These first two volumes of Cartoon Roots are the work of Tommy Stathes, an animation historian doing a laudable job of saving a criminally underappreciated era of cartoons from disappearing.

In the foreword to Cartoon Roots’ spookiest installment, Halloween Haunts, historian/preservationist/curator Tommy José Stathes describes his first exposure to early cartoons on VHS. This is probably ...

Gabor Csupo’s eccentric band of kids, dysfunctional families and dodgy role models, the award-winning “Rugrats,” has a certain status worldwide with children — and parents — who were enthralled by the ...