Cartoons and Animation

V-Day For the Kid At Heart

How Scientology Spied on Tom Cruise

Three former Church of Scientology officials tell the Voice that for years -- at least between 1991 and 2005 -- church leader David Miscavige kept a close watch on Tom Cruise with the use of a man named Michael Doven, who served as Cruise's personal assistant. For much of that time, 1991 to 2001, C ... More >>

Sound Of The City's 11 Clickiest Posts Of 2011

We're about to close up shop here until 2012, and what better way to send out the year that birthed trollgaze than to run down the 11 posts on Sound of the City that generated the most pageviews over the course of the past 52 weeks? Enjoy this look back on the psyche of our readers, and have a happy ... More >>

Scientology Story of the Year -- The Vote Is In!

​As we continue our year-end celebrations, we've come to a big moment. We asked voters to decide which story had the most impact on Scientology watching this year. We chose five finalists that we think had lasting importance as well as immediate punch. There were many other stories worth cove ... More >>

Marge Becomes a Food Blogger on this Sunday's Simpsons [Yawn]

20th Century Fox via Grub StreetI recognize most of the characters, but who's the bald guy?​ The end-times for Foodism are near, my friends. This Sunday, Marge Simpson turns into a food blogger, as reported in an extensive Grub Street interview with Simpsons executive producer Matt Selman. To ... More >>

10 Things You Should Know About the New Beavis and Butt-Head

This past weekend at New York Comic-Con, Beavis and Butt-Head creator Mike Judge presented the inaugural public screening of his crude animation's newly rebooted first episode. Chris Linn, MTV Executive Vice President of MTV Production, introduced the pilot, which premieres October 27 at 10 p.m.. ... More >>

Beavis And Butt-Head Return To A Racier, More Snookified MTV

MTV turns 30 on Monday. To celebrate, we're running a bunch of pieces on the channel, its legacy, and its future. You may have heard by now that Beavis and Butt-Head are returning to MTV—a real comeback after years of cruel teasing rumors, none of them particularly believable. Mike Judge an ... More >>

Cheesy Poofs, from South Park to a Wal-Mart Near You

"Those are mah cheesy poofs!"​If you're a South Park fan -- and who isn't these days -- get excited for a new snack the Frito-Lay division of PepsiCo is preparing to launch next month. Finally, Cheesy Poofs will be real, for a limited time.

Persepolis

"Those are mah cheesy poofs!"​If you're a South Park fan -- and who isn't these days -- get excited for a new snack the Frito-Lay division of PepsiCo is preparing to launch next month. Finally, Cheesy Poofs will be real, for a limited time.

Heroin Mill that Packaged "Lebron James"-Brand Smack Busted

Alleged packaging table, via the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor​The DEA has announced the takedown of a heroin packaging mill in Fort Lee, NJ. About five and a half pounds of heroin was seized yesterday, as well as 100,000 glassine envelopes. The envelopes bore names of different b ... More >>

Ever Think He-Man and Linda Evans Were Separated At Birth?

​Then I've got just the art show for you! It's Skeletor Saves, a collective show improbably yet delightfully based on He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, with proceeds going to the Ali Forney Center for homeless LGBT youth. The above dip-tych-- Sam Simon's "Twins: He-Man and Linda Evans" ... More >>

Alexander Nevsky

​Then I've got just the art show for you! It's Skeletor Saves, a collective show improbably yet delightfully based on He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, with proceeds going to the Ali Forney Center for homeless LGBT youth. The above dip-tych-- Sam Simon's "Twins: He-Man and Linda Evans" ... More >>

South Park Shamelessly Rips CollegeHumor Inception Parody, Apologizes Half-Heartedly

​The New York Times ArtsBeat blog managed something resembling an apology from South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone for lifting huge segments of dialogue for their Inception parody, which aired Wednesday, from CollegeHumor's "Inception Characters Don't Understand Inception," created ... More >>

Emmy Nominations Announced; HBO Maintains Primetime Stranglehold

We will never own one of these. ​Whee, the 62nd Annual (Primetime!) Emmys have been announced. There aren't that many surprises: As usual, HBO rocks, as does Mad Men, True Blood, 30 Rock, Glee, Neil Patrick Harris, and Tina Fey. Losties may get another chance to see the objects of their affect ... More >>

SpongeBob, Saving Lives All Over the Freakin' Place

​Remember a few months ago when a girl successfully delivered the Heimlich to a friend who was choking on gum in music class, and then said she'd learned it from watching SpongeBob? Well, it's happened again, people. An 8-year-old New Jersey boy helped save a 5-year-old neighbor from drowning ... More >>

