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Faye Valentine’s Debts Made Her—As Mine Made Me

The ‘Bebop’ femme fatale’s devil-may-care attitude is the natural conclusion to resignation to a debt-filled future. I can relate.

Has the Pokémon anime at long last figured out that girls of color might want to be the very best too?

The Caped Crusader marks a silver anniversary with a Blu-Ray announcement.

Celebrate by watching ‘Steamboat Willie’ again.

Or: The Evolution and Devolution of Dragon Ball Z’s once-powerful son.

A roundup of 15 of our favorite stories about cartoons published during the past year by outlets not called The Dot and Line...plus some extras.

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

But not everyone in this ‘Bebop’ episode has the time to play.

Even if we share an orientation, we’re not a monolith.

A poetic love letter, from one kickass survivor to another.