “Betty Boop Day” and the anniversary of Betty’s big screen debut in 1930 in Dizzy dishes. The NFTs celebrate the animated champion of empowerment and ambassador for goodwill and joy, and will offer holders multi-layered tools – from access to virtual wearables to unique fan experiences in the metaverse.
“We are excited to see Betty Boop enter the metaverse, where community affiliation is the cornerstone of the next phase of the Internet.” said Mark Fleischer, president of Fleischer Studios, Inc. and grandson of Betty Boop creator Max Fleischer.
The Betty Boop NFT collection has been created with the support of a number of metaverse communities, with several creative partnerships to be announced via the community’s official Discord, Boop & Frens.
Each collaboration is in line with Betty Boop’s core values and hopes for an open metaverse, not only technologically, but culturally, and develops plans to create an ongoing venue and live scene that celebrates entertainers, artists and musicians from all corners of the metaverse, arranged by Betty herself.
For full details of the release, join the Boop & Frens community on Discord or visit nft.bettyboop.com.
First introduced in 1930, Betty Boop was created by Max Fleischer for his Speaks series, the first animated “talkie” that his Fleischer Studios produced for Paramount. Betty’s design was inspired by the Jazz Age flaps and singers of the 1920s, and her distinctive voice was provided by Mae Questel. By 1932, Betty had taken the country by storm as the first female animated film star. She starred in more than 100 comics, 90 of which are included in the official Betty Boop series, which ended in 1939. Since then, Betty has appeared in dozens of hit movies, TV specials and commercials, and was the first cartoon character to be profiled by A & E’s Biography.
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