Animated mischief : essays on subversiveness in cartoons since 1987

Over the last century, the medium of animation has served as an expression of childhood as well as a method of subverting the expectations of what society has promised for the future.

Separated into three parts, this work assembles various explorations of taste, culture and passion through animation. Section I features essays that outline the historical changes in art and society that gave rise to an outsider culture that found a home in animation.

In the second section, essays examine the practical use of animation as a voice for the underserved.

Finally, in Section III, essays analyze the ways in which animation has reshaped the acceptance of outsider status to embrace otherness.

Featuring everything from feature-length films to self-produced YouTube videos, the essays in this text reflect a shared love of animation and its unique ability to comment on society and culture.