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How to Learn Pixar Storytelling for Free

April 27, 2017December 29, 2019 John MaherComments Off on How to Learn Pixar Storytelling for Free

Pixar and Khan Academy are putting Pixar in a Box, and by a box they mean your computer screen.

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‘Over the Garden Wall’ Made the Bassoon Cool Again for You and Me

September 6, 2016December 29, 2019 John MaherComments Off on ‘Over the Garden Wall’ Made the Bassoon Cool Again for You and Me

Our back to school special! Here’s how Cartoon Network’s first miniseries obsessed over woodwinds in the best way possible.

EDITORS PICKS

Animation Gets a Jens Cleanse

By John Maher

Jens Lekman animation content technically exists!

A Cartoon Lover’s Haven Lives in Brooklyn

By The Dot and Line

Are you in New York? Then go hang with our friends at “Spoons, Toons, and Booze.” You won’t regret it. Trust us.

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What Studio Ghibli’s ‘Tales From Earthsea’ Gets Right

By Elly Belle

The late Ursula K. Le Guin didn’t love Goro Miyazaki’s take on her classic saga, but the film still understood its heart.

The Best American Animation Writing 2016

By The Dot and Line

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

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Cartoons Have Inspired a Wild Meme About First Crushes

By Marley Crusch

Everyone remembers their first animated love.

Princess Carolyn Has Been a Textbook Codependent All Along

By Charlotte Dow

No, she’s not just a really good manager.

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The Hidden Parallels in ‘Cowboy Bebop’—and Its Links to Cormac McCarthy

By John Maher

Spike is Gren? Spike is Vicious? Spike is Odin, the wanderer god whose ravens represent thought and memory? Spike is Cormac McCarthy’s nameless Kid from ‘Blood Meridian’? Good questions.

If You Love ‘The Last Jedi’ Here’s the Anime to Watch Right Now

By Eric Vilas-Boas

Sequels that mine the dark corners of the soul, fix the flaws of their predecessors, and are filled with gorgeous imagery always go down in history as the best of their lot.

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How Treize Manipulated Everyone in ‘Gundam Wing’

By Eric Vilas-Boas

Meet the Gundam franchise’s Dick Cheney. Or Lyndon B. Johnson. Or Stringer Bell. Really, take your pick.

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