The Alex cartoon strip was started in a bit of a hurry one day in 1986. One of us, Charles Peattie, had a commission to illustrate a strip about yuppies for a start-up paper called The London Daily ...

ETIENNE KELLICI: (As Charlie Brown) Of course I do, Franklin. MARTIN: Franklin was the first African American character in the "Peanuts" comic strip. He debuted in print in 1969. A MARTÍNEZ, HOST: ...

Every year, classic characters enter the public domain. That means you're free to do as you like with those particular ...

An Apple TV animated special shows how Franklin, the first Black "Peanuts" character, meets Charlie Brown and friends in Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin. Apple TV+ is streaming the origin ...

Born with Autism (formerly classified as Asperger syndrome), Tyler B. Searle has been obsessed with storytelling since he was old enough to speak. He gravitated towards fairy tales, mythology, the ...

To celebrate the release of The Garfield Movie, we’re taking a look at the long history of animated adaptations of newspaper comic strips. A fully-animated theatrical movie might be new territory for ...

From Harley Quinn to H.E.R.B.I.E. these comics favorites got their start in animation and comics are so much better for it.

Born with Autism (formerly classified as Asperger syndrome), Tyler B. Searle has been obsessed with storytelling since he was old enough to speak. He gravitated towards fairy tales, mythology, the ...

These Black animated characters are getting their flowers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. As Elwood City’s resident brainiac, ...

When "X-Men: The Animated Series" debuted in 1992, it was an exciting moment for young fans of Marvel Comics. The "X-Men" franchise had literally hundreds of characters, and the cartoon's creatives ...

Apple TV+ is streaming the origin story of the first Black character in the Peanuts comic strip. The special is called Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin. It's about how Franklin met Charlie ...