Before animation took off at Nickelodeon, the TV network for kids didn’t have much in the way of original shows. Then a freakish Chihuahua and dopey manx cat arrived. “Ren & Stimpy” was full of crazed ...

Cartoons have been running alongside television for nearly as long as the medium has been available, with some decades like the 1980s and 1990s bringing iconic shows still called upon fondly years ...