In Cartoon Network's "Re-Animated," live-action and animated elements combine to tell the story of a 12-year-old who starts seeing cartoon characters that seem more grounded in reality than his own ...

THOUGH ITS PALETTE RUNS TO GRIME BROWN, dirty-brick red, fire-escape gray and haze yellow, and its settings to skanky digs and dingy subways, Downtown, a new animated series from MTV, is to my eyes ...

Most people assume cartoon characters spring purely from the imagination of artists and writers. The truth is far more interesting. Animators have long looked to real people for inspiration, borrowing ...