Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’ was his sly way of calling attention to the poor of Victorian England
So, this is Christmas and…no matter what you’ve done, may I wish you all the very best Compliments of the Season, Happy Holidays and a…
Animation
Cheech & Chong’s classic ‘Basketball Jones’ cartoon
“That basketball was like…a basketball to me” –Basketball Jones “Basketball Jones” was a song/routine/character from Cheech & Chong’s 1973 Los Cochinos (“The Pigs”) record. The…
The stop-motion cartoon of William S. Burroughs’ ‘Ah Pook Is Here’
The 1979 collection ‘Ah Pook Is Here and Other Texts’ William S. Burroughs envisaged Ah Pook Is Here, an extension of the comix serial The…
Revisiting Pete Shelley’s groundbreaking multimedia album project ‘XL1’
Pete Shelley died late last week, a very sad day for all of us at Dangerous Minds. He will be missed. Everyone reading this knows…
Before Bikini Bottom: Watch Stephen Hillenburg’s first ever animated short
You don’t have to be a child to appreciate the genius of Stephen Hillenburg. I think that’s why his passing especially hurts. I still watch…
The hilarious Renaissance art GIFs of ‘Scorpion Dagger’
Artist James Kerr was looking for something new to do, so he decided he’d start making GIFs ’cause he thought that’d be fun. “Somehow,” he…
‘The Monkey’s Teeth,’ French cartoon written by patients in a mental hospital
Les dents du singe (The Monkey’s Teeth) is the directorial debut of René Laloux, the animator who made Fantastic Planet and Time Masters. This, his…
Elmer Fudd, capitalist shill: The auto industry finances Looney-Tunes propaganda, 1950s
Within a few years of the end of World War II, a perceived need to stamp out any trace of leftist ideas led to the…
The grotesque and unsettling animated films and artwork of Erik Ferguson
Yeah, we know, social media has changed the way we view art. Galleries and exhibition spaces and even movie houses need no longer apply–just an…
Charming cartoon of Richard Hell and the Voidoids’ ‘The Kid with the Replaceable Head’
Pancake Mountain was a TV show based out of Washington, D.C., that can accurately be described as a punk rock children’s show. The program featured…