Gahan Wilson’s The Kid

Usually what happens is this: a cartoonist develops a unique style of writing and drawing, and they create their own universe that has its own sensibility- one with characters that could only exist in this place and come out of this person's mind; a logic that's all their own. The art style is instantly recognizable, …

Mr. and Mrs. is the Name

The great Fritz Freleng's proto-Looney Tunes work, like so many early cartoons, is pretty insane by today's standards. The fluid animation where no one ever seems to stand still, the whoops and zaniness and barely-contained sexuality... it's like cartoons were the place adults could examine their wilder, animalistic side in civilized company, while the rest …

Will Eisner – Profession: Cartoonist

Hopefully, you are aware that there's a lot more to comic books than Spiderman and Batman. But if you don't, consider yourself lucky- there's an entire world of art out there ready for you to explore. American Comics may still be linked with caped crusaders in the minds of many, but around the world, the …

Le Jour des Corneilles (The Day of the Crows)

This French Canadian feature by Jean Christophe Dessaint is the best kind of kids' movie- funny, kinda twisted, a little dark, but also poignant and tender in a sincere, didn't-come-from-the-mind-of-a-Hollywood-exec sort of way. It's not actually a children's movie so much as an animated movie which happens to be okay for kids to watch, which …