Writing About All Things Pop Culture
Earlier this week, Bryan Konietzko and Michael DiMartino, co-creators of Avatar: the Last Airbender, announced they’re leaving Netflix’s live-action adaptation due to creative differences. While rumors still abound, here’s my two cents on this turn of events.
Here’s to my all-time favorite cartoon, Avatar: The Last Airbender! I could go on for hours and hours about how amazing this show is. From the fighting based on real-world martial arts to the inspiration from real-world cultures, to its incorporation of anime art-styles. Avatar: The Last Airbender was, is, and hopefully always will be, the gold standard by which I judge cartoons. And I’m glad it’s up on Netflix in America.
Happy New Year, everyone! It’s me, Jay, from RJ-Writing Ink ringing in the new year. I know I’ve been quiet for the past few days, but I wanted to take … Continue Reading New Year, New Plans
As we end the decade, I wanted to look back on my favorite cartoons of this Animation Renaissance we’ve gone through. Here are my top ten favorite cartoons of the 2010s in no order!
I don’t understand why, but I’ve never been that big a fan of Thanksgiving. Maybe it’s because of the fact that I don’t like the food; it’s true. I don’t like stuffing, gravy, or mashed potatoes. However, I still appreciate what Thanksgiving means. It’s about being able to spend time with family and think about what we’re blessed to have. Still, I’ve spent 2019 doing something for several big holidays, and I won’t stop with Thanksgiving. So without further ado, here are my top 5 favorite Thanksgiving Day Specials!
For an entire generation of kids, the Big Three of animation were the ones who made the best cartoons on TV. As a result, the news of the trio joining the streaming wars was big news on social media. As a fan of shows made by all three of these entities, I couldn’t resist giving my two cents. So, I’ll be giving my thoughts and opinions on each company, their streaming service, and how I think they’ll do.
Ever since I started this month long event, I’ve made a conscious effort to avoid using any of the examples I used for FANDOM. Yet I can no longer put off using this next one because it’s so good. It’s Rocko’s Modern Life: Sugar Frosted Frights.
Every episode of Invader Zim can feel like Halloween, but this was an actual Halloween special!
If you remember watching Avatar: The Last Airbender, then you had a good childhood. This is the Avatar Halloween episode, “The Puppetmaster”.
I decided to make a little list of some of the scenes that I loved most from Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus.
After a bit of a delay to make sure everything was done right, here’s my review of the Invader Zim special. Enter the Florpus now!
The spoiler free and spoiler review of Enter the Florpus has been put on hold until tomorrow. Until then, enjoy my favorite Zim episodes of Zim!
When it comes to insanity, I think there’s only one cartoon character that has everyone else beat. No, not the Joker; he was a comic book character first. I’m talking about the robot whose brain is literal garbage and tacos: GIR from Invader Zim.
HEY EVERYBODY, ITS ME, JAY! I JUST GOT DONE WATCHING INVADER ZIM: ENTER THE FLORPUS AND HOLY SNAP WAS IT GOOD! I’M TYPING IN ALL CAPS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I’M … Continue Reading An Important Zim Announcement
My Top 4 Darkest Moments in Invader Zim No matter how much I liked it, I won’t deny that Invader Zim has some seriously dark moments. I think I may … Continue Reading The Times Invader Zim Freaked Me Out
Even after almost twenty years, the CGI in Invader Zim holds up well, seamlessly blending with the 2-D animation. So I thought, heck with it; let’s make an article out of it. These are my favorite CGI moments in Invader Zim. There will be minor spoilers ahead.
