If you're prone to picturing your favorite Christmas characters as stop-motion puppets, you can thank Rankin/Bass. The production company founded by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass found success in ...

Have you ever wanted to see a CG model of babyfaced baby-making singer Justin Bieber clunkily composited into a cruddy holiday special produced by Rankin/Bass? Me neither, but that’s what you’ll find ...

The Island of Misfit Toys, per the beloved Rankin/Bass cartoon “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer”, hits way close to home for anyone who has ever found themselves on the fringes of “normal” society.

Paul Coker Jr., character and production designer on the timeless Rankin/Bass holiday specials and long-time Mad magazine artist, died at his home in New Mexico on July 23, 2022 after a brief illness.

Holiday-special animation veterans Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass (Rudolph the Red- Nosed Reindeer, etc.) bring their typically serviceable animation, strong voice work and corny folk ballads to The ...

The fan-favorite Rankin/Bass cartoon series ThunderCats made its television premiere in 1985 and ran for four seasons, totaling 130 episodes. Many years later, it was rebooted in 2011 for a ...