Stephanie Brookes receives funding from the Australian Research Council. She is an Associate Member of the Australian Cartoonists' Association. Richard Scully receives funding from the Australian ...

We live in an age where superhero films dominate movie theaters. Almost everyone knows the difference between the Hulk and Captain America, and audiences turn up in droves to watch Deadpool (Ryan ...

“I just need you to validate my feelings.” It's a phrase therapists, partners, and friends hear constantly—and it reveals something fascinating about our cultural moment. Validation has become the ...

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Psychologist, author and adjunct instructor at Stanford University Caroline Fleck, PhD, has a new book out entitled Validation: How the Skill Set That Revolutionized Psychology Will Transform Your ...

The '90s were a golden age for Saturday morning cartoons—an era when anything could be animated, no matter how weird, wild, or completely unhinged. From mutant biker mice and time-traveling teens to ...

Waking up early on a Saturday morning just so we could catch our favorite cartoon tune in on time had its own charm back in the day. There was nothing like indulging in those few glorious hours of ...

A.I. has yet to upend Hollywood. But it is starting to make big inroads in animation. The founders of Toonstar, a small animation studio in downtown Los Angeles, have incorporated A.I. at various ...