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Entertainment has always been one of the most unpredictable industries, with animation being no exception. Thanks to the rise of technology during the 1990s, independent studios and artists were given space and time to explore their style. Accessible technology allowed artists to stretch their creative limits and abilities. As a result, they expanded the playing field by creating animation no one saw before.

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Several impressive animated works were created during the '90s and with that some of the best animation in cartoon history was born. Though the advancements in computer software have allowed for visual effects like CGI, there are still many animated works that couldn't compete with cartoons from the '90s. From unique art styles to creative use of 2D animation, there are plenty of '90s cartoons that are far superior to any animated series airing today.

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At long last, MTV’s ’90s cult hit “Daria” is coming back to the small screen. The previously announced spinoff “Jodie,” with Emmy-winning actor and icon Tracee Ellis Ross voicing the title role of Daria’s Lawndale High classmate Jodie Landon, has landed at Comedy Central. The series comes from creator and head writer Grace Edwards, who’s served as writer/co-producer on HBO’s “Insecure,” with additional credits on multiple seasons on the Emmy-nominated comedy “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” and “Inside Amy Schumer.”

Ellis Ross will executive produce the series as well as voicing the main character, Jodie, the academic star of Lawndale High who often struggled to make her voice heard amid a very white suburban school — but always found in Daria Morgendorffer a wise confidante. “Jodie” will pick up with the title character graduating from college and entering a complicated world as an adult. The last we heard...

At long last, MTV’s ’90s cult hit “Daria” is coming back to the small screen. The previously announced spinoff “Jodie,” with Emmy-winning actor and icon Tracee Ellis Ross voicing the title role of Daria’s Lawndale High classmate Jodie Landon, has landed at Comedy Central. The series comes from creator and head writer Grace Edwards, who’s served as writer/co-producer on HBO’s “Insecure,” with additional credits on multiple seasons on the Emmy-nominated comedy “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” and “Inside Amy Schumer.”

Ellis Ross will executive produce the series as well as voicing the main character, Jodie, the academic star of Lawndale High who often struggled to make her voice heard amid a very white suburban school — but always found in Daria Morgendorffer a wise confidante. “Jodie” will pick up with the title character graduating from college and entering a complicated world as an adult. The last we heard...

This year marks 20 years since the debut of Daria, the MTV series about a bespectacled, combat boot-wearing misfit whose defining trait was, on the surface, a deep disdain for those around her. In the years since viewers were first introduced to Daria Morgendorffer, she's become a heroine of sorts for many who saw (or still see) themselves as outsiders – particularly women – for whom mainstream depictions of non-traditional characters were, at the time, few and far between. (Cher from Clueless and the Spice Girls weren't exactly relatable if you were a weird girl in the 1990s.

It's been 20 years to the day since Daria premiered in 1997. In honor of the anniversary, the creators spoke with Variety about the history of the MTV series.Created by Glenn Eichler and Susie Lewis, the animated show followed Daria Morgendorffer, a smart and sarcastic teenage girl who observes life in the suburbs with her friends and family. The voice cast included Tracy Grandstaff, Wendy Hoopes, Alvaro J. Gonzalez, and Marc Thompson. The show ran five seasons before ending in 2002.Read More…...

Ask a certain crowd of people what the defining MTV show of their childhood was, and it’s not Trl, or Real World or Jersey Shore. It’s Daria. Though Ms. Morgendorffer had been seen on Beavis and Butt-Head before, the March 3, 1997, premiere of Daria proved that the two shows couldn’t be more different. Let’s take a fond trip back to Lawndale for a closer look at the best animated misanthrope of the ‘90s.

1. B&B-h creator Mike Judge had no involvement in Daria …

Judge agreed to release the character, but that’s where his involvement with the show ended.

