“Hundreds of miles away in the Gulf of Mexico, what began as a dream voyage to a Mexican paradise had turned into a nightmare ...

B lack cartoon characters like Huey Freeman, Riley Freeman, Frozone, Fat Albert, and more have shaped TV history. These characters have broken barriers, brought diverse stories to the screen, and ...

Why is this Popeye series of 220 color cartoon episodes often viewed in such a negative light?. For one, it stars Popeye the ...

Using Pop Culture To Enliven History. Cartoons Elucidate the Latino Experience. October 11, 2000. By Natalie Hopkinson "Pop art, the highbrows say, is junk," writes author Ilan Stavans.

They created their first cartoon for television, “The Ruff and Reddy Show,” in 1957. “Instead of $45,000 for five minutes like we had at MGM, we got $2,700,” Barbera said in an 1987 interview.

“Cartoons as Political Speech” comes up-to-date with editorial cartoons by Signe Wilkinson, the longtime Philadelphia Daily News and Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist who now draws a weekly item for ...

An Oral History of ‘Duck Dodgers,’ Cartoon Network’s Space-Age Looney Tunes Show. Brian VanHooker. Fri, May 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM UTC. 17 min read.

On this day in history, July 27, 1940, Bugs Bunny, now an iconic pop culture cartoon character, debuted in the short animated film "A Wild Hare," released by Warner Brothers.

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 ...