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Favorite Fictional Characters, #173: Freakazoid
In the mid-1990s, animation was undergoing a renaissance, led by Disney's renewed feature-length greatness but also by heightened...

Joe Pace
Jun 21, 2016


Favorite Fictional Characters, #172: Sinbad the Sailor
Sinbad comes late to the Arabic fable-cycle we know as the 1001 Arabian Nights, appearing first in recognizable form in the 17th century,...

Joe Pace
Jun 20, 2016


Favorite Fictional Characters, #171: Homer Simpson
There are dozens of denizens of Springfield who could make this list. Lugubrious, spineless newscaster Kent Brockman and unabashed...

Joe Pace
Jun 19, 2016


Favorite Fictional Characters, #170: Cliffjumper
The Autobots' resident hothead, Bumblebee's fiercer, more aggressive, less milquetoast brother, Cliffjumper was always my favorite...

Joe Pace
Jun 18, 2016


Favorite Fictional Characters, #169: Vincent Benedict
You would be hard-pressed to find a more quintessentially 1988 film than Twins. It's a silly exercise based on a silly premise, rife with...

Joe Pace
Jun 17, 2016


Favorite Fictional Characters, #168: Jessica Rabbit
So, yeah, it was 1988. We were thirteen, and pretty much the target audience for an animated voluptuous sequined redhead cabaret singer....

Joe Pace
Jun 16, 2016


Favorite Fictional Characters, #167: Q
Star Trek: The Next Generation was a worthy, if somewhat lesser, heir to the Original Series. It stumbled a bit out of the blocks, as...

Joe Pace
Jun 15, 2016


Favorite Fictional Characters, #166: Rabbit
During our UNH days, Becky Turner once compared me to Rabbit from Winnie the Pooh. I have to admit there's some merit to the claim. The...

Joe Pace
Jun 14, 2016


Favorite Fictional Characters, #165: Dr. Benjamin Stone
In 1991, Michael J. Fox's career was at a turning point. He had wrapped his seven-year star-making run on Family Ties in 1989, completed...

Joe Pace
Jun 13, 2016


Favorite Fictional Characters, #164: Edith Bunker
There was a peculiar beauty and brilliance to All in the Family. Like most good art, it was a mirror in which we could see parts of...

Joe Pace
Jun 12, 2016


Favorite Fictional Characters, #163: Che
Eva Peron, of course, was a real person, and one whose story might feel eerily familiar to some. Webber's tragic treatment of the former...

Joe Pace
Jun 11, 2016


Favorite Fictional Characters, #162: George Costanza
Seinfeld is rightly considered one of the best sitcoms of all time. The writing is razor-sharp, topical, unforgiving and hilarious. The...

Joe Pace
Jun 10, 2016
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