Meet "SheZow", A New Gender Changing Cartoon Superhero

A new cartoon superhero may be a first in LGBT history.

SheZow is a new cartoon debuting Saturday on the cable channel, the Hub.

The story is a 12-year-old boy, named Guy, has a magic ring that transforms him into a super powered girl. Buzz from the web and blogs are calling SheZow the first trans superhero cartoon character. It's been airing in Canada and nothing has gone down yet.

Also, I'm not sure if this is really a Trans character. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Check out a sneak peek

This is the 30th Anniversary of 'Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends'

This was the CARTOON back in the day. SMAHAF was my introduction to the Marvel Universe. I lived for this cartoon and enjoyed the stories every week.

It's hard to believe it's been 30 years since we were introduce to Iceman, Firestar and Ms. Lion.

Here's one of my favorites: A Firestar is Born

WATCH The Best of Storm's Dramatic Speeches from the X-Men Cartoon

In 90s, we were given the X-Men in animated form. It was a huge thrill for us X-Men geeks, but for me, it was a chance to see Storm in action.

I truly loved the series, but I REALLY loved Storm's over dramatic speeches. It was campy, but it was also DIVA. Please enjoy the best of Storm Dramatic Speeches

Real Talk, if I had powers I would probably do the same thing.

My Top 5 Picks for Ethnically Diverse Cartoons

When I was a kid, I was easily brainwashed in believing people of color couldn't be leaders, heroes and change agents. What really pushed it were cartoons. Usually the heroes were White and enemies or villains were other colors (green, orange, etc).

However, there were a few animated shows that stuck out and challenged the norm.

Blackstar - He was believed to be Native American


Rubik the Amazing Cube


Fat Albert


Jem


Bravestarr

Greatest Cartoon TV Moments: Spider-Man and the Amazing Friends & The X-Men

This was one of the greatest cartoon episode ever. Spider-Man and the Amazing Friends meets the X-Men





That felt like old-school Saturday mornings to me

My Top 6 Classic Cartoon Movies

Growing up back in the day, we were lucky to have a high number of cartoon movies. Some were good and some were rough, but at the end of the day, they were fun to watch.

So I present to y'all my top 6 Cartoon Movies

Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer


Transformers the Movie - this is the only Transformer movie to me


Heavy Metal


Secret of NIMH - I cried a lot watching this


G.I. Joe the Movie - Again, the only 'Joe' movie for me


The Secret of Sword

First Look: Young Justice

Wonder Woman is the President of the Neighborhood Watch Program

I had to steal this from i09.

It looks like Wonder Woman got bored with saving the world and decided to be the Princess of Neighborhood safety.

ThunderCats Ho! in 2011

They are coming back!

The ThunderCats are returning as a series. Here's the press release:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

THUNDERCATS, HO!

WARNER BROS. ANIMATION ANSWERS THE CALL WITH A NEW

TAKE ON THE CLASSIC ANIMATED SERIES “THUNDERCATS,”

TO AIR ON CARTOON NETWORK

(June 3, 2010 – Burbank, CA) – Warner Bros. Animation (WBA) has begun production on “ThunderCats,” an all-new animated series for Cartoon Network, based upon the iconic 1980s action classic. “ThunderCats” is the newest series from WBA, joining “Batman: The Brave and the Bold,” which was recently renewed for a third season, and the following forthcoming programs: “The Looney Tunes Show,” “MAD,” “Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated” and “Young Justice.” The announcement was made today by Sam Register, Executive Vice President, Creative Affairs, Warner Bros. Animation.

“In addition to being Warner Bros. Animation’s first anime series, ‘ThunderCats’ marks our most ambitious foray yet into fantasy,” said Register. “The realism and dynamic visual style we’ve achieved are sure to thrill viewers, and the cool weapons, vehicles and technology should help the show appeal to a diverse audience.”

I will admit, I didn't watch the ThunderCats, but I always thought Lion-O was cute.

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D**k Riding Obama

Oh, this is to promote Boondocks's final season

DC Entertainment brings us Young Justice

Following in the footsteps of Batman, The Animated Series, The Justice League and Teen Titans, DC gives us Young Justice.

