Animators are not just behind-the-scenes workers, they enact, visualize and direct the characters we see on screen.
Yaya Han was supposed to be on tour right now. Instead of signing copies of books and posing for pictures with fans, the cosplayer is at home prepping her next shipment of washable masks to help people prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Cartoonist Bill Watterson didn't predict the current world when Calvin and Hobbes comic strips ran from 1985 until 1995, but even the final strip makes sense of life during the coronavirus pandemic.
The comedian had used TikTok only a handful of times before her impersonation of the president garnered 15 million views. Now it's making her rethink her routine.
The director will helm a future "Star Wars" feature film, while Leslye Headland will be in charge of an upcoming television series.
Evan Puschak takes a deep dive into how Alan Moore's reboot of Marvelman brought superheroes into the real world.
Why on earth has the formulaic series, which debuted half a century ago, outlasted just about everything else on television?
Sometimes a company just needs the money, and sometimes it loses the license to Superboy.
"Here we are… In the middle of a pandemic… Staring out of our windows like aquarium fish."
Satan, but make it kid-friendly.
Setbacks are hard, but they give us the space to see what truly matters.
The neighbors' trumpet never sounded so good.
The filmmaker walked away from Marvel and pushed to give Gal Gadot's superhero meaning: "You can't do movies you don't believe in."
Taking a look at Batman's 80-plus year history of having the best superhero costume ever, and finding the best of the best.
After petitions for Keanu Reeves to play the beloved character, fans think Revan might finally become part of official canon.
In 1988, the Joker killed Robin in the legendary Batman story "A Death in the Family." But Robin almost didn't die. For Robin's 80th anniversary, here's a glimpse of what nearly happened, in Jim Starlin's unused pages from DC's own archive.
A series imagining realistic skulls based on cartoon characters.
You've seen his new suit, but who would the Dark Knight be without a fancy set of wheels to prowl Gotham's streets in?
The comedian reflects on his cult comedy series, "Review."
A roundup of 21 of the best short jokes and one-liners by the late comedic genius Mitch Hedberg, whose stand-up continues to influence and resonate today as much as it did when he was alive.
In a new graphic-nonfiction book, a libertarian economist conjures an alternative reality in which immigration is unlimited all over the world.
Veterans of DC Comics, Marvel Comics and indie comics talk about the history of superheroes — and the impact of Hollywood, 9/11, and social media on the future of comics.
The Chris Wars just got disrupted by a guy who dresses like a Miami retiree and likes to peel off faces.
These artists produced work for Mexican comic books and pulp magazines during the fifties, sixties, and seventies.
Although there are plenty of art galleries, theaters and concert halls in Iran, live standup has not caught on — perhaps unsurprising given the inherent risks of challenging authority in the Islamic Republic.
Morbius trailer has a cameo from Michael Keaton, who could be playing his Spider-Man villain, Vulture. This, along with a poster of Spider-Man, seems to connect the new Sony movie with Tom Holland's MCU Spider-Man.
John Mulaney's children's special on Netflix manages to nail the social isolation that comes when kids are too choosy with what they eat.
Irving Ruan and Eugenia Viti offer humorous illustrations of methods a person can use to put themselves ill at ease.
Gary Larson's classic comic strip is finally on the internet, with daily updates from the archives (and rumors of new work).
The MCU may have humbly started with Iron Man, but plans were always in place for the interconnected universe that would go on to redefine Hollywood in the 2010s.
"The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl," created by Ryan North and Erica Henderson, turned one of the Marvel Universe's most notorious running gags into one of its most well-rounded superheroes.
A roundup including Homestar Runner, The Critic web series, The End of the World, House of Cosbys, Salad Fingers, and more.
A comic about the mysterious and formidable ginkgo tree.
"I'm just wondering what the cap is." Same.
On her Netflix standup special, "Stage Fright," and the play and of freedom with which Slate approaches fashion.
Watch Freddy Krueger kill his way through several different companies in our weird history of "Nightmare on Elm Street" comics.
An excerpt from "The Peanuts Papers," an anthology about Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the meaning of life.
Twenty-five years ago, Jim Carrey cemented his status as a comedy god by playing a down-on-his-luck nice guy who's empowered by a magical, snot-colored mask. But the origins of this story are no laughing matter.
"Thor 4!" "Black Widow!" "Doctor Strange 2!" And so, so much more.
"Release the Snyder Cut" is an uncommonly passionate and quixotic movement dedicated to restoring superhero auteur Zack Snyder's original vision for 2017's troubled "Justice League." They may never get what they want. May they never stop trying.
Recent movies' low box-offices grosses have the ring of a death knell. Are audiences just tired of X-Men movies?
After 10 years, "Homestuck"'s epilogue leaves its fate in the hands of its fans.
Sometimes meeting your idols isn't such a bad thing after all. Especially when they can teach you how things are done.
After "Avengers: Endgame," there's only one place to go if Marvel wants to keep raising the stakes.
The crossover climax to all the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies released so far hasn't been out for a week, but it contains so much and leaves so many questions that it's hard to keep up. Rather than flood Digg with spoilers, we're keeping all the good stuff here.
While the scene was anticipated by anyone familiar with the MCU, the final Lee cameo is also a thumb in the eye to anyone who thinks that putting politics in comics is a modern age development.
Sure, this musical parody is a little corny. But if you stick around 'til the end, there's a nice little tribute that even the toughest Skrull would enjoy.
Reality — as mediated by very different ideological lenses — can provide you with different backdrops for this movie's politics.
With queer creators and fans hungry to see themselves in their favorite stories, LGBTQ+ representation is breaking through in comics like never before.
Cathy Guisewite made a wildly successful comic strip by and for women. But to her critics, she's just another example of compromised feminism.
Nathan Pyle's comic strip about aliens doing human things is a force for good in this universe.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is a massive mythos with the Big Apple at its center. Here's what Spider-Man, Iron Man, and other superheroes say about their city.
The journeyman comedian opens about his seven films out in 2019, a big Amazon comedy special, the state of stand-up and much more.
Milla Jovovich is a 5th century sorceress who wants to bring about the apocalypse, and only a humble police chief from Hawkins, Indiana– er, sorry, only a big red guy from hell with rockin' mutton chops can save the day.
He was the Kurt Cobain of comedy, railing against advertising, politicians, the war on drugs, even waffle waitresses. What do the new generation make of the chain-smoking motormouth?
They're called "grawlixes," and we owe their existence to a turn-of-the-century comic strip called "Lady Bountiful."
The comic strip's lessons about unrequited love and self-acceptance.
A visual exploration of how a critical piece of social infrastructure came to be.
