If your child is getting ready for a first sleepover, these kids cartoons about sleepovers offer valuable lessons & teach kids what to expect.

This cartoon shows a UFO hovering above the Earth, shining a bright beam down like a tractor light. Instead of pulling up people or cattle, it is lifting oil barrels into the spacecraft. On the side ...

The 20-year-old Cartoon Network franchise never lost sight of the childlike joy that comes with being a superhero. Reading time 4 minutes For people who’ve made action-focused western animation a key ...

Science fiction has long speculated about the possibility of first contact with an alien species from a distant world and how we might be able to communicate with them. But what if we simply don’t ...

Fresh off a cameo appearance in the new season of Futurama, Victor Wembanyama is stepping into another sci-fi animated universe, this time as the star of his own series. The San Antonio Spurs’ former ...

James Cameron’s Aliens is one of the most beloved sci-horror franchises ever made, full of xenomorphs tearing through space marines, with R rated violence, body horror, and all that grit. In the early ...

While not as original as 'Wall-E' and the 'Toy Story' movies, the animation studio’s latest reminds that subpar Pixar is still smarter and more satisfying than most of what's out there. It’s ...

One Sunday morning in May, 2023, I arrived at a literary agent’s Manhattan apartment, bearing a lemon tart, to attend a brunch in honor of the author Sayaka Murata. I rang the doorbell. There was a ...

A now-fired “public affairs specialist” who created a multimillion-dollar cartoon for his agency is now warning that the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE’s) budget cuts could weaken ...

Take Me to Your Stove An Alien Encounter Almost Goes Disastrously Wrong There is a whole sub-category of Far Side alien cartoons about aliens and humans encountering each other for the first time. If ...

This 1977 animated holiday special features three aliens on a journey to find the true meaning of Christmas. And a pet goose. Peter is a writer and editor for the CNET How-To team. He has been ...