YOUNG JUSTICE is an all-new series produced by Warner Bros. Animation and based upon the characters from DC Comics. In YOUNG JUSTICE, being a teenager means proving yourself over and over – to peers, parents, teachers, mentors and, ultimately, to yourself. But what if you’re not just a normal teenager? What if you’re a teenage super hero? How much harder will it be to prove yourself in a world of super powers, super villains and super secrets? Are you ready to come of age in such a world? Are you ready for life or death rites of passage? Are you ready to join the ranks of the great heroes and prove you’re worthy of the Justice League? The members of Young Justice—Robin, Aqualad, Kid Flash, Superboy, Miss Martian and Artemis—are about to find out.

Aqualad is Black, something new and cute. Look for this on Cartoon Network in the fall.

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Cartoons secretly made for Us (Gays Boys)

I was just thinking about some of my gay influences in my kid days. And I realized, there were a lot of cartoons that really brought out the gailyness (I know this is not a word) in me.

But here are my favorites.

Goldie Gold and Action Jack- Jack was hot


Jem- the Gayest cartoon ever


Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle


She-Ra


Jana of the Jungle


Mr. T- I always thought the 2 guys were lovers

It's Saturday Morning...80's style

Any favorites?

Dirty Disney 2: The Men

Changes the Childhood thing doesn't it?

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Best Theme Music for a Cartoon goes to...

this never gets old

My Childhood has been destroyed by Broke Ass Movies...A Rant

After the mess of a movie with Transformers 2 and reviews of G.I. Joe matching those of Ishtar, I have a request.

Stop making a mess of my childhood!!!!

Transformers 2 was basically made for a 5th grader. Based on my (special screening), I felt insulted for being a geek, smart, human and alive. The cartoon writers did a better job than whoever shat all over this. And now G.I. Joe is next...I don't think I can't take this anymore.

What I would like is a smart, critical take of these stories. Transformers was a great cartoon and the original cartoon movie is historic. G.I. Joe was also a great cartoon, with great characters and great stories. All the writers have to do is play on those stories and build them up. Actually, "Battlestar" them, make it an adult, serious story that challenge and thrills us.

It can be done, just do it already! I'm really scared to see G.I. Joe, I think it will be just as bad. However, I'm afraid as long as money can be made, most of my childhood will be massacred.

So what's next? He-Man, Pole Position, The Littles, JEM, She-ra? I will write the script for JEM, I don't want the Starlight Girls to go through the same shatfest that the Josie and the Pussycats movie did.

In all, I think most us want a good movie. But it doesn't have to be some dumbed down, 2 hours flicks with cheap starlets, CGI orgies and poo putt scripts. The human brain deserves better.

I'm done ranting for now, I was just hurt to see how huge Transformers 2 opened this weekend. It just proves that some folks will accept anything as entertainment

A G.I. Joe cartoon for Adults

Adult Swim has given the old Joes fans an adult cartoon to watch. It's called G.I. Joe: Resolute and it looks good.

To see more, go here

Watch a Banned Cartoon about the Mormon Church

This is a bizarre animated tale of the Mormon Church...creeps me out (but I like that)

Check it out

Disney Copies Itself

I'm hurt. Seeing these clips killed the Disney magic for me.


Wow

New York Post calls Obama a Rabid Monkey

Either the New York Post and famed cartoonist Sean Delonas are smart, desperate for sales or just plain idiots.

Today, they ran this cartoon in the Post, causing a big stir. I guess the joke is the stimulus bill is a piece of crap because a rabid monkey wrote it. The rabid monkey applies to the tragedy of the woman being mauled by a monkey the other day.

But it also applies the race issue. Everybody knows the monkey is a racial slur towards us. I know they had to think of that before posting this mess. This is very tacky, but in these desperate times and the print business failing they did what they had to do...stoop down to the lowest of the low.

The first person to comment on this is no other than, Al Sharpton:

The cartoon in today's New York Post is troubling at best given the historic racist attacks of African-Americans as being synonymous with monkeys. One has to question whether the cartoonist is making a less than casual reference to this when in the cartoon they have police saying after shooting a chimpanzee that "Now they will have to find someone else to write the stimulus bill."

"Being that the stimulus bill has been the first legislative victory of President Barack Obama (the first African American president) and has become synonymous with him it is not a reach to wonder are they inferring that a monkey wrote the last bill?"

I feel a boycott coming on.