 Superstar," in which Fritz was a  burnt out superstar, being exploited by characterizations of Krantz  and Bakshi, who have already signed him up to do a line of sequels.  Fritz winds up being stabbed in the back of the head by a female  ostrich. R. Crumb thought that this would stop the further  production of sequels to "Fritz the Cat." Ralph Bakshi (qv), who  had said all he had to say with the first "Fritz the Cat" movie,  moved on to _Heavy Traffic (1973)_ (qv). Krantz, who wanted to  continue to make money off of the character signed Robert Taylor  to write and direct _Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat, The (1974)_ (qv)  for him.