SpongeBob: Fashion Icon, Life-Saver, Man About Town

Our sea sponge of the hour​Kids, tell your parents that cartoons do save lives, and they should stop pressuring you to use the Wii Fit and just let you sit and watch your G.D. shows, okay? We are so happy when what might have been a tragic tale ends with hugs all around and a life-affirming l ... More >>

Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas

Our sea sponge of the hour​Kids, tell your parents that cartoons do save lives, and they should stop pressuring you to use the Wii Fit and just let you sit and watch your G.D. shows, okay? We are so happy when what might have been a tragic tale ends with hugs all around and a life-affirming l ... More >>

Jason and the Argonauts

Our sea sponge of the hour​Kids, tell your parents that cartoons do save lives, and they should stop pressuring you to use the Wii Fit and just let you sit and watch your G.D. shows, okay? We are so happy when what might have been a tragic tale ends with hugs all around and a life-affirming l ... More >>

'Chuck Chillout Birthday Concert'

Our sea sponge of the hour​Kids, tell your parents that cartoons do save lives, and they should stop pressuring you to use the Wii Fit and just let you sit and watch your G.D. shows, okay? We are so happy when what might have been a tragic tale ends with hugs all around and a life-affirming l ... More >>

Tracking a Southern Voyage with Walt & El Grupo

Our sea sponge of the hour​Kids, tell your parents that cartoons do save lives, and they should stop pressuring you to use the Wii Fit and just let you sit and watch your G.D. shows, okay? We are so happy when what might have been a tragic tale ends with hugs all around and a life-affirming l ... More >>

SICK OR SEXY?

Of course Mickey and Minnie did it

Seth Green on Obama, "South Park" Cracking on His Show, Etc.

Photo by Kwaku Alston. Like the vast, vast majority of Hollywood, Seth Green is excited to see former President George W. Bush exit the national stage. "I think we've all been encouraged over the last eight years to not participate," said Green just prior to his appearance at last week's New Yor ... More >>

What Would Charlie Brown Listen To?

Photo by Kwaku Alston. Like the vast, vast majority of Hollywood, Seth Green is excited to see former President George W. Bush exit the national stage. "I think we've all been encouraged over the last eight years to not participate," said Green just prior to his appearance at last week's New Yor ... More >>

My Neighbor Totoro

Photo by Kwaku Alston. Like the vast, vast majority of Hollywood, Seth Green is excited to see former President George W. Bush exit the national stage. "I think we've all been encouraged over the last eight years to not participate," said Green just prior to his appearance at last week's New Yor ... More >>

It Doesn’t Suck!

Breathe easy, Simpsons fans. The movie is eeeexellent.

The Future is Now

Mike Judge's much ballyhooed but rarely seen Idiocracy—coming soon to your idiot box!

Rack Focus

Mike Judge's much ballyhooed but rarely seen Idiocracy—coming soon to your idiot box!

The Metamorphosis

Boy turns bug in redemptive kiddie-lit adaptation

Games That Make You Feel Like Janeane Garofalo

Boy turns bug in redemptive kiddie-lit adaptation

Why Video Golf Is Like The Strokes

Boy turns bug in redemptive kiddie-lit adaptation

Rack Focus

Boy turns bug in redemptive kiddie-lit adaptation

Nasal-Dripping, Adult-Swimming Geek Rapper Survives Growing Pains

Boy turns bug in redemptive kiddie-lit adaptation

Black Power Rangers

How to tell white folks the truth: Boondocks creator McGruder and his underage stand-ins

Bunny Business

Blessed are the cheesemakers: Whimsical animated feature shows inventive minds at clay

Shadowland

An animated account of life under the Kim regime

Whole Lotta Dads: Paternal Overkill on Fox's Sunday Night

An animated account of life under the Kim regime

Remote Patrol

An animated account of life under the Kim regime

Obscure Winged Superhero Offers Legal Aid to Cartoons

An animated account of life under the Kim regime

Ducks Amuck

Crazy cartoon logic in a live-action world

Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals in Redneck-Haiku Pajamas

Crazy cartoon logic in a live-action world

Cat O' Many Tales

Kim Deitch Gets Animated

Jojo Workin'

Kim Deitch Gets Animated

Aardman Hatches a Chick Flick

The Joy Cluck Club

Darkside Toons

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Japanimation's All-ages Show

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The Son Also Rises

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Tuned In

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Darndest Things

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