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Grimsburg: First Look

Grimsburg: First Look

From Don Draper to Roy Tillman, there’s no question that Jon Hamm has range. On the animated series Grimsburg, Hamm voices Detective Marvin Flute. After being kicked off the force, “the greatest detective ever” returns to his seedy hometown to solve crimes and maybe get his family back. A preview episode hits FOX on 1.7.23 and Hulu 1.8.23.

Mouse (Gameplay Trailer)

Mouse (Gameplay Trailer)

Fumi Games’ FPS combines the black-and-white, rubber hose animation style of 1930s cartoons with high-intensity action. Think Cuphead meets Serious Sam. It doesn’t drop until 2025, but this early gameplay footage is promising. Add it to your Steam wishlist today. In case you’re wondering, Mickey’s Steamboat Willie look loses copyright protection in 2024.

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The Background Art of Looney Tunes

The Background Art of Looney Tunes

Looney Tunes cartoons are known for iconic characters like Bugs Bunny, Road Runner, and Foghorn Leghorn. The animators who created these characters and their voices often are mentioned, but the artists who created the background images are rarely mentioned. The Gaze gives credit where credit is due with this video essay focused on artist Maurice Noble.

A Compilation of Cartoon Domino Displays

A Compilation of Cartoon Domino Displays

The Domino King has made numerous domino displays inspired by pop culture characters. This video compiles some of his many impressive displays, built from more than 800,000 dominoes in total. Along the way, you’ll visit Bikini Bottom, Gravity Falls, Rick and Morty’s multiverse, and much more.

What Saturday Morning TV Was Like from 1964 to 1976

What Saturday Morning TV Was Like from 1964 to 1976

For many, the 1960 and 1970s are considered the golden age of Saturday morning television. The era gave us weird, wild, and memorable shows like H.R. Pufnstuf, Scooby Doo, and the original Spider-Man cartoon. Johnnyboy792 shared this time capsule of TV shows and commercials that’ll bring back fond memories to Gen-Xers and younger Boomers.

The Greatest Foley Artists in the World

The Greatest Foley Artists in the World

We know how important the work of foley artists can be when it comes to adding sound effects to movies. But the clueless dudes in this animated comedy sketch from deansoups must have fallen asleep – or smoked a whole lot of weed – while attending foley school.

Lords of the Orb

Lords of the Orb

RPGs and fantasy movies often send their characters on a quest for a mythical object. The Minute Hour and animator slouch take a jab at the trope with a cartoon about a man and his quest to capture an orb that possesses such mysterious powers that even we shall not understand them by the end of the video.

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Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm (First Look)

Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm (First Look)

(PG-13: Gore) Master Shake, Fry Lock, and Meatwad are back for an insane new adventure. In this clip from Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm, the gang heads into space and comes face-to-face with a horrifying creature straight out of John Carpenter’s The Thing. The gang returs on 11.8.22 on Digital, 4K Ultra HD, and Blu-ray.

Rick and Morty Season 6 (Trailer)

Rick and Morty Season 6 (Trailer)

The Sanchez and Smith families are back for another round of insane adventures in the multiverse. Along the way, they’ll take on alien terrorists, Summer becomes Wolverine, Rick becomes Doc Ock, and the gang has car troubles. Oh, and in case you need a refresher before it premieres on September 4, watch this.

Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe

Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe

Mike Judge returns to some well-fertilized comedy ground as America’s dumbest duo returns for an all-new adventure. After being forced to enter Space Camp back in 1998, Beavis and Butt-Head end up flying a space shuttle and encounter alien life, unicorns, and their future selves. Drops 6.23.22 on Paramount+.

Cartoon Music on Percussion Instruments

Cartoon Music on Percussion Instruments

Musician Joe Porter is back with another one of his rapid-fire instrumental performances. This time he offers up an all-too-short medley of three cartoon music. The Tom and Jerry theme sounds particularly good on the Slap-o-Phone, which sounds like something the cat and mouse would use in one of their fights.

Cat Burglar (Trailer)

Cat Burglar (Trailer)

Cat Burglar is an interactive cartoon from the creators of Black Mirror. Inspired by the slapstick of Tex Avery, your answers to questions guide Rowdy Cat against Peanut the Security Pup in a museum heist. Your choices result in more than 100 different 10-minute cartoons. Hits Netflix 2.22.22.

