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12 Facts You May Not Have Known About 'ThunderCats'
12 Facts You May Not Have Known About 'ThunderCats'
12 Facts You May Not Have Known About 'ThunderCats'
Everyone loves trivia about their favorite animated features and series, but with over 100 years of animation history behind us right now, there’s always some new obscure fact to learn. That’s why ComicsAlliance is going deep into the minutiae of your favorite names in cartoons in this continuing video series. You think you know cartoons? Well, here’s a few things you might not know! This week we're taking a look at the Thunderian heroes of Third Earth, the ThunderCats!
Ask Chris #134: The Dubious Continuity Of ‘Rudolph’s Shiny New Year’
Ask Chris #134: The Dubious Continuity Of ‘Rudolph’s Shiny New Year’
Ask Chris #134: The Dubious Continuity Of ‘Rudolph’s Shiny New Year’
Q: What's up with Rudolph's Shiny New Year? Is it so perfect there are no other New Years specials? -- @otherhoffman A: I've talked about my pure, unconditional love for the various Rankin/Bass stop-motion Christmas specials in past columns, but let me tell you, "what's up with Rudolph's Shiny New Year" is a question I have asked myself on many occasions. I'm not sure if I'd call it perfect, but even stacked up against Santa Claus being raised by a lioness and fighting war against the goblins and an Ani-Magic redhead trying to seduce the Lord of All Vampires, it is downright bizarre.
Ask Chris #87: The Santa Claus of Two Worlds
Ask Chris #87: The Santa Claus of Two Worlds
Ask Chris #87: The Santa Claus of Two Worlds
Q: What is the best media representation of Santa Claus's origin? -- @pbarb A: I'll be honest with you, folks: I love Santa Claus almost as much as I love Batman. In fact, I'm pretty sure the only reason the Caped Crusader gets the edge over Jolly Old St. Nick is that nobody's out there publishing five monthly comics about his continuing adventures. As a result of that egregious oversight, I'm not as familiar with Santa's various origins as I probably should be. There are, however, two origins for Santa Claus that I like an awful lot, despite the fact that they're so different from each other that they could almost be about two completely unrelated characters.