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What Queer People Want the Future of Cartoons to Look Like

April 28, 2020April 28, 2020 Elly BelleComment(1)

Queerness in cartoons has been subtextual for a long time, and a new generation of cartoons has brought it to the forefront. But there’s a lot more to be done.

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‘Kipo’ and the Art of Hope at the End of the World

March 9, 2020March 9, 2020 Maya GittelmanComments Off on ‘Kipo’ and the Art of Hope at the End of the World

It’s not easy to find something to look forward to in the apocalypse. ‘Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts’ finds a way. Finally.

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A top 15 of the ones who mattered most.

Mainland China’s Urban Indie Cartoons

By Isabel Galwey

Independent animation in the world’s most populous country seeks to move beyond the city limits.

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‘The Death of Superman’ Finally Stuck the Landing

By Eric Vilas-Boas

Did we need another adaptation? This movie proves we did.

Spinel’s Behavior Makes Sense When You Know About Borderline Personality Disorder

By Amelia Kidd

'Steven Universe' explores trauma over and over again. The movie is no different.

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The Boondocks Predicted the Oprah 2020 Thing and People Are Losing Their Minds

By John Maher

What does It take for mainstream media to pretend to care about cartoons? Oprah. The answer is Oprah. And politics. And clickbait.

The Questing Beast in Arthur Rackham's illustration for Alfred W. Pollard's 'The Romance of King Arthur' (1917). (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

Giveth Sir Palamedes and the Questing Beast an Animated Series, Thou Churls!

By John Maher

Hark, thou televisual and cinematic executive knaves! I ask thee: whither the Questing Beast!?

John Wouldn’t Recognize a Good Walk-and-Talk if He Walked Right Into It

By Cara McKeown

Part of #JohnWithTheWind — a week-long editorial event.

‘Moral Orel’ Still Shreds Trump and the Christian Right

By John Maher

Religious hypocrisy, patriarchal abuse, fetishization of violence. Orel is the American Christian, and he’s more screwed than ever.

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