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Cartoon Saloon

A collection of 6 posts

A scorecard for Star Wars: Visions — Season 2

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A scorecard for Star Wars: Visions — Season 2

A quick review of my personal Star Wars history and notes on this new animated series, which has a few delightful surprises... and a whole lot of storytelling that might've been ChatGPT'd.

My Father's Dragon (2022)

The source material, a 1948 children's book by Ruth Stiles Gannett, is whimsical and funny, and has clearly influenced storytellers for generations, but it's a meandering and episodic tale that lacks a certain gravity. Can Cartoon Saloon storytellers revise it into something resonant?

The Weekender - Third Weekend of December 2021

The Weekender - Third Weekend of December 2021

Merry Christmas early! The Weekender will be a Surprise Box, an unpredictable newsletter, a bulletin board of things I'd like to share that I would have expanded into full, individual posts if life had afforded me the time.

The Inner Language of Wolfwalkers - a guest post by Micah Rickard

The Inner Language of Wolfwalkers - a guest post by Micah Rickard

Special guest reviewer Micah Rickard offers some reflections on a very tricky matter that Cartoon Saloon's Wolfwalkers handles particularly well.

Wolfwalkers and the Rise of Cartoon Saloon — a conversation with Dr. Lindsay Marshall

Wolfwalkers and the Rise of Cartoon Saloon — a conversation with Dr. Lindsay Marshall

Here is a new episode of the Looking Closer podcast, featuring my first impressions of Wolfwalkers, and then my conversation about it with Dr. Lindsay Marshall.

The Breadwinner (2017)

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The Breadwinner (2017)

On my way out of the theater, I noticed a toddler pull away from his mother's grip so that he could stare up at the poster for the movie I'd just seen: The Breadwinner. "It's Mary, Mom!" She picked him up and