Dr. Toon: The Animation Critic's Art - Part V
Dr. Toon discusses the role of the Eponymous Hero in the latest installment on cultivating critical thought.
Column: Dr. Toon
Dr. Toon: The Animation Critic's Art - Part IV
Dr. Toon addresses acting in the latest installment on cultivating critical thought.
Dr. Toon: The Animation Critic's Art - Part III
Dr. Toon analyzes character design in his latest installment on cultivating critical thought.
Dr. Toon: The Animation Critic's Art - Part II
Dr. Toon continues his advice about becoming a competent animation critic.
Dr. Toon: The Last Picture Show
Dr. Toon recounts the life and death of the theatrical animated short.
Dr. Toon: Summer 2010
Dr. Toon addresses the summer hits and misses.
Dr. Toon: 1968: A Lost Connection
Dr. Toon explores how animation was "creative yet insular during the strange times of the 1960s."
Dr. Toon: Revisiting Barbera's Swan Song
Dr. Toon analyzes Joe Barbera's final Tom and Jerry short, The KarateGuard.
Dr. Toon: Is 'Avatar' Good for a LAFF?
Dr. Toon discusses the implications of Avatar on Live-Action Animated Features.
Dr. Toon: Wielding the Hatchet
Dr. Toon takes on critics for blasting The Princess and the Frog for all the wrong reasons.
Dr. Toon: Revisionism Revisited (Or How to Make Something Out of Nothing)
Dr. Toon revisits the brilliant revisionism of Mighty Mouse.
Dr. Toon: A Living Timeline
Dr. Toon relives the history of animation with a 105-year-old who still loves cartoons.
Dr. Toon: Altered States
Dr. Toon revisits Pinocchio and its alternate ending via this year's 70th anniversary DVD/Blu-ray release.
Dr. Toon: Mouse, Marvel and Mythos
Dr. Toon dissects Disney's Marvel Purchase as a cultural benchmark.
Dr. Toon Turns 10: A Manifesto
Dr. Toon reminisces about the highlights of his AWN column, which turns 10 this month.
Dr. Toon: Under the Radar
Dr. Toon has fun reminiscing about some of his favorite underrated cartoon series and characters.
Dr. Toon: For God's Sake
Dr. Toon recalls the diversity of God's depiction in animation -- from reverential to irreverent to blasphemous.
Dr. Toon: Showing Their Age
With Up's Carl Fredricksen on everyone's mind, Dr. Toon recalls senior stars of animation past.
Dr. Toon: Brother, Can You Spare a Toon?
With the economy tanking all around us, Martin Goodman takes a look at the best animated shorts to come out of the last Depression.
Dr. Toon: If You Can't Beat 'Em...
Tired of trying to talk Hollywood out of foolishly adapting animation into live action, Dr. Toon suggests some pitches of his own.
Dr. Toon: When Toons Hate
Andrew Farago reviews three of the Oscar nominees for Best Animated Short along with two others: The Heart of Amos Klein by Michal and Uri Kranot, Lavatory Lovestory by Konstantin Bronzit, La maison en petits cubes by Kunio Kato, Sweet & Sour by Eddie White and This Way Up by Smith & Foulkes.
Dr. Toon: 2D or Not 2D
With this year's arrival of The Princess and the Frog, Martin Goodman assesses the current CG landscape to ascertain the significance of Disney's highly anticipated 2D return.
Dr. Toon: Santa, Sisyphus and Sam the Snowman
In this month's column, Martin Goodman gets a head start on Christmas by analyzing Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Santa Claus is Comin' to Town in mythic terms that would make Joseph Campbell proud.
Dr. Toon: All the Young Dudes
In this month's column, Martin Goodman dons his blue suede shoes to make the case that the first animated rock and roll rebels were... the Chipmunks?
Dr. Toon: Of Heroes and Zeros
In this month's column marking his ninth anniversary as a columnist, Martin Goodman timidly suggests that turning animated properties into live-action films IS A REALLY BAD IDEA.
