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"The Lion King" wins at the 2020 NAACP Image Awards

February 23, 2020 1 min read animation award Media NAACP NAACP Image Awards The Lion King

The 2020 NAACP Image Awards took place on Saturday night. Here’s a look at the animation-related winners. A full list is available here; winners below are in bold, with animation-related nominees

"Toy Story 4" wins the 2020 Oscar for Animated Feature; "Hair Love" wins for Animated Short

February 09, 2020 2 min read Academy Awards animation award Hair Love Media movies Oscars Toy Story

The 2020 Academy Awards took place last night. Below are this year’s Oscar winners, plus my thoughts on such. Animated Feature Film Toy Story 4 How to Train Your Dragon: The

The 2020 NAACP Image Awards animation nominees

January 21, 2020 2 min read animation award Media NAACP NAACP Image Awards

I know I’ve been writing a lot lately about award show nominations. However, I realized I never looked at the NAACP’s annual Image Awards for animation-related nominees. Thus, I

The 2020 Oscar animation nominees

January 14, 2020 2 min read Academy Awards animation award Media Oscars

The 2020 Academy Award nominations were announced this week. Below are my thoughts on this year’s batch of animation-related nominees (plus the usual general Oscars thoughts). Variety has a full list

2020 GLAAD Media Awards comics and animation nominees announced

January 09, 2020 3 min read animation Arthur award comics GLAAD LGBTQ Media She-Ra

The nominees for the 2020 GLAAD Media Awards were announced this week. As usual, the GLAAD Media Awards are meant to draw attention to noteworthy portrayals of LGBTQ characters, elements, and stories in

"Missing Link" wins best animated feature at the 2020 Golden Globe Awards

January 05, 2020 1 min read animation award Golden Globe Awards Media Missing Link

The 2020 Golden Globe Awards were given out last night. Below are my thoughts on this year’s animation-related winners. A full list of winners is available here. Best Motion Picture – Animated

A look at long-running cartoons with problematic elements

January 02, 2020 6 min read animation Looney Tunes Media stereotype The Flintstones The Joker The Simpsons Tom and Jerry

The director of 2019’s R-rated movie “Joker,” Todd Phillips, said in a Vanity Fair interview one reason he made this film was because he finds making comedy near-impossible due

Cartoons that should've entered public domain in 2020 (but didn't)

December 31, 2019 6 min read Media animation Aquaman Avengers comics copyright Disney public domain Tennessee Tuxedo The Flintstones X-Men

A look at what cartoons and comics should've entered public domain in 2020 (but of course, didn't).

A look at animation in the 2010s

December 26, 2019 4 min read 2010s animation Cartoon Network Disney Media Nickelodeon PBS Kids

The 2010s have seen plenty of strong examples of animation, including TV, movies, and online. As it’s the end of the decade, it’s time to look back on how

A look at the 2020 Golden Globe Awards animation nominees

December 17, 2019 2 min read animation Golden Globe Awards Media nominees

The nominees for the 2020 Golden Globe Awards were announced earlier this month. Here’s a look at the animation-related nominees. (Variety has a full list of all the nominees.) The Golden