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‘Firefly’ Already Exists. Let’s Leave Live-Action ‘Cowboy Bebop’ At That, Please.

November 29, 2018December 29, 2019 John MaherComments Off

Stop this now.

Don’t Make ‘Cowboy Bebop’ Live Action

June 7, 2017December 29, 2019 John MaherComments Off

If anyone ever casts Keanu Reeves as Spike Spiegel, I swear I’ll eat Eric! (And don’t even say the words “Joseph Gordon-Levitt” to me.)

An Urgent Question About ‘SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron’

May 18, 2017March 21, 2020 Eric Vilas-BoasComments Off

IS IT STILL GOOD!?

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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.

Don’t Make ‘Cowboy Bebop’ Live Action

By John Maher

If anyone ever casts Keanu Reeves as Spike Spiegel, I swear I’ll eat Eric! (And don’t even say the words “Joseph Gordon-Levitt” to me.)

A Close Reading of the Art of “Adventure Time: Islands”

By Evan Fleischer

Now that ‘Adventure Time’ has ended, let’s look back on one of its best collections of episodes.

An Urgent Question About ‘SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron’

By Eric Vilas-Boas

IS IT STILL GOOD!?

#MeToo Comes to Cartoons

By The Dot and Line

John Kricfalusi, creator of ‘Ren & Stimpy,’ is the biggest name in animation to be accused of sexual abuse. He won’t be the last. And the culture that allowed him to flourish in it must end. Now.

Let’s Jam: The Glorious Explosion That Is Cowboy Bebop’s Opening Theme

By Alex Costello

A truly inspired show intro needs to check at least a few very different boxes. This one nails them all.

If Warner Bros. Won’t Put Us Up at the Cartoon Network Hotel or Pay Us Sweet, Sweet Cash, It Should at Least Let Us Live in Its Water Tower

By The Dot and Line

Look, this is pretty self-explanatory. What do you want, a road map?

Steven Universe Is the Cartoon Hero Made for These Dark Times

By Eric Vilas-Boas

'Steven Universe' advances a positive, important argument for the future. We need his radical empathy now more than ever.

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‘Firefly’ Already Exists. Let’s Leave Live-Action ‘Cowboy Bebop’ At That, Please.

Don’t Make ‘Cowboy Bebop’ Live Action

An Urgent Question About ‘SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron’

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