Betty Boop and Nancy Drew are joining Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh in the public domain. The first appearances of the classic cartoon and comic characters are among the pieces of intellectual ...

A Pulitzer Prize finalist in the cartoonist category, Pat Bagley has worked for The Salt Lake Tribune for more than 45 years. He is one of roughly a dozen cartoonists still working at a major ...

Cartoonists are often asked which of their New Yorker cartoons are their favorites. Mine are those that come with stories about their creation, or whose publication causes serendipitous occurrences, ...

This PSA had social media clogged with one-liners. A whacky government cartoon warned Seattle residents how to deal with rats that might climb up from flooded sewers into toilets – but social media ...

Today on Variant, we break down the evolution of the Joker over the years in Movies, TV, Cartoons, Video Games and more! ISMAHAWK LIVE ACTION JOKER BATTLE! Subscribe to the Podcast YouTube Channel: ...

From a record-breaking 150 submissions, Cartoon Movie 2026 has unveiled a selection of 50 animated feature projects from 21 countries that will participate in next year’s Bordeaux-based event, which ...

The selection committee of Cartoon Movie has chosen 50 projects from 21 countries after a record-breaking 150 submissions for its 2026 event, taking place from March 3 to 5. Eleven projects ...

Streaming giant Netflix announced a deal to acquire rival Warner Bros. for $83 billion, including its film and television studios, HBO Max and HBO. That prompted a hostile bid from Paramount valued at ...

Classic Disney movies get a hilarious twist with these cartoon recaps. Packed with jokes, fast storytelling, and laugh-out-loud moments, you’ll never see the originals the same way again. New "big, ...

A new restaurant is getting ready to open in a space in Detroit’s Midtown neighborhood that has seen quite a bit of turnover in recent years. The building at 664 Selden St. has seen a revolving door ...

Nintendo, Illumination, and Universal Pictures have unveiled the first full trailer for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, the animated sequel to 2023’s billion-dollar hit The Super Mario Bros. Movie. The ...

Public-domain horror has given us killer Pooh bear, murderous childhood icons, like Steamboat Willie-era Mickey, and a graveyard’s worth of “sure, why not?” premises. Some are fun, some are… choices.