It was a dark and stormy afternoon. A Disney Afternoon. Life comes at you like a hurricane. This was long after the time when rotund bears guzzling down this liquid they called Gummi juice and when a tiny rodent would … Continue reading The Mysterious Affair of Bonkers D. Bobcat

In one way, children’s entertainment has come a long way from the dawn of television. In another way, we lost the ability to create art where the barrier to entry was a lot lower, and all a person needed was … Continue reading Beany and Cecil fights over a couple of puppets

“Wizards are dangerous!” – Needle “Not as dangerous as BARBARIANS.” – Conan Know, Avocado readers, that between the years when Unicron battled Rodimus Prime and GI Joe: The Rise of COBRA, there was an age undreamed of… The early 90’s. … Continue reading Conan trades barbarism and destruction for adventure

When the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon hit it big in the late 80’s, the overnight sensation had an effect on Saturday morning cartoons that was similar to what we had seen with the original black and white comic. Suddenly … Continue reading The COWboys of Moo Mesa are riding across that uncanny valley

Nothing quite says that you’re not you’re daddy’s superhero than by making one of your main villains a child murderer. Post-Batman movie, superheroes were back. There was a catch, though. Brooding superheroes and psychotic villains were the new hotness. Bright, … Continue reading Spawn brings violence, swears, and nudity to superhero cartoons

Can the Western work in animation? It never seemed that popular of a genre to tackle, even during its heyday in film. The limitless possibility of animation seems more suited to the fanciful flights of science fiction than the grounded, … Continue reading Calamity Jane meets her kryptonite

I generally like most of the Williams Street shows on Adult Swim. Shoot, I even liked 12 Oz Mouse, which I think was one of the most hated shows on the Adult Swim message boards. I couldn’t tell you why, … Continue reading Xavier: Renegade Angel makes art out of low definition 3D graphics

Gather round children and let an old man tell you about a channel called The Nashville Network. No, not TNT. TNN. Stay with me, children, and let me tell you of a tale… from the Time Before the Before Times. … Continue reading Spike TV makes cartoons for MEN with Gary the Rat

It wasn’t until I started researching The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat that I realized how much Film Roman owns my soul. If the name sounds familiar, it’s because Film Roman is responsible for animating the majority of The … Continue reading Time to get twisted with Felix the Cat