I'm here waving at you this weekend because we're hoping to recruit more supporters and continue our journey away from ads. Here's a bunch of adult toons that we find amusing but other people probably jerk off to. Warning, this section is for viewers of 18 years of age, or older. Click here to see all the perks and browse our Wall of Honor.
Teri Silver is a journalist, commercial copywriter, editor, broadcast anchor, and Public Relations Specialist. But before televisions became a part of American life, cartoons were shown to audiences in movie theaters. Remember all of the cartoons you loved as a kid? The spinning disk reflecting in a mirror shows the images moving. Although optical toys can be traced back to the 17th century, many animation inventions came about in the s, including the Taumatrope ; a spinning disc with different images on each side, suspended and pulled between two twisted strings and the Phenakistoscope ; a series of still drawings on a disc moving against another disc with holes in it. In , famed inventor Thomas Alva Edison introduced the Kinetoscope, essentially a lighted box containing photographs that spun quickly on a reel.
You don't have to be a kid to love cartoon characters, although childhood is when many of us first fell in love with them. This list of the top 50 cartoon characters shines a spotlight on the ones that have withstood the test of time. Is there a more famous rabbit in the world?
Anna is a writer who wears many other hats and has a wealth of experience that she draws from, sometimes funny, sometimes serious. I knew that there was something missing. But what was it?