The Character Animation in The New Gulliver
An attempt at discussing animation from a technical perspective.
FR Dougal
An Earnest Defense of Gene Deitch’s The Hobbit
If there’s any short film that deserves a better reputation than it has, it’s this one.
Disliking The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
An award-winning critical darling, that I unfortunately cannot stand.
Time Out: Resonating Anxieties
A personal reading of a cartoon that struck a chord. (CW: discussion of anxiety issues)
Asura’s Wrath: An Interactive Anime
If video games are a kind of cartoon, why not watch a video game?
Mask of the Phantasm: Revisiting A Ghost from the Past
You won’t like every cartoon, and that’s okay.
Cyborg 009 2001: Emotional Arcs in Art Direction
A look at how two episodes from this series use colour tones and backgrounds to surprising effect.
