Chiv-I don't know what you spend your time watching, but now has never been a better time for cartoons. Since the revolution in the late '80s of the Simpsons and Beavis and Butthead (sprung from LiquidTV, the same MTV show that created Aeon Flux) the doors have blown off of animation. Not only is there more interesting and well-made animation available for adults (see Adult Swim for great shows like Birdman Attorney at Law, Robot Chicken, Home Movies, Squidbillies and Aqua Teen Hunger Force, not to mention the Family Guy, King of the Hill, Daria, and South Park, not to mention the Animatrix, an astounding collection of all styles of animation), there's also copious amounts of good animation for kids as well. Ewigweibliche already threw down Craig McCracken, whose credits include Dexter's Laboratory, PowerPuff Girls and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, all animation gold, but she left out Genndy Tarkanian, who worked with Craig on Dexter's and PowerPuff but also created the amazing Samurai Jack. Add to that the stunning opus that is Spongebob Squarepants, as well as Flapjack, Chowder, My Fairly Oddparents, The Mighty B and Jimmy Neutron and things look REALLY good for animated cartoons right now. Sure, there's still a lot of shit on TV (Ed, Edd and Eddie still baffles me and I hated the Grim Adventures Billy and Mandy), you can't get around that, but to say that cartoons have gotten steadily worse since the early '80s is just silly. Animation has in a great way moved past the formulaic team adventure show that dominated the '80s (Thundercats, Silverhawks, GI Joe, Transformers, M.A.S.K., Centurions, He-Man and She-Ra) and into some really amazing, thoughtful and funny places. And that's only TV shows. Factor in the amazing movies we're getting from Pixar and Dreamworks (Kung-Fu Panda was a revelation) and it's very difficult not to say this is a stunning time in animation. I can't say with any surety that it's going to stay this way. Talking to Craig McCracken and his wife Lauren Faust at Comic-Con this year it sounded like Cartoon Network is moving in a very disappointing direction: away from cartoons. So our renaissance may well be in decline, but the last 10 years have certainly been an amazing time for animation.