Merry Christmas, everyone! I thought I’d look at how various characters I’ve written about have “saved Christmas.” It seems to be mandatory for cartoon characters… Read More »The best of minorities in cartoons: How the characters saved Christmas
In the spirit of “top 10” lists and the holiday season, here’s a list of my 10 favorite Christmas specials, listed in no particular order.… Read More »Top 10 favorite animated Christmas specials
Christmas in July is not only a marketing phenomenon—a way for stores in North America to kill time until “back to school” shopping season fully… Read More »Christmas in July in cartoons
The “Bechdel Test,” named after an early comic strip by Alison Bechdel of “Dykes to Watch Out For” fame, proposes a set of three criteria… Read More »Christmas specials that pass (or fail) the Bechdel test
Finally wrapping up the minor Christmas specials list (for now) is “Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer.” It’s based on the ultra-cheesy Christmas song… Read More »Christmas specials: “Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer”
Three days until Christmas brings us this latest Christmas special entry, the Powerpuff Girls’ Christmas special, entitled “Twas the Fight Before Christmas.” The popular Cartoon… Read More »Christmas specials: “The Powerpuff Girls: Twas the Fight Before Christmas”
Today’s Christmas special isn’t an actual special. It’s a segment (but a hilarious one) from the popular 90s Cartoon Network cartoon “Dexter’s Laboratory.” Background “Dexter… Read More »Christmas specials: “Dexter vs. Santa’s Claws”
Next on the string of minor Christmas specials is “Bugs Bunny’s Looney Christmas Tales,” a 1979 Christmas special. This one consisted of three shorts: two… Read More »Christmas specials: “Bugs Bunny’s Looney Christmas Tales”
Moving on with the Christmas special series, we come to another oldie, 1983’s “Christmas Comes to Pac-Land,” which was a Pac-Man Christmas special. I’ve written… Read More »Christmas specials: “Christmas Comes to Pac-Land”
Continuing the minor Christmas specials hit parade, here’s the next entry: several black-and-white shorts that aired for years on Chicago’s WGN during the holidays. Said… Read More »Christmas specials: “Stick-figure Frosty” and other black-and-white shorts on WGN-TV