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The Dot and Line’s Best Writing of 2018

From exclusive interviews to searing personal essays.

A roundup of our 25 favorite pieces about cartoons published during the past year by outlets not called ‘The Dot and Line.’

Morty of ‘Rick and Morty’ needs some advice, and our house head shrinker, Dr. Scratchansniff, is here to help.

She has the right number of ears, two eyes, one foot, and a very strange friendship with Mr. Peanutbutter.

With only the finest — the pères de la pères — of animation. Happy Father’s Day!

Ginger of ‘As Told by Ginger’ needs some advice, and our house Freud wannabe, Dr. Scratchansniff, is here to help.

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

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

But the source material for the film, which premiered at Fantastia 2019, happens to predate the Disney blockbuster's by roughly two centuries.