There was a very specific moment in the 1980s when television executives looked at children and thought:“What if we simply ...
The 1980s were a golden age for cartoons, which often featured some creatively creepy villains that linger in memory even all these decades later. The most famous and iconic cartoons of the 1980s ...
For those of us of a certain age, nothing from childhood was better than Saturday mornings. The weekend was here, which meant no school for the next two days. To celebrate, we’d wake up early on ...
On Phil's first day of work in Hollywood, Steven Spielberg asked him for a donut. Not bad for a kid from Erie, PA who went on to have over 10 years experience managing and writing for high-profile ...
These days, you can watch animated TV shows whenever you want—on streaming channels, YouTube or any of the cable channels devoted exclusively to cartoons. There are endless ways to watch funny kids ...
In 1980, everything changed for animation in America. President Jimmy Carter signed the FTC Improvements Act of 1980, limiting the Federal Trade Commission’s ability to regulate children’s programming ...
The ’80s was a truly remarkable decade when it came to cartoons and anime, and over the course of that period, a number of now-iconic franchises first hit the screen. One such franchise is one of the ...
MegaGhost explores the story of a beloved Saturday morning cartoon that never actually existed. By Graeme McMillan Just in time for Halloween, Eric Powell’s Albatross Funnybooks is releasing the ...
The iconic TSR role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves is now a live-action film, one delighting both audiences and critics. But forty years ago, D&D had its very first outside media ...