Batman: The Long Halloween
The comic book Batman: The Long Halloween by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale has been an essential text to every Batman movie made this century. Christopher Nolan and Matt Reeves… Read more »
Tag: animation
Down & Dirty Duck
Down & Dirty Duck (1974) was the labor of love of Charles Swenson. Swenson, an animator affiliated with Fred Wolf, wrote, directed and animated Down & Dirty Duck for Roger… Read more »
Gedou Gakuen
Gedou Gakuen (1994-96) is a Japanese OAV from writer and director Kōji Yoshikawa. Gedou Gakuen was released in five forty-minute episodes over the course of two years. The film combines… Read more »
Fire & Ice
Ralph Bakshi’s film Fire & Ice (1983) came out at the height of popularity for the fantasy film genre. Bakshi, realizing the limitations of special effects of the day, seized… Read more »
The Point!
I can’t imagine my childhood without The Point! (1971). In general the music of Harry Nilsson was very much a part of the soundtrack of my youth, but The Point!… Read more »
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Only a few minutes into The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) did I find myself wondering who the movie was for. It certainly isn’ for Italian-Americans, and it doesn’t appear… Read more »
Dunderklumpen!
On a midsummer night when the sun never sets, the troll Dunderklumpen (voiced by Halvar Björk) sneaks into the home of Beppe Wolgers and brings his children’s toys to life… Read more »
Is It College Yet?
Created by Susie Lewis and Glenn Eichler as a spin-off of Beavis and Butt-Head, Daria (1997-2002) was one of the seminal television shows of the late nineties. Daria, with its… Read more »
Monkeybone
Henry Selick’s Monkeybone (2001) is a loose adaptation of Kaja Blackley and Vanessa Chong’s comic Dark Town with a heavy dose of Ralph Bakshi’s Cool World (1992) thrown in. When… Read more »
Call Me Tonight
The folks over at Bleeding Skull! have described the OVA Call Me Tonight (1986) as the “cute” Urotsukidōji (1989), and they aren’t wrong. But calling any thing “cute” in comparison… Read more »