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The Bob’s Burgers Movie (Trailer)

The Bob’s Burgers Movie (Trailer)

The Belchers finally get their own big-screen movie. The musical comedy-adventure follows the family as a gigantic sinkhole that opens up in front of Bob’s Burgers and the mysteries they unravel trying to get to the bottom of things. In theaters 5.27.2022.

Thundercats Redrawn in HD

Thundercats Redrawn in HD

Animator xtremee_ghost loves the 1980s cartoon Thundercats so much that they created a remastered version of the show’s intro sequence. The new version features crisp, clean lines and vibrant colors in high-definition, versus the grainy old VHS transfers we’re used to seeing. Here’s the original for comparison.

Pixar Remix: Monsters, Inc.

Pixar Remix: Monsters, Inc.

Pixar reimagines the characters from Monsters, Inc. in a 1930s black-and-white cartoon style. Sit back, grab a bucket of popcorn, and enjoy as Mike and Sully once again save their new friend Boo from the slimy Randall Boggs and come up with a better source of energy than screams.

Rick and Morty: The Story So Far

Rick and Morty: The Story So Far

The fifth season of Rick and Morty just wrapped up with quite the ending. But how did we get here? Jesse Gill and Michael Swaim of IGN provide a great retrospective on the series to prepare you for a rewatch of that epic finale. Be sure to bookmark this so you can watch it again before season six drops.

Spider-Man: No Way Home as a 90s Cartoon

Spider-Man: No Way Home as a 90s Cartoon

100Bombs Studios dusted off footage from the 1990s Spider-Man animated series and edited it to match the audio from the Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer. Using scenes between Spidey, Doctor Strange, and Doc Ock, it syncs up surprisingly well.

America: The Motion Picture

America: The Motion Picture

Netflix offers up a completely inaccurate history lesson on the origins of the U.S., in which a foul-mouthed, chainsaw-wielding George Washington leads the founding fathers. Voiced by Channing Tatum, Jason Mantzoukas, Olivia Munn, Judy Greer, Killer Mike, Bobby Moynihan, Raoul Max Trujillo, and more. Drops 7.30.2021.

The Evolution of The Simpsons Animation

The Evolution of The Simpsons Animation

It’s hard to believe it, but The Simpsons has been on the air for more than 30 years. Over the decades, a lot has changed in the world of animation. Despite the characters on the show not aging, there have been meaningful changes to the way they are drawn. Insider looks back at how its production has evolved over the years.

Rick and Morty in the Eternal Nightmare Machine

Rick and Morty in the Eternal Nightmare Machine

Rick and Morty season five arrives in June 2021. While we wait for the premiere, here’s a little something fun to fill your eyeballs with. Paul Robertson created this amazing 17-minute pixel art animation that envisions the duo battling an endless stream of baddies in an epic side-scroller video game. thE sIMuLAtioN iS coRruPt!

If The Simpsons Were British

If The Simpsons Were British

The Simpsons can be seen in hundreds of countries around the globe, including the United Kingdom. But what would the hit series have looked like had it been a product of UK pop culture rather than the US? Comedian Alasdair Beckett-King has the answer, and it’s not pretty.

Rick and Morty Season 5 (Trailer)

Rick and Morty Season 5 (Trailer)

Rick and Morty are back and ready for more multidimensional mayhem, with a new season that includes a creepy ocean man who rides on a sled made of sea creatures, killer robots, insect kaiju, futuristic ziplining, and more. Premieres 6.20.2021 on Adult Swim, with seasons 1 through 4 now on HBO Max.

Solar Opposites Season 2 (Trailer)

Solar Opposites Season 2 (Trailer)

(PG-13: Language) Korvo, Yumyulack, Terry, Jesse, and the Pupa are back and causing more mayhem than ever in season two of Solar Opposites. If you didn’t get to watch season one of Justin Roiland and Mike McMahan’s hilariously warped animated series, now’s a great time to do it with the second season hitting Hulu on 3.26.2021.

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