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The Dot and Line, Which Took on Tales of Toons, Dies at 4

May 1, 2020May 1, 2020 The Dot and LineComments Off on The Dot and Line, Which Took on Tales of Toons, Dies at 4

The website grew over the course of four years from scrappy, puckish up-and-comer to perhaps the best cartoon journalism publication on the internet. (Fight us!)

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Drop Us a Line—Or Even Just a Dot—Now and Then, Will You?

May 1, 2020May 1, 2020 The Dot and LineComments Off on Drop Us a Line—Or Even Just a Dot—Now and Then, Will You?

How to keep in touch with The Dot and Line’s alumni from now on.

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Watching ‘The Dot and the Line’ Together, One Last Time

April 30, 2020April 30, 2020 The Dot and LineComments Off on Watching ‘The Dot and the Line’ Together, One Last Time

“I just housed a whole sleeve of Peeps while this was happening.” The editors reflect, and also relax, over the original ‘The Dot and the Line’ short.

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The Very Best of The Dot and Line

April 30, 2020April 29, 2020 The Dot and LineComments Off on The Very Best of The Dot and Line

Twenty-five of the finest pieces this site has ever published. Probably.

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Some Cartoons We Barely, If Ever, Covered That You Goons Have to Now That We’re Gone

April 29, 2020April 27, 2020 The Dot and LineComments Off on Some Cartoons We Barely, If Ever, Covered That You Goons Have to Now That We’re Gone

The media needs to cover cartoons better. Here’s a place it can start.

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Rankings We Never Wrote, Ranked

April 29, 2020April 27, 2020 The Dot and LineComments Off on Rankings We Never Wrote, Ranked

As the Dot and Line says goodbye, we present to you one final and very important ranking.

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Words That We Didn’t Write

April 29, 2020April 29, 2020 The Dot and LineComments Off on Words That We Didn’t Write

We wrote a lot of words on the Dot and Line. But it could have been so much worse. We could have written these.

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If Warner Bros. Won’t Put Us Up at the Cartoon Network Hotel or Pay Us Sweet, Sweet Cash, It Should at Least Let Us Live in Its Water Tower

April 28, 2020May 4, 2020 The Dot and LineComments Off on If Warner Bros. Won’t Put Us Up at the Cartoon Network Hotel or Pay Us Sweet, Sweet Cash, It Should at Least Let Us Live in Its Water Tower

Look, this is pretty self-explanatory. What do you want, a road map?

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April 27, 2020May 1, 2020 The Dot and LineComment(1)

After a four-year run, it’s the end of the Line (and his little Dot, too). Your favorite scrappy cartoon journalism website has reached its finale. But we’re sending it off in style.

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Mylo the Cat Puts the Tunes in Cartoons

April 17, 2020April 17, 2020 The Dot and LineComments Off on Mylo the Cat Puts the Tunes in Cartoons

The internet’s most successful hip hop and cartoon mashup artist discusses his career, branching out, and giving back.

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EDITORS PICKS

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Here’s What No One Ever Told You About ‘Batman: The Animated Series’

By John Maher

On the occasion of the series' 25th anniversary.

We’ve Got Some Thanking to Do

By The Dot and Line

Thanks for tuning into toons with us over the past ten months or so.

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The One Thing Dragging ‘Iron-Blooded Orphans’ Down

By Matthew Burbridge

Sexist tropes are common in anime, but that’s no excuse.

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How a Cartoon Corgi Hooked Me on ‘Cowboy Bebop’

By Charlotte Dow

“Stray Dog Strut” is for all you dog-lovers out there.

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The Trauma and Triumph of Lapis Lazuli in ‘Steven Universe’

By Corinne Segal

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

The Grinch’s Untold and Tragic Origin

By Rob Ryan

Told in verse through the eyes of the Grinch's loyal dog Max, here, in honor of the beloved holiday special's 50th anniversary, is the story behind the story of 'Why the Grinch Stole Christmas.'

Why the First 3 Seasons of ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ Are the Only Good Ones

By Nicole Ortiz

Unfortunately, Nickelodeon’s most successful show became a bit of a dud.

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10 Years Later: Is ‘Cars’ Good?

By The Dot and Line

On its decennial, our experts investigate a question that just turned ten years old.

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