The Cuphead Show! is an anomaly in the modern media landscape. Not because it’s a cartoon adaptation of a video game—that’s becoming a lot less rare. No, The Cuphead Show! is unique because it’s a classic cartoon made in the modern day.
Why Was The Powerpuff Girls Popular? Back as the controversy regarding the new remake of The Powerpuff Girls raged, I tried to remember what the original show was like. I’d been reminded by the internet that The Powerpuff Girls had surprisingly adult elements, that it was good in a general sort of way, but that…
Danny Phantom: Not A Nostalgia Ghost Danny Phantom is still a good show. My nostalgia for the series was something fierce, even if the finale left much to be desired. I honestly was expecting to be savagely disabused, again, of my childhood memories, but no, Danny Phantom nails its first episode on several layers. Like,…
Jimmy Neutron Is Such A Strange Show My memories of Jimmy Neutron are false. I remember this show being a silly thing that took a similar premise to Dexter’s Lab and made it into something a lot more irreverent and light-hearted. A pleasant series with pretty good meme material all things considered. But, wow, going…
What’s A Cartoon Has A Shaky Definition Time to divide the readers of this article: is a movie that’s almost entirely CGI just a cartoon with real-life actors in the middle of it? I realize the knee-jerk reaction to that idea is “no, surely not,” but, well, let’s explore this out a bit, shall we?…
Hello Invader Zim, We Have Missed You Did we need more Invader Zim? Uncharacteristically of me, I’m saying yes, we did. Nothing I have ever seen is like Invader Zim—it was on another level of strange, of weird, of dark. Sure, shows like Rick and Morty have some truly twisted stuff, but Invader Zim was…
