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fall preview 2023
Aug. 25, 2023
By Eric Vilas-Boas
vulture recommends
June 13, 2023
Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue Was the Gateway Drug of IP CrossoversIn 1990, Bugs Bunny, Garfield, the Smurfs, Slimer, and other cartoons joined forces to shame a 14-year-old who smoked a little pot.
By A.A. Dowd
The Simpsons Is Good AgainAfter 34 seasons, 750 episodes, and a decades-long funk, the beloved show innovated its way back to popularity and relevance.
By Jesse David Fox
Legendary MAD Cartoonist Al Jaffee Dies at 102 He shaped the magazine’s tone and sensibility with his iconic “Fold-in” cartoons.
By Hershal Pandya
2 king 2 hill
Jan. 31, 2023
Travel Back to Arlen in a New King of the Hill Reboot Hulu announced a revival of the beloved series on January 31.
By Hershal Pandya
gotta catch em all
Dec. 22, 2022
Sarah Natochenny Understands the Importance of Ash Ketchum The Pokémon voice actress felt Ash’s journey coming to an end ahead of recording the character’s final good-bye.
By Alejandra Gularte
vulture recommends
Dec. 20, 2022
Masaaki Yuasa’s World Is Everyone Else’s, Too The anime director’s acclaimed Inu-Oh is just his latest cross-pollinated marvel.
By Zoe Crombie
I Love My Silly Little Fairy Show An ode to Fate: The Winx Saga, the best live-action remake out there.
By Katja Vujić
again with this guy!
Oct. 12, 2022
More Layoffs Hit the Animation Group at Warner Bros. Cartoon Network Studios and WB Animation feel the squeeze.
By Rebecca Alter
‘I Need to Tell You This’ Kate Beaton captured the aesthetic of a late-aughts internet. Her new memoir is a monumental synthesis of politics, history, and her own life.
By Kathryn VanArendonk
vulture jr.
July 13, 2022
Mum! Dad! Bingo! and Bluey Are Coming to Disney+ Australia’s greatest export will release its new season in two parts.
By Rebecca Alter
vulture lists
Mar. 29, 2022
By Michele Kirichanskaya
Hey! Arthur ’s Final Episode Airs Tonight on PBS This headline won’t stop the show from ending because I can’t read.
By Alejandra Gularte
Let the M&M’s Be Hot and Mean A rude corporate rebrand has decided the M&M’s characters should be … progressive?
By Danielle Cohen
trailer mix
June 19, 2021
By Charu Sinha
What a Cartoon! Allowed a Generation of Animators to ‘Take Back Our Cartoons’The anthology series and talent incubator What a Cartoon! tapped animation’s past to push the form into a new ’90s golden age.
By John Maher
How Cartoonist Keith Knight’s Life and Work Evolved Into Hulu’s Woke “Tell your authentic story. Because if you don’t, someone else will, and they’re going to screw it up.”
By Alex Dueben
right click
July 22, 2020
By Justin Curto
vulture lists
Apr. 17, 2020
90 Classic Looney Tunes Cartoons You Can Watch Right Now As the Warner Bros. animated franchise celebrates its 90th anniversary, we look back at its rich history.
By Donald Liebenson
19 Classic Screwball Tex Avery Cartoons, Ranked From Best to Worst A tour through some of the influential animator’s most famous work.
By Donald Liebenson
Louie Anderson Is a Talking Cat Specifically, the titular feline star of Fox’s Tigsley .
By Halle Kiefer
music videos
Nov. 15, 2019
The Brief and Wondrous Life of MC Skat Kat Talking with the animators behind Paula Abdul’s onetime music-video co-star.
By Brian Boone
the internet
Nov. 13, 2019
The Best Cartoons of the Early Internet Looking back on some early internet animated classics, from Homestar Runner to Salad Fingers.
By Ramsey Ess
solidarity forever
June 22, 2019
BoJack Horseman ’s Animators Have Voted to UnionizeAnimators have been wanting to unionize since season one.
By Bethy Squires
The Steven Universe Movie Is a Star-Studded Musical Featuring Chance The Rapper, Aimee Mann, Patti LuPone, and more!
By Bethy Squires
the great debates
Mar. 23, 2019
New Mickey Mouse Cartoon Weighs In on the Pluto vs. Goofy Paradox Will we ever know why one Disney dog can talk and stand up, and the other can’t?
By Bethy Squires
The Feminist Paradox of Cathy Guisewite She made a wildly successful comic strip by and for women. But to her critics, she’s just another example of compromised feminism.
By Rachel Syme
appreciations
Nov. 27, 2018
SpongeBob SquarePants and the Indestructible Faith of ImaginationAlways hold on to your magic pencil, kids, and remember that mayonnaise is not an instrument.
By Matt Zoller Seitz
the cartoon corner
Nov. 25, 2018
By Devon Ivie
The Pseudonymous New Cartoonist Giving ‘Nancy’ a Millennial-Approved Update Olivia Jaimes’s savvily modern and surprisingly funny take on the long-running newspaper comic strip speaks for itself.
By Abraham Riesman
the industry
Oct. 15, 2018
Tell Your Cat to Get His Headshots Together: A Tom & Jerry Movie Is in the Works What about a cartoon Jerry and a real Tom? Or a real cat and mouse, with a completely animated world? The possibilities are endless.
By Halle Kiefer
representation
Sept. 19, 2018
By Carlos Aguilar
book excerpt
Sept. 4, 2018
How BoJack Horseman Got Made The origins of TV’s favorite alcoholic, narcissistic, self-destructive talking horse.
By Chris McDonnell
appreciations
Sept. 3, 2018
By Eric Thurm
Voltron: Legendary Defender Had a Gay Character All AlongThe creators of the Netflix show explain why Shiro’s sexuality is not a “big reveal.”
By Brian Moylan
looking back
July 5, 2018
Revisiting the Beatles’ Cartoon LSD Utopia Yellow Submarine A children’s film about pacifism winning out over imperialist annihilation might seem odd, but after the Summer of Love, it made perfect sense.
By Charles Bramesco
boom shakalaka
Jan. 7, 2018
Jay-Z Releases Animated ‘Blue’s Freestyle’ Video on Tidal The cartoon dropped Sunday, which is, of course, Blue Ivy’s sixth birthday.
By Halle Kiefer
change is inevitable
Sept. 18, 2017
By Jackson McHenry
the industry
Jan. 16, 2017
Louis C.K. and Albert Brooks’s The Cops Ordered to Series by TBS You get three guesses to name the characters’ profession. The first two don’t count.
By Halle Kiefer
Will Forte Published a Book of Cartoons Called ‘101 Things to Definitely […] One of Will Forte’s finest pre-SNL creations is now available in book form. Titled 101 Things to Definitely Not Do if You Want to Get a Chick, […]
By Megh Wright
Judge Doom’s Toon Execution Room, by Geoffrey Golden
Dream It! Screw It! “collects” 30 years worth of notes, sketches, and plans for Disney park attractions conceived by Walt Disney’s idiot […]
By Brian Boone
getting crazy with make up
July 28, 2016
By the Cut
BoJack Horseman ’s Third Season Is TerrificWith its mix of curveball innovations and very BoJack elements, season three of Raphael Bob-Waksberg’s cartoon sitcom might be its best overall.
By Matt Zoller Seitz
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