What happened to the 2010s cartoon renaissance?
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The 2010s gave us the golden age of “animation for grownups disguised as a kid’s show.” Adventure Time, Gravity Falls, Steven Universe, Regular Show — they walked so the current…
April 2026
Interview: Nina Okafor on drawing the same cat 5,000 times
We sat down with Nina Okafor, storyboard artist on cult-favorite show Paperback Patrol, for a breezy hour about breaking into the industry, drawing the same cat five thousand times, and…
The 12-frame rule: why squash & stretch rules every cartoon you love
Squash and stretch is the first principle of animation. It’s also, inexplicably, the hill every fan of modern cartoons will die on. Here’s why a technique invented in 1937 still…
Lunar Crumb Crew is the stop-motion show we didn’t know we needed
Every few years a new animated series drops and the internet collectively gasps. This year it’s Lunar Crumb Crew, a stop-motion short from indie studio Tiny Gremlin Workshop — and…
Why Scooby-Doo still holds up (and where it melts)
If you grew up in the 90s, there’s a non-zero chance your entire worldview was shaped by a rubbery yellow dog and his meddling teenage friends. This week we’re revisiting…