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At Least This ‘Cowboy Bebop’ Baddie Could Wail on the Harmonica

April 9, 2018December 29, 2019 John MaherComments Off on At Least This ‘Cowboy Bebop’ Baddie Could Wail on the Harmonica

Is this the show’s second most annoying villain? Yes. But the philosophy, the world-building, and the blues are worth it.

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How the New ‘Looney Tunes’ Can Be Great

By Eric Vilas-Boas

I’m not pessimistic about this. Here are three things I want to see happen.

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How an Animated Film Powerfully Documented Gun Violence in America

By John Maher

Director Keith Maitland and journalist Pamela Colloff discuss the historic University of Texas shooting and how the animated film 'Tower' captured it.

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‘Aggretsuko’ Shows the Power of Women Reclaiming Their Anger

By Marley Crusch

And for this woman, among many others, it was damn well time a show did.

Three Decades Later, ‘Little Nemo’ Is Still a Dream

By Wyatt Erchak

In 'Little Nemo: Adventures In Slumberland,' which turns 30 this week, a child's nighttime dreamland becomes a film made of wonder and whimsy.

How to Learn Pixar Storytelling for Free

By John Maher

Pixar and Khan Academy are putting Pixar in a Box, and by a box they mean your computer screen.

Let ‘Castlevania’ Inspire You to Make This the Best Year Yet

By Marley Crusch

Choose your fate this year. Travel with friends! Read more! Kill Dracula!

Read or Watch Miyazaki Films. Or Both!

By John Maher

As someone who writes about books by day and about cartoons by all the rest of the times, very little makes me happier than to read something about both. Well, here’s the good news! Literary Hub published just such a something today with Gabrielle Bellot’s “The Magic of Hayao Miyazaki’s Literary Imagination,” and it turned […]

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Why Harley and Ivy’s Love Is Love Is Love

By Siena Koncsol

A Valentine’s Day ode to—yes—the best supervillain couple.

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