Cartoons
Untold Stories of American History
The Holocaust-Era Comic That Brought Americans Into the Nazi Gas Chambers
In early 1945, a six-panel comic in a U.S. pamphlet offered a visceral depiction of the Third Reich's killing machine
Why So Many Superheroes Are Orphans
A new exhibition at London's Foundling Museum explores how growing up without birth parents shapes comic book characters
The Evolution of Betty Boop
Film censorship sparked the beloved cartoon character's mid-1930s makeover
Drawing on Their Escapes From the Nazis, These Artists Became Celebrated Cartoonists
A groundbreaking female comic book artist, a MAD magazine star and a counterfeiter-turned-illustrator share the floor in an exhibit in New York City
How Magazines Helped Shape American History
Explore 300 years of the periodical in an encyclopedic exhibition opening at the Grolier Club in New York City
Explore Every Stitch of the Famed Bayeux Tapestry Online
Viewers can peruse a high-resolution image of the 224-foot medieval masterpiece, which chronicles the 1066 conquest of England
Tintin Drawing Sold for €3.2 Million Is the World's Most Expensive Comic Book Art
The original cover design for Hergé's "The Blue Lotus" spent decades tucked away in a drawer
Albert Uderzo, Co-Creator of 'Asterix and Obelix' Comics, Dies at 92
The pint-sized, mustachioed Gaul immortalized in the French cartoon has spawned films, a theme park and many other spin-offs
Celebrating the 80th Anniversary of Batman's Sidekick, Robin
Many teens have taken on the role, but not every Robin was a "boy" wonder
Celebrating a Century of Women’s Contributions to Comics and Cartoons
A new exhibit marking the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment features innovative illustrations from the suffragist movement to today
A Civil War Cartoonist Created the Modern Image of Santa Claus as Union Propaganda
Thomas Nast is legendary for his political cartoons, but he’s also responsible for the jolly St. Nick we know today
Missing Disney Cartoon From 1928 Discovered in Japan
The short featuring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit is one of seven missing Disney cartoons about the character the predates Mickey Mouse
The Story Behind Rube Goldberg’s Complicated Contraptions
In his time he was a world-famous cartoonist, but today he’s best known for these wacky inventions
Wes Anderson’s Fastidious Whimsy Has Delighted Moviegoers for Decades
A Smithsonian retrospective breathes fresh life into Anderson’s kaleidoscopic filmography
The Prolific Illustrator Behind Kewpies Used Her Cartoons for Women’s Rights
Rose O’Neill started a fad and became a leader of a movement
Walt Disney’s First ‘Princess’ Was A Spunky Four-Year-Old
The silent ‘Alice Comedies’ ran from 1924 through 1927, predating Mickey
