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 Happy 35th 
 Birthday, 
 Hello Kitty 

Fashionable events surround style icon's big day

Nov 1, 09 2:11 PM CST
(Newser) - She can't blow out the candles, but Hello Kitty turns 35 today. Launched by the Japanese greeting card firm Sanrio in 1974, the mute, mysterious feline made her US debut in 1976 and is now an international style icon. "Who doesn't love Kitty?" fashion entrepreneur Kimora Lee Simmons asks.... More »

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Britney Spears • Paris Hilton • Tyra Banks • cartoon • Hello Kitty • Sanrio • Christina Aguilera • Kimora Lee Simmons • cartoon characters • Iman • Kelly Ripa • anime

OPINION

 We'll Miss You, Hank 

A fond farewell to the 'character-driven whimsy' of King of the Hill

Sep 12, 09 3:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - That an animated series from the creator of Beavis and Butthead would be one of the last champions of good-hearted American values is odd but true, Don Aucoin writes in the Boston Globe. As King of the Hill prepares to bow out tomorrow night, Aucoin offers a... More »

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entertainment • television • The Simpsons • cartoon • Mike Judge • King of the Hill • Hank Hill • animated series • series finale

 Yale Slammed for 
 Censoring Cartoons 

Danish cartoons yanked from prof's book to 'avoid violence'

Sep 8, 09 7:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Criticism is continuing to mount against Yale University, even from its own professors and alumni, for publishing The Cartoons That Shook the World—while censoring the cartoons that shook the world, reports AP. Yale University Press yanked the Danish caricatures from a book about the protests they spawned out of... More »

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Yale University • censorship • protests • publishing • cartoon • Danish Mohammed cartoons

OPINION

Yale Sides With Dictators by Censoring Cartoons

Muhammad decision
is short-sighted

Aug 29, 09 10:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Yale University has “handed a victory to extremists” by deciding to pull images of the prophet Muhammad from its upcoming book on the Danish cartoon controversy, writes Mona Eltahawy in the Washington Post. Eltahawy is a Muslim living in Denmark, and she knows full well that the cartoons... More »

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Islam • Yale University • censorship • cartoon • Muhammad • Danish Mohammed cartoons

(Newser) - Disney is planning a 3D remake of Yellow Submarine, the 1968 psychedelic cartoon buoyed by a Beatles soundtrack, the Independent reports. Robert Zemeckis of Back to the Future fame will direct. Aside from the music, the Beatles were only tangentially related to the original film—actors provided the... More »

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entertainment • Paul McCartney • film • cartoon • Beatles • Ringo Starr • movie remakes • 3-D • Yellow Submarine • psychedelic • Robert Zemeckis

(Newser) - SpongeBob SquarePants is 10 years old, and the “happy nonsense” of the show is “as popular as ever,” Alessandra Stanley writes in the New York Times. What’s more, the wacky, uncynical cartoon has managed to do it “without having disclosed any higher meaning... More »

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entertainment • television • cartoon • mystery • SpongeBob • Nickelodeon • children's show

New Series by Beavis Creator Lampoons Green Buttheads

'The Goode Family' features clan trying a little too hard to stay eco-friendly

May 22, 09 3:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Goodbye Hank Hill, hello Gerald Goode. Beavis and Butthead creator Mike Judge's new animated series lampoons a vegan, hybrid-driving Midwestern family whose motto is: "What would Al Gore do?" The Goode Family sends up the greener-than-thou clan’s efforts to maintain an environmentally friendly, strictly PC lifestyle just for... More »

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animation • cartoon • TV series • Beavis and Butthead • Jay-ZTV • Mike Judge • The Goode Family

(Newser) - An online cartoon detailing the sexscapades of a subcontinental MILF is driving India wild, the GlobalPost reports. Millions are drawn to the exploits of Savita Bhabhi, or “sister-in-law Savita,” even though pornography is illegal in India—or maybe because it is, analysts say. "People fantasize about a... More »

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Internet • India • pornography • sex • cartoon • MILF

SpongeBob, Rap Don't Mix in Ad, Parents Tell Burger King

Many find mix of SpongeBob Squarepants and 'booty rap' uncomfortable

Apr 14, 09 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Burger King is under fire from parents for a new TV ad in which SpongeBob Squarepants, Sir Mix-A-Lot, and rap music video antics combine for an uncomfortable mix of adult and child entertainment, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. The spot mixes cartoon clips with shots of “the King,” and... More »

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advertising • children • cartoon • SpongeBob • hip-hop • Burger King • Sir Mix-A-Lot

 Simpsons Gets 2 More Years 

Fox orders seasons 21 and 22

Feb 26, 09 2:31 PM CST
(Newser) - Fox ordered another two seasons of The Simpsons today, ensuring the legendary animated series will run for 22 seasons, Broadcasting and Cable reports. The series is currently tied with Gunsmoke for longest-running prime-time TV program, at 20 seasons. Fox in January kicked off “Best. 20 Years. Ever.”, a... More »

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comedy • The Simpsons • cartoon • Fox • sitcom

