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“A Very BoJack Halloween” Teaches Us Nothing Is Scarier Than Learning from Our Mistakes

September 17, 2018May 8, 2019 Jason Adam KatzensteinComments Off on “A Very BoJack Halloween” Teaches Us Nothing Is Scarier Than Learning from Our Mistakes

(Except maybe mummies.)

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6 Ways to Celebrate Summerween

June 22, 2018May 8, 2019 Marley CruschComments Off on 6 Ways to Celebrate Summerween

Enjoy the fictional ‘Gravity Falls’ holiday in style—just like the Pines Family would.

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Why Stop Motion is Perfect for Halloween

October 31, 2017May 27, 2019 Marley CruschComments Off on Why Stop Motion is Perfect for Halloween

A survey of some of the spookiest entries in the animation canon.

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Bump “Unga Bunga Bunga” This Halloween

October 31, 2016December 29, 2019 John MaherComments Off on 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.

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Why The Great Pumpkin Still Haunts You and Me

October 28, 2016December 29, 2019 John MaherComments Off on 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?

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Patrick McHale on the Haunting Magic of ‘Over the Garden Wall’: Exclusive

October 25, 2016September 28, 2020 John MaherComments Off on Patrick McHale on the Haunting Magic of ‘Over the Garden Wall’: Exclusive

The creator of ‘Over the Garden Wall’ talks Halloween, the lessons he learned from ‘Adventure Time,’ and more.

EDITORS PICKS

The Touching Thing You May Have Missed in the ‘Bojack’ Season Premiere Opening Credits

By Nicole Ortiz

This is a sweet tribute.

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Jackson Publick on the Ambition of ‘The Venture Bros.’

By John Maher

Why do ‘Rick & Morty,’ ‘BoJack Horseman,’ and ‘Archer’ get all the credit when ‘The Venture Bros.’ beat them to everything? What did Rusty Venture ever do to you?

Words That We Didn’t Write

By The Dot and Line

We wrote a lot of words on the Dot and Line. But it could have been so much worse. We could have written these.

Mike Lazzo Leaves Adult Swim

By John Maher

The executive vice president and creative director of Adult Swim has retired from the network after more than 40 years in entertainment.

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A Tale of Two Space Cowboys

By Nicholas P. Garcia

Love Spike and hate Andy? We got bad news for you, pardner…they’re basically the same person.

Hey Arnold! Had the Best Veteran’s Day Episode Ever Put on TV

By Eric Vilas-Boas

‘Hey Arnold!’ gave this special episode one of the most human treatments possible—and it *also* gave Hitler a giant wedgie.

Diane Nguyen Taught Me Not to Be a Martyr for My Writing

By Gretchen Gales

From her struggle to set boundaries for herself, to her mental health history, to her need to martyr herself for the greater good, I saw much of myself in Diane.

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Here’s Why You Should Catch Up on ‘Star vs. The Forces of Evil’ Right Now

By Amelia Kidd

Five out of five stars for ‘Star.’

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