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Why ‘The Dragon Prince’ Understands Sibling Love

March 4, 2019December 29, 2019 John MaherComments Off on Why ‘The Dragon Prince’ Understands Sibling Love

Sometimes, it means trusting siblings to handle themselves while you do your duty. Others, it means sacrificing everything.

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What ‘BoJack Horseman’ Season 5 Gets Right About Asexual Relationships

September 17, 2018May 8, 2019 RoAnna SylverComments Off on What ‘BoJack Horseman’ Season 5 Gets Right About Asexual Relationships

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

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Ask Scratchy: Why Is It So, So Hard to Move on From Loss?

November 16, 2017September 19, 2019 Dr. ScratchansniffComments Off on Ask Scratchy: Why Is It So, So Hard to Move on From Loss?

Pearl of ‘Steven Universe’ needs some advice, and our house head shrinker, Dr. Scratchansniff, is here to help.

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What Courage the Cowardly Dog Taught Me About My First Boyfriend

October 25, 2017May 9, 2019 Izzy KingsComments Off on What Courage the Cowardly Dog Taught Me About My First Boyfriend

Sometimes, horror-comedy cartoons cut deep.

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Ask Scratchy: All I Want is to Love and Be Loved, But Ladies Ignore Me

August 24, 2017September 19, 2019 Dr. ScratchansniffComments Off on Ask Scratchy: All I Want is to Love and Be Loved, But Ladies Ignore Me

The Ice King of ‘Adventure Time’ needs some advice, and our house head shrinker, Dr. Scratchansniff, is here to help.

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Why Harley and Ivy’s Love Is Love Is Love

February 14, 2017May 9, 2019 Siena KoncsolComments Off on Why Harley and Ivy’s Love Is Love Is Love

A Valentine’s Day ode to—yes—the best supervillain couple.

EDITORS PICKS

It’s 2016, and Eustace Bagge Is an Angry White Trump Supporter

By John Maher

17 years ago, ‘Courage the Cowardly Dog’ presented us with a prescient window into America in 2016: Eustace Bagge, perhaps the worst person in animation history, who embodies every wrongheaded notion Trump supporters are known for now.

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In Mad Pierrot, Spike Spiegel Sees a Darkness He Cannot Run From

By Michael J. Seidlinger

Cruelty and splendor collide in one of the most harrowing yet visually jaw-dropping episodes of ‘Cowboy Bebop.’

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Uncle Tito’s Ancient Hawaiian Sayings™ Illustrated With GIFs

By Ari Weinberger

Let's see what sound advice they could offer today.

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The Best (and Worst) Neon Genesis Evangelion Theme Song Covers

By Eric Vilas-Boas

Yes, there are too many.

The Untold Saga of the Gross D+L Logos We Rejected and the One We Finally Picked

By Eric Vilas-Boas

Sometimes our designs are bad. Laughably bad.

“We Got 5,000 Pitches”: How ‘What a Cartoon!’ Was Born

By John Maher

Fred Seibert, the brain behind the anthology series that launched Cartoon Network's biggest 1990s cartoons, on how the magic was made.

Satoshi Kon’s ‘Perfect Blue’ Is More Relevant Than Ever

By Wyatt Erchak

Reconsidering the classic anime film on the occasion of its restoration and re-release in the US.

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Hail, Zeon! Terrific Gundam Shows Are in a Renaissance Again

By Eric Vilas-Boas

For years I doubted Gundam could ever replicate the joy I felt at 12 years old watching giant robots pummel each other. I was wrong.

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