 Post Apologizes for Cartoon 

Paper apologizes, to some, over cartoon many called racist

Feb 19, 09 10:43 PM CST
(Newser) - The New York Post has apologized—to almost everyone—for the editorial cartoon that sparked protests and accusations of racism. "It was meant to mock an ineptly written federal stimulus bill," an editorial says, acknowledging that the cartoon chimp was taken by some as a racist depiction of... More »

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New York Post • racism • cartoon • editorial cartoons • chimpanzees • economic stimulus package

(Newser) - Hundreds of protesters led by the Rev. Al Sharpton assembled outside the New York Post’s headquarters today to condemn the paper's now-infamous chimpanzee cartoon, Newsday reports. Protesters called for a boycott and vowed to return tomorrow. They insist it's a racist slam against President Obama, while the... More »

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Al Sharpton • New York Post • protests • racism • cartoon • editorial cartoons • chimpanzees • economic stimulus package • President Obama • Col Allan

 NYPost Cartoon: 
 Racist or Just Tasteless? 

Is it racist, or just morbid?

Feb 18, 09 11:06 AM CST
(Newser) - A somewhat inscrutable, certainly tasteless, and possibly racist cartoon by Sean Delonas appeared today in the New York Post and other newspapers, prompting complaints from several quarters, reports the Huffington Post. In a reference to the recent chimp attack in Connecticut, the cartoon shows two police officers, one with smoking... More »

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Barack Obama • New York Post • racism • cartoon • chimpanzees • cartoonist • economic stimulus package

 Sobbing 
 SpongeBob 
 Joins Viacom 
 Fee Dispute 

Ads aimed at winning support in Time Warner feud feature a sobbing Spongebob

Dec 31, 08 5:29 AM CST
(Newser) - Viacom is enlisting some of its best-known kid cartoon characters in a contract renewal battle with Time Warner, the Wall Street Journal reports. Viacom wants higher fees from the cable carrier for its channels, which could disappear from Time Warner's service at midnight tonight if no new deal is reached.... More »

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television • Viacom • Time Warner • cable TV • MTV • cartoon • SpongeBob • Nickelodeon • Time Warner Cable • Dora the Explorer

South Park Duo to Skewer Mormons—on Broadway

Trey Parker and Matt Stone set their comedic sights on Utah religion

Nov 18, 08 4:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Canadians can rest easy. The creators of South Park are ready to offend an entirely new population—Mormons, reports the New York Post. This time, though, they will do so not on the big screen or the small screen but on Broadway. Trey Parker and Matt Stone are bringing the... More »

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religion • Broadway • comedy • cartoon • Mormon • South Park • Trey Parker • Matt Stone • musical

It's a Bird! It's a Plane!
It's Super PoshBecks!

Comics legend Stan Lee draws up idea for Posh and Becks in Spandex

Oct 30, 08 8:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The creator of the Fantastic Four has his eye on famous twosome David and Victoria Beckham to be his next cartoon crimefighters, Access Hollywood reports. Former Marvel Comics kingpin Stan Lee, already working to put Paris Hilton and Ringo Starr into two dimensions, says "the great looking, talented and... More »

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Victoria Beckham • Marvel Comics • David Beckham • cartoon • Posh Spice • Stan Lee

OPINION

 Family Guy Has Worn Thin 


Oct 14, 08 6:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Family Guy is back and bigger than ever, and creator Seth Macfarlane is rolling in money, influence, and spinoffs. Sounds like just the right time for a major backlash, Natasha Vargas-Cooper writes for Radar. “Just a few years after thousands of American tastemakers demanded Family Guy be... More »

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television • cartoon • Seth MacFarlane • Family Guy • Natasha Vargas-Cooper • Radar • backlash

  Bambi Is Best Weepy: Poll  

Ghost edges out Titanic, and cartoons are well represented in online outcome

Oct 13, 08 2:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bambi is the best “tear-jerker” ever, the Daily Telegraph reports. An online poll puts the Disney cartoon at the top of the list, and it should be no surprise: Even Paul McCartney credits the death of Bambi’s mother for his vegetarianism. Ghost, the sentimental story of the relationship... More »

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film • poll • Whoopi Goldberg • cartoon • Tom Hanks • E.T. • tear jerkers • Bambi • Titanic • Demi Moore • Patrick Swayze • Ghost • The Lion King

'Bloom County' Cartoonist Retires Again

After 30 years, Breathed will turn focus to children's books

Oct 6, 08 4:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Berkeley Breathed, the genius behind “Bloom County,” will retire his current strip, "Opus," on Nov. 2, the Washington Post reports. "With the crisis in Wall Street and Washington, I'm suspending my comic strip to assist the nation,” Breathed joked in a... More »

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Washington Post • cartoon • comics • Berkeley Breathed • Bloom County • Opus

 1920s Mickey
 May Be Public
 Domain 

Ex-researcher, law student raise questions that anger Disney lawyers

Aug 23, 08 7:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - A trio of unlikely challengers has angered Walt Disney Co. by arguing that an early version of Mickey Mouse is no longer copyright-protected, the Los Angeles Times reports. Disney has won a $500,000 lawsuit against ex-employee Gregory Brown, who uncovered old film credits that he says invalidate Disney's claim... More »

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copyright law • film • Mickey Mouse • Disney • cartoon • public domain

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