As cultural standards for bodies change, so to do the idealized ones we see on TV—and that includes our favorite superhero ...

It looks like superhero cartoons are back in a big way, and with their re-emergence has come variety, especially in terms of style. Look at a still frame from any of the shows listed above ...

STAND STRAIGHT. PLANT your feet wide. Puff out your chest. Make two fists and hold them at your sides. Do you feel like a superhero? Even if you can't leap tall buildings in a single bound, you ...

The human physiques of superhero cartoons literally embody our expectations for what "heroism" looks like, as the artists shaping them emulate real-world athletes or exercise their own artistic ...

BANGKOK--Thailand's emerging student pro-democracy movement has adopted a Japanese cartoon hamster, Hamtaro, as a creative way to get support from young people around the country. University and ...

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