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Tag results: Animation

The Animal Years

Discussing why anthropomorphism came to dominate early animation, and why that trend never really faded away, while rubber-hose animation quickly did.

Oct 27, 2021

Mystery Machine

The strange connection between Bobby Kennedy's death and the rise of Scooby-Doo, who represented a new kind of cartoon hero in his day.

Apr 06, 2020

One Frame At A Time

A long time ago in an encoding standard not so far away, an early 'net user tried to remake “Star Wars” in ASCII art form. He got further than you’d guess.

Jun 21, 2018

Shelf This Elf

Why Elf Bowling, the animated holiday film, doesn’t live up to Elf Bowling, the not-a-virus computer game. The biggest problem, simply, is the animation.

Dec 25, 2017

Christmas In Clay

Pondering why a well-received Claymation holiday special, turning 30 this year, hasn’t become a lasting holiday classic like most of the other junk on TV.

Dec 11, 2017

It’s A Duck Blur

We may be stuck waiting until August for a DuckTales revival from Disney, but here’s a quick reflection on the importance of the original show.

Jun 21, 2017

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