Changing Images of Blackness (3): The 10 Best Black Cartoons

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Mit einigen der bunten Figuren in diesem Artikel sind auch wir hier in Europa schon aufgewachsen. Die meisten allerdings fanden ihren Weg via TV erst zu uns, als in den 1990iger Jahren mit den neuen Privatsendern viel zusätzliche Film-Unterhaltung gebraucht wurde - für die verwöhnten Kids der eigentlich umworbenen Fernsehkonsumenten.

Einige der Zeichentrickserien, die das US-Online-Magazin „News One for Black America“ gerade als die 10 beliebtesten Black Cartoons für seine Leser zusammengestellt hat, haben ihre Vorlagen in tatsächlichen US-Fernsehserien und lebendigen Schauspielern und sind von Anfang an auch direkt für den Bildschirm entwickelt worden.

Nur wenige dieser beliebtesten Zehn aller Zeiten sind ursprünglich einmal für Zeitungen oder Magazine entstanden, und Kinder waren nur ganz selten die Adressaten. Es war und ist ja auch gar nicht so leicht, neben dem Spaß am Genre und an der Aktion auch tatsächlich die (kindliche) Freude und vor allem die eigene Fantasie herauszulocken beim geneigten Betrachter.

Doch Cartoon-Fans wissen dies und noch viel, viel mehr zum Thema ohnehin! Sie werden sich freuen können an diesem Artikel, der (im Link geöffnet!) mit den dazugehörigen You-Tube-Videos ausgestattet ist. Viel Spaß und einen schönen 2.Advent!

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Post by Casey Gane-McCalla in Entertainment on Dec 3, 2010 at 12:48 

There have been many 70s cartoons, 80s cartoons, 90s cartoons and present day cartoons with African American cartoon characters. But very few have had the main character(s) be African American. Here are the best Black cartoons from the 70s,80s, and 90s and today.

10. Kid And Play
This cartoon brought the energy of the “House Party” movies and Kid And Play music for a short lived TV show.

9. The Harlem Globetrotters
Besides being flamboyant trick-heavy basketball players, the Globetrotters also saved the world from evil villains too. Who knew?

8. Mr. T
Besides being a wrestler and an actor Mr. T was also a gymnastics coach who used his students to stop villains and their evil plots.

 

7. The PJ’s
Eddie Murphy made this cartoon (claymation really) one of the funniest and most underrated Black cartoons despite the stereotypes.

6. Blokhedz
Blokhedz is a dope cartoon by the Madtwinz. Originally a comic book, the show never aired on TV but garnered a large following online and through its comic books and action figures. The show combined hip hop, science fiction, and comic books to create a dope cartoon.

5. Static Shock
Static was a young brother with electric powers and the same social issues that most of us dealt with, going to high school.

4. The Proud Family
The Proud Family had excellent voice acting and was funny for all ages.

3. The Jackson 5 Cartoon
Great music, funny likeable cartoons made for a great Saturday morning cartoon show.

2. The Boondocks
Not exactly a kids’ cartoon, but had excellent animation, voice work and satire making it one of the best Black cartoons ever.

1. Fat Albert
With Bill Cosby’s great voices, funny characters and good, positive storylines, Fat Albert is the best Black cartoon of all time.

Thank you very much, News One for Black America, for letting the European readers discover these fine cartoons, 

Black culture 

and your magazine!!!

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