It’s not uncommon for a cartoon character to steal the spotlight, only to suddenly disappear without a trace. Regardless of the cause, these cartoon icons have left us with many questions. Here's a ...

Big head cartoon characters like Stewie and Megamind have captured hearts in animation history. Which modern and classic ...

Since the dawn of time (animation time at least), people who aren’t in the know have categorised Japanese anime and American cartoons under the umbrella term of ‘animation’, expecting them both to ...

In this odd pairing, legendary singer, dancer and bandleader Cab Calloway starred in these surreal Betty Boop cartoons to promote his music, “Minnie the Moocher” and “The Old Man of the Mountain.” ...

Nicholas Sammond describes how popular early American cartoon characters were derived from blackface minstrelsy. He charts the industrialization of animation in the early twentieth century, its ...