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Warner Kids Dish Deets on Pix Biz

May 30, 2019December 30, 2019 John MaherComments Off

With a little shade for the trades.

What Diane’s Role on ‘BoJack Horseman’ Says About the Media (and Diane)

September 13, 2017May 27, 2019 Eric Vilas-BoasComments Off

Her big interview in ‘BoJack’ Season 4 worked marvelously.

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We’ve Got Some Thanking to Do

November 22, 2016May 27, 2019 The Dot and LineComments Off

Thanks for tuning into toons with us over the past ten months or so.

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Poetic Injustice: DreamWorks Animators Exiled to the Swamps

September 16, 2016December 29, 2019 John MaherComments Off

This is awful.

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Yoko Kanno Took Two Melodies and Made Four Perfect Songs

By John Maher

“Memory” and “Adieu,” “Goodnight Julia” and “Space Lion,” each flip sides of the same coin, make you wish Chet Baker and Bill Evans had been alive to play them—or that Pharaoh Sanders would.

Doug Dimmadome Looks Awfully Familiar

By Evan Fonseca

Make Dimmsdale great again?

“Roaring Upheaval” Masters Teamwork and Terror

By Sarra Sedghi

The plot thickens with some revelry in the dark.

Why Diane’s Cultural Tension in ‘BoJack’ Reminds Me of My Heritage

By Nicole Ortiz

Her otherness is something a lot of mixed background folks go through.

Good Grieving: ‘The Leftovers’ Will Shatter You Without Ever Once Cheating You

By Eric Vilas-Boas

One of the (few) earnest entries in #JohnWithTheWind.

The Best Anime Series of the 2010s

By The Dot and Line

It's been a long 10 years. These anime sliced them down to size.

Here’s Why You Should Watch ‘Coco,’ Which Is Finally on Netflix

By John Maher

The Pixar tearjerker—now on Netflix—should do more than make you cry with its reminders of what tethers us to family. Now go call your grandma.

The Secret Hustle of the First ‘Dexter’s Laboratory’ Short

By John Maher

Cartoon architect Fred Seibert reveals the astonishing backstory behind Genndy Tartakovsky's work on the first ‘Dexter’s Lab’ short.

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Warner Kids Dish Deets on Pix Biz

What Diane’s Role on ‘BoJack Horseman’ Says About the Media (and Diane)

We’ve Got Some Thanking to Do

Poetic Injustice: DreamWorks Animators Exiled to the Swamps

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