Most know that The Far Side was one of the great comic strips of the 80s and 90s, while few realize that in 1994 a particularly edgy television special aired on CBS.

It seems bugs aren't just great source material for CG movies like A Bug's Life and Bee Movie, but they were also the subject of one of the earliest, most underrated animated feature films.

Megaman, Rockman, The Blue Bomber... whatever you want to call him, this little dude almost always made for a great videogame, unfortunately there is no character as frustrating within the lets-make-this-videogame-character-his-own-cartoon-series cosmology.

Remember Freakazoid? He may have been the least popular of Stephen Spielberg 90s cartoons, but Freakazoid told the timeless story of a computer nerd that had the personality of Jim Carey when he logged onto the primitive dial-up internet.

Animated short subjects being nominated for an Oscar is a happening far older than computer animated desk lamps and British claymation. Here are the first three cartoons that showed up on the ballot at the fifth Annual Academy Awards.

Valentines Specials aren't as plentiful as those of the Christmas or Halloween classification, but is there a time of year more appropriate to watch the pungent antics of Pepe Le Pew?

In celebration of Uncle Scrooge's upcoming milestone (that being Issue 400 of the Uncle Scrooge comic book line) it seems appropriate to take a hard look at the most important cartoon in the Saturday Morning Cartoon tome, Ducktales.

Based on the comic from 1963, this animated French feature from 1968 follows the adventures of Asterix and Obelix as they try to build a palace for Cleopatra, a palace that Julius Caesar wants to make sure is never constructed.

This is an epic tale of dried fruit trying to rehydrate in song. The 1989 special from Will Vinton Studios is Smokey Robinson meets Spinal Tap meets Gumby meets an unstoppable craving for Raisinets. Eat 'em if ya got 'em!

In 1989 Sun Sportswear decided to market it's "Rude Dog" clothing line with a cartoon. The show is full of bull-terriers driving Cadillacs and neon colors that speak to a generation of children with an innate desire to be impolite.

It seems appropriate to close the year Back to the Future turned twenty-five with the first episode of the animated series that ran from 1991 to 1992. This episode takes the cast to a war torn Chattanooga, Tennessee in 1864.

In this 1951 Disney cartoon, the fifties-everyman version of Goofy sets about on a quest to stop smoking cigarettes, but it's not so simple. Enough time without his smokes leaves the Goof begging for anything to puff on, including weed!

BOOM! Studios has followed up on their insanely good Darkwing Duck comic book series with another old school Disney Afternoon favorite. In celebration of such a release here's a favorite Rescue Rangers episode from 1989.

Thanksgiving is over, but you need something to watch while scarfing down leftovers, so why not watch this 1989 television masterpiece? You're never too old for cynical cartoon cats listening to Lou Rawls classics like "Make Thanksgiving One Full Meal."

As the friendliest rock and roll dinosaur of the late 1980s, Denver hung out in an interracial community and was so anti-violence he received the National Education Association recommendation (Yet we still haven't discovered how to travel through time).

Did you know Pogo, the comic strip that inspired greats like Bill Watterson and Jeff Smith, had an animated release? Here's the Chuck Jones directed special that was made in honor of Pogo's 20th birthday back in 1969.

They each defined "nerd" to an entire century, and continue to remain marketable to this day, but in the world of syndicated animation which do you think had the stronger series?

Six spooktacular Halloween toons: three from Disney, and three from Warner Brothers. They range from the years 1937 to 1995. Which do you think are most enduring?

Possibly Jon Lovitz's most memorable character, Jay Sherman AKA The Critic is a potbellied movie reviewer that can never seem to catch a break. In this episode his life seems to strangely parallel the plot of Stephen King's Misery.