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cartoon

[kahr-toon] / kɑrˈtun /


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It may also continue to haunt us forever after, as in the bone-clanking, teeth-chattering, spookily percussive 1929 animated Disney cartoon frolic, “The Skeleton Dance.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

“There was a teacher in Bell County, just an innocent teacher who put up a Linus cartoon over Christmas that said ‘Unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given.’

From Salon Aug. 14, 2026

Now the 38-year-old from Little Hulton has branched out to paint other popular cartoon characters - including from The Simpsons and Tom and Jerry - to cover up swear words.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

The company’s hope is that fans of “Spidey” will graduate to its grade-school cartoon on Disney+, called “Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man,” and then start watching the movies.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

A cartoon man flying with his fists forward and a cape streaming behind.

From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon

“I realize now, that’s where the cartoons get it from.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

Although Japanese popular culture had a mainstream presence in the U.S., most of us associated it with, say, Nintendo games or after-school cartoons like “Voltron” and all their associated ruckus.

From Salon Jul. 15, 2026

“When you watch cartoons by Tex Avery or Chuck Jones, everything calls back to the perfect timing and the slapstick of those actors,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 30, 2026

"You attract new generations because they like the cartoons, and then your nine-year-old kid is discovering Bobby Womack or Mark E Smith and all of the wonderful people we work with."

From BBC Jun. 21, 2026

I gave myself a crash course in ’80s Saturday-morning cartoons.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline




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