Toonophilia is a love of
cartoon characters. It can mean a tendency to become deeply
emotionally
involved with a
toon, or it can mean a
sexual attraction, or both. One
of the most celebrated toonophiles is the famed underground artist
Robert Crumb, who stunned '
mundane' audiences by admitting to having
been
sexually attracted to Bugs Bunny - though some might say that the
most famous toonophile of all was 'Uncle Walt'.
Perhaps the most well-rounded definition of a toonophile
is a person who regards toons with the same range of emotions he
or she would bestow on a human.