Everyone has a favorite gag cartoon, one that he thinks best epitomizes this ridiculous yet sublime melding of art and amusement. A while ago I made a case for this captionless classic by Chon Day: ...

For almost a century, readers have turned to The New Yorker for its award-winning journalism. But the magazine's cartoons are what have left the most lasting impression on our walls, refrigerators, ...

New adventures of Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, and other creations by comic-strip artist Charles Schulz begin airing Monday, on the Boomerang and Cartoon Network channels, and they’re as good as any ...

I posted this cartoon on my own website recently, with a little explanation, but I kept thinking about it afterwards. I realized I wasn't finished with it. I wondered if Psychology Today readers might ...

It’s an article of faith in literary circles that the proper way to read the New Yorker is to start with the cartoons and then place the magazine atop a neat pile of older issues and wait for nuclear ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Design by Emily Shwartz. Good cartoons are hard to make. Creators must introduce a whole new world ...

It’s not just enough to make a good cartoon any more. Too often, animated shows are dependent on selling action figures in order to stay on the air, ratings (and quality) be damned. Here are seven ...

So last weekend, thanks to good ol' Netflix, I was able to finally finish the Green Lantern's Animated Series by Bruce Timm. Lasting only 26 episodes, by the time I was finished, there was one single ...

Animation is where the ages meet; the same good cartoons can make kids smarter and keep grown-ups young, and, with so many platforms and networks out to gather as many pairs of eyes as possible, we ...