David S. Atkinson

“Your Lifelong Dream” and the Enduring Timelessness of ‘The Simpsons’

On “Marge vs. the Monorail” and the enduring timelessness of ‘The Simpsons’

We asked a group of creative friends to send us haiku in honor of their favorite leading ladies in cartoons.

Even in a one-off episode about space truckers and thrash metal, the show is effortlessly cool and endlessly influential.

Through Vance Waggoner, Season 5 of ‘BoJack Horseman’ is perfectly aligned with the reemergence of Louis C.K.

A choice New Year’s Resolution provided by a super dumb anime.

Some of the greatest animators on our planet paying a tribute to a haiku master? That’s a match made in meditative melancholy.

How ‘Steven Universe’ portrays the aftermath of surviving trauma.

Spoiler-free arguments for why it’s one of the most artfully crafted shows in TV history.

The debut novelist levels with us about alcoholism, how Nickelodeon and ‘The Simpsons’ influenced her work, and comedy writing.