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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!)

That's All Folks

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.

Interviews That's All Folks

What Queer People Want the Future of Cartoons to Look Like

April 28, 2020April 28, 2020 Elly BelleComment(1)

Queerness in cartoons has been subtextual for a long time, and a new generation of cartoons has brought it to the forefront. But there’s a lot more to be done.

Interviews

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.

The Questing Beast in Arthur Rackham's illustration for Alfred W. Pollard's 'The Romance of King Arthur' (1917). (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
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Giveth Sir Palamedes and the Questing Beast an Animated Series, Thou Churls!

April 8, 2020August 20, 2021 John MaherComments Off on Giveth Sir Palamedes and the Questing Beast an Animated Series, Thou Churls!

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

TV

The Dot and Line’s Editors on the Legacy of ‘BoJack Horseman’

January 31, 2020January 31, 2020 The Dot and LineComments Off on The Dot and Line’s Editors on the Legacy of ‘BoJack Horseman’

After the series finale, “Nice While It Lasted,” we needed to talk about what it all means. So we did.

Movies

An Urgent Question About ‘The Pagemaster’

January 13, 2020March 21, 2020 Rebecca LongComments Off on An Urgent Question About ‘The Pagemaster’

IS IT STILL GOOD!?

TV

The Best Animated TV Shows of the 2010s

December 18, 2019December 30, 2019 The Dot and LineComments Off on The Best Animated TV Shows of the 2010s

It’s been a long 10 years. These shows will get you through the next ones too.

Interviews

Jake Monaco on the Musical Magic of “Forky Asks a Question”

November 18, 2019November 18, 2019 Marley CruschComments Off on Jake Monaco on the Musical Magic of “Forky Asks a Question”

The composer on his work, process, and taste in memes.

TV

‘BoJack Horseman’ Season 6: A Spoiler-Free Review

October 21, 2019October 24, 2019 Eric Vilas-BoasComments Off on ‘BoJack Horseman’ Season 6: A Spoiler-Free Review

A (very spoiler-free) peek at what to expect from Season 6 of Netflix’s best show.

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EDITORS PICKS

‘Weathering With You’ Is the Wettest Movie of the Year

By Eric Vilas-Boas

Makoto Shinkai's follow-up to 'Your Name.' dramatizes its characters' feelings with rain.

Mylo the Cat Puts the Tunes in Cartoons

By The Dot and Line

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

Jazz Standards Used As ‘Kids On the Slope’ Episode Titles, Ranked

By John Maher

This one’s for all you Jazz Boys and Jazz Girls out there.

“Big,” A Poem for Peridot of ‘Steven Universe’

By John Maher

A pantoum in which Peridot, one of the toughest gems on ‘Steven Universe,’ reflects on her new life on Earth.

Fred Seibert on Why ‘Adventure Time’ Became a Hit

By Eric Vilas-Boas

Executive producer Fred Seibert unpacks the show’s secret sauce.

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What Would Maes Hughes Do?

By Eric Vilas-Boas

An incomplete list.

Why the Queer Love Story “In a Heartbeat” Took Over the Internet

By Cara McKeown

Here’s how a four-minute animated short triumphed.

Princess Mononoke

So Long, For Now: We’re Hibernating for the Winter

By The Dot and Line

Here’s what that means.

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