As a cartoon watcher who’s self-identified as a furry (aka a fan of anthropomorphic animals and works featuring them) since five minutes after reading the Wikipedia article in 2010, it’s maybe not surprising I’ve watched the Amiga animations by Eric W. Schwartz. Produced through the 90s, Schwartz’s funny animal shorts are equally charming and cheeky …
Read moreSympathizing with Eric W. Schwartz’s “Plight of The Artist”
When you dunno what to do,
it’s good to watch a bunch of cartoons.
The wolf may be square, but this cartoon certainly isn’t.
The only cartoon article you’ll read with absurdly long vertical pans.
(Writer’s note: I’d originally written this around the end of March 2024, but a technical issue with the site meant I wasn’t able to upload this in time. I’d posted it on my personal blog until that had been cleared up, with the hope that I might be able to write something else in the …
Read moreDragon Ball: The Path to Power (1996 – Dir: Shigeyasu Yamauchi): A Cartoon Review
Last time on Cartoon Milk, I wrote about the 2008 Dragon Ball short film Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!, as a way of celebrating its 15th anniversary. I had written quite a lot of thoughts, but in trying to make for a more coherent article, I ended up with a review that left …
Read moreLooking back at Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return! (Part Two)
The passage of time has a funny way of synching things up. It’s the year 2023, meaning that I’ve been a fan of Dragon Ball for a little over 15 years now. It’s also the 15th anniversary of the 2008 Dragon Ball short film “Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!”, which I haven’t seen …
Read moreLooking back at Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return! (Part One)
You won’t like every cartoon, and that’s okay.
A look at how two episodes from this series use colour tones and backgrounds to surprising effect.
