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All your life, you've probably told that reading was good for you. Reading will get you ahead in school, land you a good job, and preserve human civilization. But that's because reading has been lying in wait all this time, readying itself so the day it destroys mankind. In the animated short Reading Kills, bookworms, news junkies, and sandwich board skimmers alike face the deadly consequences of reading. More »
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Next week, every single Jem cartoon is coming out in one monster box set. That's right, people — all 165 Jem songs and 65 episodes will be yours. More »
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Watch Daffy Duck transform into a Heavy Metal-esque Wizard with magic powers, bikini-ed groupies and his own guitar solo. We never thought we'd see fantasy style cartoon cleavage in the middle of a Merrie Melodies — well done, Looney Tunes. More »
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We've got four amazing short films we can't wait to show you for this week's Cult Movie Worship, Plus, meet an Australian Bigfoot, who's called a "Yowie" Down Under! More »
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Watch the brand new footage from Disney's Tron: Uprising television series, which follows Beck (voiced by Elijah Wood), the program who leads the uprising on The Grid. The whole thing takes place right before the film Tron: Legacy. More »
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Wrap your weekend up with a great little short with a twist that will teach as all a little bit more about patience, kindness, and sheep herding. Watch it now! More »
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Watch as Frankenstein tortures a delivery girl with a blender-headed monster! It reminds us of the glory days of The Ren & Stimpy Show, only slightly less disturbing. More »
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Harper's Bazaar has released a Smurfette fashion spread to promote the new Smurfs feature film. Which means we now have horrifying images of Smurfette, milking her status as the only female of her species, in a $1,720 Lanvin hat. More »
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This nifty cartoon by a group of Italian filmmakers distills H.P. Lovecraft's Antarctic misadventure novella into a 30-minute film. The film's subtitled and the animation's not super-complex, but it zips through the story, and some of the visuals are squirm-inducing. More »
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With last night's premiere of Voltron Force, the world was introduced to three new cadets who are going to be trained to eventually become pilots. Unfortunately, the three are a psychopath, a speed freak, and a nerd. More »
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Raise the Sword of Omens high — a brand new ThunderCats trailer has been released. And it's packed with the epicStar Wars Episode 1 choral chanting. See the first footage of Wilykit and Wilykat and watch Lion-O battle Tigra! More »
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Go, go, Team Venture! Adult Swim has finally released details on the mysterious new Venture Bros. special (From The Ladle To The Grave: The Story Of Shallow Gravy). Plus get a first look at their new series NTSF:SD:SUV. More »
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Mad Men's Elisabeth Moss is the cute-tastic pointy-earned Green Lantern-in-training, Arisia! Watch the first clip from Green Lantern: Emerald Knights that showcases Arisia and a gaggle of Guardians. More »
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The new Voltron Force series has finally released some footage that doesn't have someone rapping about "Let's Voltron" all over it. Does this new trailer for the Voltron reboot get you pumped for cat robot action? More »
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We usually enjoy the latest SwizzBeats track as much as the next pop rap follower. However, the brand new Voltron Force theme song, which turns our favorite kitty robot into some sort of horrible buzz verb, has us worried. More »
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Hambuster is a seven-minute animated send-up of apocalypse films created by students at the French computer design school Supinfocom Arles. In this short, a man tries to have lunch in the park, until his meat patty craves human flesh. More »
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Snag a sneak peek at Marvel's latest animated feature, Thor: Tales of Asgard. The film focuses on the earlier days of Thor, when he was just a mischief-making teen with the Warriors Three. Watch a clip now! More »
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Remember when you were excited about the prospect of Arnold Schwarzenegger returning to film? We thought we were getting more Dutch, instead we got The Governator cartoon. Yikes. More »
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Watch the stunning trailer for Eddie Alacazar's heady film 0000 and witness one man's dream of a collective consciousness (and the terrifying way he goes about realizing it). It's gorgeous. More »
