obituary – The Dot and Line

The Dot and Line, Which Took on Tales of Toons, Dies at 4

May 1, 2020May 1, 2020 The Dot and LineComments Off

The website grew over the course of four years from scrappy, puckish up-and-comer to perhaps the best cartoon journalism publication on the internet. (Fight us!)

Movies

The Pencil Power of Richard Williams

August 19, 2019August 19, 2019 Eric Vilas-BoasComments Off

Cancer claimed the life of the legendary animator behind the vibrant cartooning in ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ and more masterworks.

Movies

Remembering Suzan Pitt

August 12, 2019December 30, 2019 The Dot and LineComments Off

A handful of the late, great indie animator’s friends and former students and collaborators share their stories

EDITORS PICKS

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.

10 Years After ‘Boondocks,’ the Block Is Still Hot

By John Maher

With ‘The Boondocks,’ Aaron McGruder told a story of racial disparity, injustice, and violence that has not gone away.

Hayao Miyazaki’s Castles, Ranked

By John Maher

Dude loves castles.

What Queer People Want the Future of Cartoons to Look Like

By Elly Belle

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.