Happy Mother’s Day to Ma Kent
by Today is Mother’s Day, and what better mother to write about in comicdom than Martha Kent, aka “Ma Kent,” the adoptive mother of superhero comics’ …
Tag: holidays
St. Patrick’s Day in cartoons
A list of some cartoons referencing St. Patrick’s Day, from “The Simpsons” to “Looney Tunes.”
Thanksgiving specials: The Simpsons (“Bart vs. Thanksgiving”)
Today’s Thanksgiving special entry is this Season 2 episode of “The Simpsons,” “Bart vs. Thanksgiving,” which first aired in 1990. Background The plot revolves around …
Thanksgiving specials: “Garfield’s Thanksgiving”
Next on the Thanksgiving special hit parade is “Garfield’s Thanksgiving.” First airing on CBS in 1989, this special is enjoyable, though weaker than the Halloween …
Thanksgiving specials: “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving”
With Thanksgiving upon us once more, I thought I’d dedicate some blog space to the handful of Thanksgiving animated specials that’ve aired. The first entry …
Presidents’ Day in cartoons
The month of February features both Lincoln’s Birthday and Washington’s Birthday. Nowadays they’re usually celebrated in most states under the generic single day of “Presidents’ …
Christmas specials: “Yogi’s First Christmas”
A look at the 1980 made-for-TV movie “Yogi’s First Christmas,” starring Yogi Bear and several other Hanna-Barbera characters.
Black Friday 2010: the year we make contact (with the annual holiday shopping onslaught)
Aside from the use of yet another “2010: The Year We Make Contact” pun (only a bit under two months of that left, folks), I’d …
DVD review: Garfield: Holiday Celebrations
“Garfield: Holiday Celebrations” is a single-disc DVD collecting three Garfield holiday specials: “Garfield’s Halloween Adventure,” “Garfield’s Thanksgiving,” and “A Garfield Christmas.” (In non-North American versions …