Eli5: how did animation work before computers?

Question

Did people literally just draw thousands of pictures that looked almost identical and then they stitched them together, like a flip book? How did they do it, and how was it even remotely cost-effective and worth the effort?

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Answer 1

>Did people literally just draw thousands of pictures that looked almost identical and then they stitched them together, like a flip book?

Yes. Literally. ♥️