A lot of animation fans would cite the period roughly spanning from the '60s to the early '80s as a particularly dire era for the medium — a time when budgets ran dry, recycled models and sequences ...

The 1980s were the era of the cartoon. From the immensely popular Saturday Morning lineup to prime-time television, the '80s were a decade positively overflowing with animated series. The topics and ...

The '80s was a great decade for cartoons, but not every series could achieve Transformers' popularity — but that's nothing a ...

For many Gen X viewers, 1980s cartoons were not just background noise. They were part of the weekly routine. Saturday mornings felt like an event, and even weekday reruns had their own magic. These 15 ...

Fourteen years ago, a beloved cartoon returned with a surprising change that left longtime fans wondering what happened.

The worlds of He-Man, G.I. Joe, Transformers, ThunderCats, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles didn’t end after the credits—they live on through vintage toys, comics, and trading cards. Before there were ...

In 1980, everything changed for animation in America. President Jimmy Carter signed the FTC Improvements Act of 1980, limiting the Federal Trade Commission’s ability to regulate children’s programming ...

A forgotten 1980s Marvel cartoon episode took a surprisingly dark historical turn—and decades later, it was missing from ...

We recently posted an article highlighting the best forgotten cartoons of the 1990s and then decided, what the heck, let's travel back another decade and shine a spotlight on the overlooked animated ...

Born with Autism (formerly classified as Asperger syndrome), Tyler B. Searle has been obsessed with storytelling since he was old enough to speak. He gravitated towards fairy tales, mythology, the ...