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Superjail!, the most messed-up cartoon on Adult Swim is back — and we've got one of the first clips, featuring everyone's favorite warden, voiced by David Wain. The new season promises double the amount deranged murders, and even more Jailbot! More »
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The brand new Smurfs trailer is horrifying as hell. See what the cartoon cat Azrael will look like in real life. Or sneak a look at a Smurfette upskirt! It's all pretty horrific, so enjoy! More »
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Disney may have burned out our earlobes with the horrific Mars Needs Moms rap, but this behind the scenes Mo-Cap adventure between Seth Green and Dan Fogler is gosh-darn adorable, and pretty impressive. Watch. More »
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Even though M. Night Shyamalan tried to kill it, Airbender will live on. Here's the first ever close up of the brand new hero from Avatar: Legend of Korra the new series that takes place 70 years after the original. More »
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The new Mars Needs Mom trailer starts with such promise and great zombie banter. Until the rapping starts: "Can't even tell, is that a boy or a girl? They look so nasty, make a robot hurl!" (Cue barfing robot.) More »
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We spoke to Mrs. Mal Reynolds herself — Christina Hendricks, about comics and other-worldly heroes. More »
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The first art from DreamWorks' Mr. Peabody and Sherman film reveals the bespectacled canine face of Mr. Peabody, one of our favorite time-travelers — who'll be voiced by the infamous Robert Downey Jr. himself. More »
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The cat-faced aliens from the planet Thundera have gotten a makeover. The first image of the new Thundercats anime series has been leaked out of the London Toy Fair. Would you watch this? UPDATED Now with a new image! More »
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Last night Family Guy spoofed Lou Ferrigno's classic Incredible Hulk TV series yet again. This time they recreated the original show intro, but with Peter, Tom Tucker and Stewie. More »
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When time travelers collide! Maybe Doc Brown can save them? This fantastic art comes fromChristopher Jones, and prints are available for purchase at Etsy! More »
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Feeling like there are no great adventures left on television? Don't worry — there's tons of great science fiction and fantasy coming to the small screen this year. Here's our list of the year's genre television, from superheroes to time-travelers. More »
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The Return of Count Spirochete was a 1970s educational film that warned kids about the dangers of doing it. This surreal cartoon depicted syphilis as a vampire and gonorrhea as an evil pitchfork-wielding demon who climbs in your urethra. More »
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CGHUB challenged its artists to create the best realistic version of a character from The Venture Bros. Here's the crazy end result: take a look at what Rusty Venture, Molotov Cocktease and Brock Samson would look like in real life. More »
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Cartoonist Lucy Knisley is on a mission: to create seven cartoon posters, each outlining the plot of one of the Harry Potter books. Here's what she has so far. More »
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The Simpsons' annual Treehouse of Horror's big celebrity cameo this year is none other than THE Harry Potter, Daniel Radcliffe. But in a twist, he's playing another beloved teen icon — "Edward" the vampire. Check out Radcliffe's Simpsons-meets-Twilight look. More »
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One clever, and very patient, Venture Bros. fan found the Dr. Mrs. The Monarch (formerly Doctor Girlfriend) one-frame nip-slip in the season-three finale. Naturally, they grabbed the screen shot. But we're still not sure it's real. Animated nippleage awaits: NSFW! More »
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Last week on Batman: The Brave and The Bold, the Birds of Prey ranked the sexual prowess of DC's superheroes, in song. Batman landed on top, but Aquaman and the Flash didn't fare so well. You're going to enjoy this. More »
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Check out George Lucas' blue mug in the latest Clone Wars episode! Lucas is reprising his role as Baron Papanoida, a character he portrayed in Revenge of the Sith. But in Clone Wars he's much more... agile. See for yourself! More »
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A new full-length Megamind trailer is out, and it gives more backstory for both Will Ferrell's bulbous-headed blue supervillain and Brad Pitt's Megaman. Plus we see what happens to Megaman after the villain wins. More »
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