A roundup of our 25 favorite pieces about cartoons published during the past year by outlets not called ‘The Dot and Line.’
Tag: animation
Just Look at the Nicktoons Art Hitting This Austin Gallery
Nicktoons, in a gallery. Goddamn.
Hail, Zeon! Terrific Gundam Shows Are in a Renaissance Again
For years I doubted Gundam could ever replicate the joy I felt at 12 years old watching giant robots pummel each other. I was wrong.
We’ve Got Some Thanking to Do
Thanks for tuning into toons with us over the past ten months or so.
Mickey, Mouse of Our Hearts, Whistles His Way to 88
Celebrate by watching ‘Steamboat Willie’ again.
Schoolhouse Rock Is Still the Best Explainer Video for Election 2016
This ‘Schoolhouse Rock’ clip — first aired 14 years ago — will tell you exactly how the United States works.
It’s 2016, and Eustace Bagge Is an Angry White Trump Supporter
17 years ago, ‘Courage the Cowardly Dog’ presented us with a prescient window into America in 2016: Eustace Bagge, perhaps the worst person in animation history, who embodies every wrongheaded notion Trump supporters are known for now.
Bump “Unga Bunga Bunga” This Halloween
There’s nothing more worthy of a listen today than this 10-year-old Flavor Flav ode to animation and absurdity.
Why The Great Pumpkin Still Haunts You and Me
Halloween, the descendent of Samhain, is about the overlap between the realms of the visible and invisible. Isn’t that enough?
‘Borrowed Time’ Will Leave You Inconsolable
Borrow six minutes of dusty sadness from this tremendous short.