Category Archives: Cartoons
New from Natasha Allegri: Bee and Puppycat
Natasha Allegri, character designer and storyboard artist for Adventure Time, brings us this clip from her new cartoon series, “Bee and Puppycat.” And it’s amazing.
Now is Apparently the Time for New Mickey Mouse Cartoons
Are we living in some kind of golden age of animation? Because Disney has randomly produced a couple of new cartoon shorts starring Mickey, Donald and the gang. What’s up with that!?
Pretty neat, right? More power to them, I suppose. Heck, somewhere in the world, somebody gets to say their job is to make Mickey Mouse cartoons. Here’s another one. View and enjoy!
Wonder Twins to Appear on Teen Titans Go! Because Somebody Up There Likes Me
I haven’t been watching the new Teen Titans Go! cartoon, but clearly I should, because two of my all-time favorite characters are going to make a guest appearance!
The freakin’ Wonder Twins, baby! How cool is that? Somebody out there in TV Land understands the nostalgic fun of the Wonder Twins. If only they’d been allowed to show up on Young Justice while that show was still on the air. No doubt they were saving the Wonder Twins for Season 3.
At any rate, I’m definitely going to have to give this episode a try. It’s called “You’re Fired”, and it’s about the Titans firing Beast Boy and picking up the Wonder Twins to replace him. Sounds like fun to me. There’s also a funny audition sequence, of course.
The episode debuts at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday on Cartoon Network. Be there!
Hulk: Agents of S.M.A.S.H. Is What It Is
I dunno. This cartoon is not for me. Maybe it’s for you, and maybe people will enjoy it. But for whatever reason, I find myself mostly skipping all these Disney-funded Marvel superhero cartoons.
Is it possible that I’ve finally outgrown childish cartoons? I didn’t respond all that strongly Beware the Batman. And I haven’t seen a single episode of Ultimate Spider-Man. Have I really reached the point in my life where I don’t care about superhero cartoons?
Heavy.
First Trailer for That Batman Cartoon That Replaces Robin with Katana
Right off the bat, Beware the Batman has earned my ire. What sort of show replaces Robin with Katana? Honestly!
Beware the Batman premieres on July 13 on Cartoon Network. Apparently it’s going to be about Bruce and Alfred battling newer foes like Professor Pyg. Also, Katana is going to be Alfred’s god-daughter for some reason, and he hires her on as Bruce Wayne’s bodyguard, because he needs one of those. Or I guess that’s going to be the cover story so that Katana can really train as his sidekick (or Alfred’s replacement).
The animation looks fine. The action looks fine. Beware the Batman looks fine. But I cannot stand this gross violation of something that’s not really that important, now I think about it. It’s not like I’m the target audience for this cartoon. Still, a blogger must have principles, and around here we are pro-Robin.
Also, did you see what I did up top with ‘right off the bat’? Nailed it.


