The poems of Jovan Jovanović Zmaj have stayed in the memories of generations of readers, alongside old schoolbooks, classroom performances and the familiar voice of someone reading aloud. Some remember the ducklings in their unusual classroom, others a frog reading a newspaper, or a little rider who turns ordinary household objects into everything he needs
He-Man has the sword, the armour and the build of a fantasy warrior. He does not have a mustache. So was there a particular reason for that clean-shaven face? I could not verify a direct explanation from Mattel’s original toy designers or Filmation’s team. Claims that it made him look younger, easier to animate or
Garfield and Friends is one of those cartoons I remember for its voice as much as its pictures. Garfield could look at Jon, say something dry that Jon never seemed to hear, and make the whole scene funnier without getting up from his chair. As a child, I never wondered how a newspaper comic became
80s and 90s cartoons stay in our memories for more than their stories. A few notes of a familiar theme song can bring back the television, the room and the people we watched with. For one person, that memory begins with He-Man; for another, it is the Smurf village or the streets of Gotham. But
Banned cartoons sound like a collection of stories someone has permanently locked away. In practice, the phrase covers several different situations: films withdrawn by distributors, episodes removed from circulation, characters left out of new productions, and older scenes that have become subjects of public debate. When we remember childhood cartoons, we usually think of familiar
