Animated Mischief

Brian N. Duchaney serves as the director of Military & Veteran Student Services and teaches part-time in the departments of English and Communication Studies at Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts. David S. Silverman is an educator and media historian with more than twenty years in the classroom across the Midwest. He has also helped to plan a number of conferences on both the national and international stage, and currently resides in the Kansas City area.

• Table of ContentsIntroductionBrian N. Duchaney and David S. SilvermanPart I: Historical Constructs and the Rise of SubversivenessSaturday Morning Trojan Mouse: The Origin of the ­­Creator-Driven Television CartoonLev Cantoral and Tyler Solon WilliamsCapitalization in a ­­Half-Shell: Multimedia, ­­Cross-Demographic Marketing of Animated and Comic Content from Mickey to MichelangeloJared Bahir Browsh“Someone’s coming! Act natural”: Visions of Animated Childhood in 1990s AmericaJane BatkinPart II: Rethinking American Culture Through Social ChallengesRocko’s Modern Life and the Pains of Early AdultingAdrián GarcíaShrek and the Art of SubversionChandrama Basu“Once again, the day is saved”: How the Subversive Feminism of The Powerpuff Girls Permanently Changed Television AnimationDavid PerlmutterWe Need to Talk About The Lego Movie! Social Commentary and Consumer Culture in the ­­LEGO-verseSasha Dilan KrugmanPart III: Modern America and the Transformation of Social Order“This is me now!” Gene’s Gender Play in Bob’s BurgersDan AbitzGiving Cinderella a Girlfriend: Queerness and Subversion in Non/Disney Fan VideosDanielle Hart“Who are you? Who am I!?” The Raunchy Identity Moratorium in Netflix’s Big MouthMarcus MallardDaria: Still Standing on Our Necks, Then andDavid S. SilvermanBibliographyAbout the ContributorsIndex

“A succinct and well-written introduction to the cultural utility of animated cartoons”—Philip L. Simpson, Eastern Florida State College