80s
What Makes a Sidekick?
The word sidekick is different in cartoons than it is in comics. Sidekicks in comics tend to be characters who act as younger versions of the main character, like Robin to Batman or Speedy to CONTINUE READING…
Cartoons
80s
Teen Wolf Cartoon
“I’m feelin’ hairy, and my teeth are mean,I got a weird complexion and I, I wanna scream!” A year after the big-screen version, Teen Wolf made its way to television as a cartoon. As in the film, CONTINUE READING…
80s
Toy Collector’s Wishlist: Ultimate Figures I Yearn For
In the last few years, my collecting has shifted from Transformers (specifically Megatron) to collecting up-scaled villain figures from all my favorite cartoons of the 80s and 90s. Along with the Masterpiece Megatrons I previously CONTINUE READING…
90s
Captain N and More Games That Need Cartoons
I’m going to be completely honest with you – I wasn’t the biggest fan of Captain N: The Game Master. Castlevania is one of my favorite NES games, and it did my boy dirty. As CONTINUE READING…
A Geekster Magazine
The Iconic Voices of Cree Summer
To me, Cree Summer is voice acting royalty. Originally appearing as Penny in Inspector Gadget, she has lent her voice talents to hundreds of cartoons and video games. While I grew up hearing her voice CONTINUE READING…
80s
Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends
Marvel Comics’ famed webslinger returned to Saturday morning in 1981 with a pair of new companions. In this incarnation, Peter Parker was a college student at Empire State University, boarding with his Aunt May. While CONTINUE READING…
70s
The Super Friends
Deep in the corridors of the Hall of Justice resided some of DC Comics’ greatest superheroes: Superman, Aquaman, Batman & Robin, and Wonder Woman. Collectively, these crimefighters were known as the Justice League of America, based on the DC CONTINUE READING…
90s
X-Men ’97 is Coming to Disney+
The classic X-Men of ’90s cartoon form are returning with all new episodes on Disney+ in a new series called X-Men ’97. Marvel Animation’s “X-Men’97” revisits the iconic era of the 1990s as The X-Men, CONTINUE READING…
Articles
15 More Movies That Should Have Had Cartoons
Movies and cartoons in the 80s and 90s are inexplicably linked. While some cartoons were adapted to the big screen, either in continuation or as an adaptation, many movies also made the jump to the CONTINUE READING…
80s
10 Best Cartoons of the 80’s
Cartoons were inescapable in the 1980’s. Saturday mornings, weekday afternoons and even on cable TV, colorful animated characters were everywhere we looked. While the majority were shoddy productions conceived as part of carefully constructed marketing CONTINUE READING…
Cartoons
An Elfquest Animated Series is Coming From Fox
Fox has committed to Elfquest, a one-hour animated drama series based on the epic fantasy adventure comic series created by Wendy and Richard Pini. Created in 1978, and published by Dark Horse Comics, Elfquest is a fantasy CONTINUE READING…
Articles
A Dive into the World of Bikini Bottom
If you find yourself humming along to the tune ‘Who Lives in a Pineapple Under the Sea?’ or can’t help but laugh when Bikini Bottom is mentioned, it’s clear that SpongeBob SquarePants is a show CONTINUE READING…
80s
Count Duckula
Count Duckula was a centuries-old vampire who also happened to be a duck. While trying to revive him, the Count’s assistant Igor accidentally injected him with ketchup instead of blood. This mishap resulted in the CONTINUE READING…
80s
Cartoons in the ’80s Based on Live-Action Shows
Back in the ’80s, Saturday Morning Cartoons featured several time-tested animated shows like Bugs Bunny and the Looney Tunes gang, Scooby Doo and the other Hanna-Barbera greats and The Smurfs not to mention all of CONTINUE READING…
80s
Unicron Attacks
Unicron, the Monster Planet. Cruising between two suns, the ringed planet drifted through space before setting his sights on Lithone. As he approached, he opens the many teeth on its surface, shining a beam of CONTINUE READING…
