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

Tag: animation

TV

The Boondocks and One of the Best Martin Luther King Jr. Tributes of All Time

January 16, 2017December 29, 2019 John MaherComments Off on The Boondocks and One of the Best Martin Luther King Jr. Tributes of All Time

A Martin Luther King Jr. Day reminder not to whitewash Dr. King, brought to you by—no surprise here—‘The Boondocks.’

TV

Bring Back Bugs Bunny Barbs

January 13, 2017April 4, 2020 John MaherComments Off on Bring Back Bugs Bunny Barbs

“Ehhhh, need some disses, Doc?” Here’s how to insult the proverbial deplorables this year.

rick and morty
TV

7 Crazy Rick and Morty Art Pieces from the Show’s First Gallery Exhibit

January 12, 2017May 14, 2019 Eric Vilas-BoasComments Off on 7 Crazy Rick and Morty Art Pieces from the Show’s First Gallery Exhibit

Wubba lubba dub dub!

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…

hey arnold christmas tv special
TV

11 Cartoon Holiday Episodes to Stream for Christmas

December 23, 2016December 4, 2019 Eric Vilas-BoasComments Off on 11 Cartoon Holiday Episodes to Stream for Christmas

Anytime, anywhere, these are the streaming shows that will help you ring in the holidays.

amethyst steven universe
TV

Amethyst Is the Path to Self-Acceptance, Not the Destination

December 17, 2016October 17, 2019 Ruth MorrisonComments Off on Amethyst Is the Path to Self-Acceptance, Not the Destination

The most rambunctious Crystal Gem is still trying to figure it out, and that’s OK.

TV

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

December 14, 2016December 29, 2019 John MaherComments Off on “Big,” A Poem for Peridot of ‘Steven Universe’

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

steven universe hero
TV

Steven Universe Is the Cartoon Hero Made for These Dark Times

December 13, 2016October 17, 2019 Eric Vilas-BoasComments Off on Steven Universe Is the Cartoon Hero Made for These Dark Times

‘Steven Universe’ advances a positive, important argument for the future. We need his radical empathy now more than ever.

garnet steven universe
TV

At the Start of 2016, Rebecca Sugar Gave Garnet Something Entirely New

December 12, 2016October 17, 2019 Maya GittelmanComments Off on At the Start of 2016, Rebecca Sugar Gave Garnet Something Entirely New

How Rebecca Sugar and ‘Steven Universe’ set precedents for queer love in cartoons.

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.’

Posts pagination

Previous 1 … 15 16 17 … 21 Next

EDITORS PICKS

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

By David S. Atkinson

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

todd chavez asexual bojack horseman

‘BoJack Horseman’ Gives Us TV’s First Out-and-Proud Asexual Icon

By Sammy Nickalls

And he is magnificent.

the great pumpkin charlie brown

Why The Great Pumpkin Still Haunts You and Me

By John Maher

Halloween, the descendent of Samhain, is about the overlap between the realms of the visible and invisible. Isn’t that enough?

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

By The Dot and Line

"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.

At NYCC, ‘Final Space’ Looks Far Out

By Ruth Morrison

The Conan O’Brien–backed sci-fi comedy stacks star on top of star—Armisen! Tennant! Torres!—and plots its first season.

Ask Scratchy: I Slept for 54 Years and Can’t Remember a Damn Thing

By Dr. Scratchansniff

Faye Valentine of ‘Cowboy Bebop’ needs some advice, and our house head shrinker, Dr. Scratchansniff, is here to help.

Best Animated Movie Dragons of All Time, Ranked

By Christina Sterbenz

A rigorously scientific ranking.

Steve Sklepic, Cartoon-Loving Tattoo Artist, on How Animation Has Shaped Him

By Rob Ryan

One man's toon is another man's tattoo at Sklepic's shop.

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

GREATEST HITS

That’s All, Folks!

By The Dot and Line

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.

‘Courage the Cowardly Dog’ Is the Only Horror I Can Stomach

By John Maher

Twenty years later, there's still no children's cartoon that can begin to compete with the terrors that plagued Nowhere, Kansas.

2017 editorial | Editorial by MysteryThemes.