It took Matt Frank a lot of years and a lot of felt-tip pens, but the San Antonio native finally can draw Godzilla the way he's always wanted: stomping through the pages of a major comic book series.

It’s a long tradition. The “cute baby version” of a popular cartoon character. Sometimes it’s junior versions of Fred Flintstone or the Muppets. And sometimes, it’s Scrappy-Doo. But did you know that ...