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Poem: “I Am An Experience”

July 27, 2018May 8, 2019 Maya GittelmanComments Off on Poem: “I Am An Experience”

A poem for the gems of ‘Steven Universe.’ And for me.

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Cartoon Moms, Ranked

By The Dot and Line

With only the finest—the mères de la mères—of animation. Happy Mother’s Day!

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How ‘BoJack’ Season 5 Humanizes Opioid Addiction

By Adryan Corcione

Whether he’s BoJack the horse or BoJack the actor, he’s still a BoJack suffering from addiction.

The Dot and Line’s Best Writing of 2019

By The Dot and Line

Trying to relive 2019? Why!? Whatever, fine. Here's what we wrote about cartoons to try to make it a better year.

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An Oral History of the Phrase “Get Shrek’d”

By Dan Powell

The secret story of one of the greatest, dumbest animation-referencing jokes of all time.

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What ‘She-Ra’ Gets Right About Angsty Queerness

By Maya Gittelman

Catra is one complex (cat)woman.

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‘Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse’ Snags the Oscar

By Eric Vilas-Boas

For once, the Academy got it right.

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‘Iron-Blooded Orphans’ Understood How War Affects Children

By Alex Costello

‘Iron-Blooded Orphans’ emphasized the human cost of conflict.

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I Watched Cowboy Bebop for the First Time and Now Everything Makes Sense

By Joey Cosco

Even in a one-off episode about space truckers and thrash metal, the show is effortlessly cool and endlessly influential.

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