Daria Morgendorffer definitely got her morbid kicks from watching her fictional world go to hell in a moldy old hand-basket à la the wacky headlines from “Sick, Sad World.” As bonkers as some of the stories from the twisty show-within-a-show were, though, a troubling number of them have proven to be not far from real life at all. Since Daria’s run, we’ve witnessed enough of those mini-segments come to current event fruition to know that show-runners Glenn Eichler and Susie Lewis were obviously a pair of secret sooth-sayers who were cleverly trying to brace the planet for what grave ills we were all about to experience. Either that or we’re dealing with a series of self-fulfilling prophecies here, and in either case, we all need to ...

Daria Morgendorffer definitely got her morbid kicks from watching her fictional world go to hell in a moldy old hand-basket à la the wacky headlines from “Sick, Sad World.” As bonkers as some of the stories from the twisty show-within-a-show were, though, a troubling number of them have proven to be not far from real life at all. Since Daria’s run, we’ve witnessed enough of those mini-segments come to current event fruition to know that show-runners Glenn Eichler and Susie Lewis were obviously a pair of secret sooth-sayers who were cleverly trying to brace the planet for what grave ills we were all about to experience. Either that or we’re dealing with a series of self-fulfilling prophecies here, and in either case, we all need to ...

Why oh why is this Daria: High School Reunion trailer not a real thing? College Humor has outdone themselves and inspired a case for another Kickstarter fan project. Aubrey Plaza takes on the role of the deadpan Daria from the beloved Glenn Eichler and Susie Lewis Lynn MTV series. The story picks up after our sardonic heroine graduated from Lawndale High and invites us to the school's 10-year reunion. It's great to see the old gang back together and bursting with sarcasm. Plaza is perfection, and we think Daria voice actress Tracy Grandstaff would be proud. Now, if we can just get this thing into production — but with a much hotter Trent Lane, please. Daria's earned it. In 2011, fans on MTV Clutch nominated Plaza for the part of Daria in a live-action...

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Last week, Idw released a new X-Files comic, “X-Files Season 10.” Like the Buffy series from Dark Horse, as well as continuations of Jericho, Smallville, Charmed and Farscape, comics are increasingly becoming home to cancelled television shows. Most of these shows have a cult following, so continued runs in comic form suits them well. I asked the comics team at Sound on Sight to think about what cancelled TV shows they would most like to see completed via comics. Here’s what we came up with…

Carnivale

By Tony Nunes

When the cancellation of Daniel Knauf’s Carnivale was announced, I can’t say that I was completely surprised. I can tell you though; I was pissed! HBO’s Carnivale was one of the most bizarre, subtext-filled supernatural dramas ever on television. Twin Peaks was and is my favorite television series of all time. That series ended after two seasons (like...

If only Daria Morgendorffer could see the world she wrought. It's been a decade since the Glenn Eichler and Susie Lewis Lynn animated series went off the air, but the impact of its eponymous heroine and her deadpan journey through life in the suburbs is still felt. Some of the sharpest female protagonists on television right now can trace their identity, at least partially, to the central figure of MTV’s teen comedy "Daria," which ran for five season and two TV movies, the second of which, "Is It College Yet?," found Daria bidding farewell to the high school life she found so trying. While her contemporary, Tony Soprano, spawned a legion of tortured male antiheroes, Daria pulled off a feat less discussed but all the more difficult -- she made the world a little safer for brainy, independent, socially maladroit young women everywhere. Here’s a look at a few current TV characters who,...

Release Date: Available Now Creators: Glenn Eichler, Susie Lewis Starring: Tracy Grandstaff, Wendy Hoopes, Julian Rebolledo Network: MTV The Og alternagirl ur-text After nearly a decade of fever-pitched fan demand, MTV has released the legendary cult animated show Daria in one series-encompassing eight-dvd box set. Spanning 65 episodes, the pilot and two TV movies, this brilliantly realized and before-its-time portrait of teenage disaffection would be completely formulaic if it hadn’t, you know, done it first and best. Dysfunctional family life, moronic and status-obsessed peers, psychotic teachers—so goes the über-sarcastic Daria Morgendorffer’s quiet desperation in the suburban wasteland known as Lawndale....