Suing over Ellen

It’s a cartoon conundrum!

A 32-year-old Park Slope artist has sued a New York cartoon maker making a mint off of the Cartoon Network show “Ellen’s Acres,” claiming that while she designed the title character’s look, she’s not received any royalties.

In a lawsuit filed in Brooklyn Supreme Court last week, Kelly Denato claims she had a long-standing contract with Animation Collective Inc. when they commissioned her to draw Ellen for the children’s book “Ellen’s 11-Star Spectacular Super Deluxe Hotel” back in 2006.

On top of the $9,000 she was paid, her contract — which was first drafted in 2002 — assured that she would receive 25 percent of “all...

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