Dan Powell

Movies

An Oral History of the Phrase “Get Shrek’d”

The secret story of one of the greatest, dumbest animation-referencing jokes of all time.

Hiding in plain sight, he was one of the most relatable cartoons ever drawn.

“When there’s trouble, you call Dee Double-U! Darkwing Duck!” This was heroic TV, tasty as duck confit.

Eric Vilas-Boas pens his final words on the Dot and Line.

A special recipe from ‘Kiki’s Delivery Service,’ courtesy of A to Z Ghibli Food.

Charismatic liar. Brutal bloodbender. Cain to his brother’s Abel. (Sort of.) Yet Amon’s story is nothing short of heartwrenching.

I know now that I’ve taken for granted how good cartoons are these days.

The show’s fifth season is coming, as confirmed by snarky tweet.

Sometimes, horror-comedy cartoons cut deep.

This weekend, why not watch ‘The Dot and the Line,’ the lovely but flawed tale of mathematical romance that inspired this site?