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The new "Powerpuff Girls" revival gets its first Emmy nod, and so does the last episode of "Phineas and Ferb."

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Disney animator and director Eric Goldberg created this week's 'Simpsons' couch gag.

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Steve Cutts may not be a household name, but his viral films got him the gig of a lifetime.

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I recently came across these two comics and they made me, well, not LOL, but I believe that I chuckled inwardly, silently. My funny bone was tickled.

I didn’t make a big show of it.

Remember back in the early days of the interwebs when people used to type ROTFLMHO (or other body parts)? That drove me insane, because I would immediately envision it. A person actually rolling on the floor — the dirty floor! — rolling! — and laughing like a lunatic. Hahahahahaha. And rolling.

Who does that?

Yet I’d read it multiple times a day. Fortunately, those dark days of the interwebs are gone.

Wait, where was I?

Oh, yes, this, taken directly from my life:

And this:

Thank you, Peanuts, and thank you, Simpsons. Charles and Matt, two masters.

Carry on, writers!

An abstract animation inspired by "The Simpsons."

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Comic Arts LA was a show to make you happy about comics and inspire you for the next 12 months.

The 31-year-old animation company that produces the animation for "The Simpsons" has a new owner.

Patrick McHale's mini-series got plenty of love from the Emmys this year.

Some popular animated programs are being recognized for the first time this year.

Fox, which once considered selling "Simpsons"-branded beer "detrimental to children," has changed its tune.

Rule #1 for being U.S. president in 2015: Do good cartoon impressions.

– My favorite discovery from the 2014 television season has to be Cartoon Network’s Rick and Morty, which takes the character relationship of Doc and Marty (more or less) from Back to the Future and transplants them into Doctor Who style adventures with some the sharpest humor I’ve seen in an animated program since Archer first hit the air. The series, created by Dan Harmon (Community) and Justin Roiland, has had its first season available on Blu-ray for awhile now. If you can handle some cruder, gross-out moments, I highly recommend it.

This week, Cartoon Network announced that Rick and Morty will return on Sunday, July 26th. Additionally, Roiland and Harmon guest-wrote the couch gag for the upcoming season finale of The Simpsons, which you can watch below:

– Speaking of The Simpsons, yesterday saw the news that Harry Shearer, the longtime voice of characters like Ned Flanders, Principal Skinner, and many other members of the show’s rich world, would be parting ways with the series. According to some reports, there’s still a chance that Shearer may come to terms with the show’s producers, but the roles are expected to be recast at this point.

I haven’t watched The Simpsons in years, but I’m hoping this paves the way for a Spinal Tap reunion.

– From the set of Captain America: Civil War, via JustJared, here’s the first image of Crossbones’ costume:

– Seth Rogen tweeted out the first on-set image from AMC’s Preacher last night, which sees Dominic Cooper’s Jesse Custer talking with Ian Colletti’s Arseface:

– According to Collider, the sequel to Dawn of the Planet of the Apes now has a title: War of the Planet of the Apes. It’s a bit of a mouth-full, but I guess no one would go see a movie called “Monkey Fight”, which I was lobbying pretty hard for.

– Lastly, there’s a pretty great True Detective Season 2 teaser out now via HBO. I may be more excited about this premiere than any other show this year, even the Mad Men finale!

Mr. Burns, Smithers, Ned Flanders, and Principal Skinner have just lost their voices.

Is the Peabody Awards the only prestigious awards event that actually 'gets' animation?

Colleagues and admirers are remembering the creative genius of the man who helped create "The Simpsons."

It'll air in front of "The Simpsons" broadcast this Sunday.

"The Simpsons" opening re-envisioned as pixel art.

Tonight Don Hertzfeldt will join the ranks of directors who have created an opening "couch gag" for "The Simpsons."

It took just twenty-six seasons, but "The Simpsons" are set to officially air in China for the first time. The show will be presented to Chinese audiences via the online streaming service Sohu Video.

This morning, Comedy Central debuted "Biatches" a new animated webseries made exclusively for release on their digital platform CC:Studios, YouTube, and the network’s mobile app.

It may not pay to be an artist on "The Simpsons," but it definitely pays if you're a voice actor on the show.

To the average cartoon viewer, SpongeBob is SpongeBob and Bart Simpson is Bart Simpson, but cartoon connoisseurs recognize that characters evolve over the years, not just personality-wise but graphically.

San Diego Comic-Con 2014 begins tonight. If you have an animation-related project or merchandise that you want attendees to know about, post it in the comments.

The nominations for the 66th annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced this morning, and the big animation news isn't who was nominated, but who wasn't: "The Simpsons"

While Fox’s Sunday night lineup was dubbed Animation Domination in May 2005, it did not officially become all-animated until 2010. Now, the announcement of their fall 2014 schedule reveals that the cartoons will be ceding some of their Sunday night territory to live-action comedies "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" and "Mulaney," which will be taking over the 8:30 and 9:30 time slots, respectively.