"We thought that the fact that an ovoid cartoon character evokes human bodyweight stereotypes in kids -- even kids as young as 6 -- was surprising," Margaret C. Campbell, marketing professor at ...

Cartoons have long played a pivotal role in shaping childhoods, and many people continue to enjoy them well into adulthood.

An artist has reimagined the beloved cartoon characters as humans ... was recreating Olive Oyl – a “Popeye” character who bears nearly no resemblance to a human. Somehow, Diao was able ...

“Instead of entertaining children, these cartoons have a very adult and deeply deceptive message: The cartoon presents a ‘nonbinary’ character, who explains this identity as ‘people who ar ...

When the main character of a kids TV show can both listen and respond to viewers by using advances in artificial intelligence, youngsters learn more from the program. That’s what my colleagues ...

For most human and animal characters, this would tip them into uncanny territory. Channel Frederator points out that three-fingered cartoons are often mutants or aliens. Think of the Teenage ...