…monster zit, and more. She is afraid and ashamed of her new appearance, and hides it until being revealed during a battle with Plasmus. Star leaves the Earth and heads…

…done “safe” back then, with networks and community groups demanding that cartoons be kept as non-threatening and generic as possible. At least Lou Scheimer and Filmation insisted on injecting diversity…

…Swayze and Reba McEntire as Cash and Dixie. Jonah Bobo and Harrison Fahn provide good performances as Tod and Copper, sounding like kids, but still professional. Other roles went to…

…still often well remembered by fans and would pop up again in comics and on toys and other merchandise. On the cartoon show, the same familiar group of villains got…

…than they currently have in the comic-reading community. With there being so much crossover between comic book fans and animation fans, and with the ever-increasing popularity of direct-to-video titles, made-for-DVD…

…use every DC Comics character we love but haven’t featured yet, and have all the supervillains we can fit on screen team up against the Justice League? Hmmmm. It had…

…with the Hanna-Barbera studio’s complete history will understand that they were often trailblazers, coming up with television’s first original half-hour cartoon show, and its first primetime animated series. Although much…

…Doo, Where Are You? had gotten for them the previous season, and this likely influenced them and H-B for Josie And The Pussycats. In the show, Josie and her band…

…comparisons to Batman: The Animated Series… See, on the previous series, the writers recognized that the tale of Robin’s origin was already relatively well known, and had been seen on…

…has been stripped out of the conflicts, and the heroes do some ridiculously impossible things with their seemingly magical powers (and bat-gadgets), but this absurdity comes out feeling innocent and…

…the strip this was emulating), and the transfer leaves much to be desired (see video comments below). A comedic highlight is Peppermint Patty’s misguided attempt to help ol’ “Chuck” meet…

…comic book covers. Contributors to the discussion include the producers and writers of the film, plus Valiant Comics’ Bob Layton and comic book and animation historian Mark Evanier, as well…

…do seem futuristic and real, rather than merely cartoony and conceptual. The special effects are striking, adding plenty of strength to the action scenes and aiding the viewer’s immersion into…

…champ had emerged, and in fact had taken over in such grand fashion that such success is likely to never come again from the newspaper comic page. Peanuts was HUGE….

…and & Mr. Chips. These three cartoons deal with Scooter and his computer and how computers work. The three cartoons are “Software”, “Hardware”, and “Number Crunchers” and they feature Schoolhouse…

…widescreen and fullscreen versions. The widescreen version also features a 2.0 Stereo music-only track and the audio commentary with John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, and Lee Unkrich. The fullscreen version features…

…universe. There are many characters and situations that only hard-core fans of Star Wars will understand and the commentary helps the casual viewers sort it out. Overall, this is recommended…

…sixth and final volume of their latest incarnation – Tom and Jerry Tales. In these fifteen cartoons, the duo travels around the world and back in time, singing and dancing…

…gang, and none of the sleeves lived up to the dark and decidedly non-traditional PG-rated film inside. With the demise of LaserDisc, and still no release on that format, the…

…live-action segments, in-between Mary and the Jim Carrey-starrer Me, Myself And Irene. Whereas fully-animated movies The Quest For Camelot and The Iron Giant had failed commercially, Warners looked to the…

…Visually the film is stunning, with grand vistas and softly-lit characters that returns to the deep and lush style of Disney animation missing since The Hunchback Of Notre Dame and…

…sharing with Art Stevens and John Lounsbery, and Artie Butler’s careful and almost live-action use of music, which never “Mickey Mouses” the action. The entire film looks and feels quite…

…that Tropic Island Hum is more finished, with completed song and score, and containing much more final color art. While Tuesday features a lot less color, piano demo music and…

…beginning to wane and his appearances were beginning to come few and far between, and it wasn’t until 1947 that Mickey returned to theater screens in a new short. Mickey’s…

…getting folks to shut up shop and move out, while Odel moves in and buys up the land – and the stock – at cut price rates! With Pearl’s farm…

…animated films and build on the critical and commercial success of Beauty And The Beast, Mulan was initially plotted as a deep drama, in the vein of Pocahontas and The…