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‘Moral Orel’ Still Shreds Trump and the Christian Right

April 14, 2017December 29, 2019 John MaherComments Off on ‘Moral Orel’ Still Shreds Trump and the Christian Right

Religious hypocrisy, patriarchal abuse, fetishization of violence. Orel is the American Christian, and he’s more screwed than ever.

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Why The Great Pumpkin Still Haunts You and Me

October 28, 2016December 29, 2019 John MaherComments Off on Why The Great Pumpkin Still Haunts You and Me

Halloween, the descendent of Samhain, is about the overlap between the realms of the visible and invisible. Isn’t that enough?

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A Tender Benediction, Unearthed from the Bowels of Nickelodeon

September 1, 2016May 9, 2019 The Dot and LineComments Off on A Tender Benediction, Unearthed from the Bowels of Nickelodeon

We’ve dedicated the entire month of August 2016 to writing only about Nicktoons. This is its swan song.

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How Rugrats Taught a Shiksha Like Me to Love Passover

August 9, 2016May 9, 2019 Kate DrozynskiComments Off on How Rugrats Taught a Shiksha Like Me to Love Passover

25 years ago this week, Nickelodeon debuted Rugrats, one of the first three Nicktoons. In honor of the anniversary, here’s a look back at a Very Special Episode…

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The Crippling Terror of Leaving Your Stoop

By Rob Ryan

On Hey Arnold! and the glamor of struggle—a part of Nicktoons Month!

Genndy Tartakovsky Gets ‘Primal’: “I’m Doing Things Differently Than I Ever Have Done”

By John Maher

The 'Dexter's Laboratory' and 'Samurai Jack' creator discusses his brutal, bloody, badass new series on Adult Swim

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

By RoAnna Sylver

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

The Best Animated Movies of the 2010s

By The Dot and Line

It's been a long 10 years. These movies made them a fun ride.

Behind the Scenes at AnimationFest 2019

By Elly Belle

The Savannah College of Art and Design is hosting a new kind of animation festival.

‘BoJack Horseman’ Makes Sense If You Know About Intergenerational Trauma

By Amelia Kidd

You can lead a horse to self-awareness, but you can’t re-write the traumas of his family history. Or something.

A Score to Make a ‘Dragon Prince’ Cry: A Q&A with Frederik Wiedmann

By The Dot and Line

The composer for Netflix's hit fantasy series discusses instrumentation, inspiration, writing character themes, and more.

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.

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“Your Lifelong Dream” and the Enduring Timelessness of ‘The Simpsons’

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‘Courage the Cowardly Dog’ Is the Only Horror I Can Stomach

By John Maher

Twenty years later, there's still no children's cartoon that can begin to compete with the terrors that plagued Nowhere, Kansas.

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