Skip to content
dot and line logo
  • Newsletter
  • Latest
  • Interviews
  • TV
  • Movies
  • About Us

Author: The Dot and Line

We're the editors of the Dot and Line!
rick and morty
TV

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Rick and Morty

April 4, 2017May 9, 2019 The Dot and LineComments Off on The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Rick and Morty

The funniest, nerdiest, sharpest cartoon on TV (or, well, one of them) is back for round three in the fight for the multiverse.

remy ratatouille
Movies TV

15 Cartoon Rats and Mice, Ranked from Worst to Best

March 14, 2017May 9, 2019 The Dot and LineComments Off on 15 Cartoon Rats and Mice, Ranked from Worst to Best

Whether they’re fleeing feline persecution or chopping vegetables, these rodents know how to party.

mr peanutbutter cartoon dogs
TV

15 Cartoon Dogs, Ranked From Worst to Best

February 28, 2017May 14, 2019 The Dot and LineComments Off on 15 Cartoon Dogs, Ranked From Worst to Best

Meet the dogs who defined what it means to be a cartoon canine. They are heroes. They are our best friends.

Movies TV

15 Cartoon Cats, Ranked from Worst to Best

February 22, 2017May 9, 2019 The Dot and LineComments Off on 15 Cartoon Cats, Ranked from Worst to Best

The finest felines of animated fiction, finally fanatically filed. Enjoy.

the dot and line
Movies TV

Why You Should Still Watch “The Dot and the Line”

February 17, 2017March 29, 2020 The Dot and LineComments Off on Why You Should Still Watch “The Dot and the Line”

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

Movies TV

The Dot and Line’s Best Writing of 2016

December 30, 2016December 29, 2019 The Dot and LineComments Off on The Dot and Line’s Best Writing of 2016

Previously, on The Dot and Line…

TV

One Week of ‘Steven Universe’ Just for You

December 12, 2016October 17, 2019 The Dot and LineComments Off on One Week of ‘Steven Universe’ Just for You

Say hello to ‘Across the Universe.’

Movies TV

The Best American Animation Writing 2016

December 9, 2016December 29, 2019 The Dot and LineComments Off on The Best American Animation Writing 2016

A roundup of our 25 favorite pieces about cartoons published during the past year by outlets not called ‘The Dot and Line.’

Movies TV

We’ve Got Some Thanking to Do

November 22, 2016May 27, 2019 The Dot and LineComments Off on We’ve Got Some Thanking to Do

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

nickelodeon art by emily ramon
TV

A Tender Benediction, Unearthed from the Bowels of Nickelodeon

September 1, 2016May 9, 2019 The Dot and LineComments Off on A Tender Benediction, Unearthed from the Bowels of Nickelodeon

We’ve dedicated the entire month of August 2016 to writing only about Nicktoons. This is its swan song.

Posts pagination

Previous 1 … 5 6 7 Next

EDITORS PICKS

The Questing Beast in Arthur Rackham's illustration for Alfred W. Pollard's 'The Romance of King Arthur' (1917). (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

Giveth Sir Palamedes and the Questing Beast an Animated Series, Thou Churls!

By John Maher

Hark, thou televisual and cinematic executive knaves! I ask thee: whither the Questing Beast!?

Emotions Run High in “End of the Beginning, Beginning of the End”

By Sarra Sedghi

All Might’s days as the number one hero are over.

aaahh real monsters

The 10 Weirdest Side Monsters on ‘Aaahh!!! Real Monsters’

By Kyle Kuchta

The best monsters weren't necessarily the leads.

It’s Steven’s Universe After All: A Spoiler-Free Finale Review

By John Maher

Nothing is perfect but everything matters in a finale—but maybe not THE finale—that brings it all home. (No spoilers, promise!)

Twenty Years Later, ‘Princess Mononoke’ Is More Eerily Relevant Than Ever

By Rebecca Long

The year that marked the Miyazaki classic's two-decade anniversary was rife with oil spills and California fires. Can the movie's lessons save us from ourselves?

adventure time islands

A Close Reading of the Art of “Adventure Time: Islands”

By Evan Fleischer

Now that ‘Adventure Time’ has ended, let’s look back on one of its best collections of episodes.

blind vaysha

The Oscar-Nominated Film That Dares You to Live in the Now

By Tiffany Kelly

It didn’t win big at the Oscars, but that doesn’t diminish this short’s message.

Sword of the Stranger

The Greatest Sword Fight Ever Animated

By Eric Vilas-Boas

Yutaka Nakamura’s animation in ‘Sword of the Stranger’ is a staggering work to behold.

  • Newsletter
  • Latest
  • Interviews
  • TV
  • Movies
  • About Us

GREATEST HITS

Ask Scratchy: JHM + EVB

By Dr. Scratchansniff

The founders of the Dot and Line, John Maher and Eric Vilas-Boas, need some advice as their beloved project comes to an end, and our house head shrinker, Dr. Scratchansniff, is here to help.

jupiter jazz cowboy bebop

The Hidden Parallels in ‘Cowboy Bebop’—and Its Links to Cormac McCarthy

By John Maher

Spike is Gren? Spike is Vicious? Spike is Odin, the wanderer god whose ravens represent thought and memory? Spike is Cormac McCarthy’s nameless Kid from ‘Blood Meridian’? Good questions.

2017 editorial | Editorial by MysteryThemes.