The history of cartoon has come along way from early animation like humorous phases of funny faces. As technology has progressed as well as the ever more lenient censorship of cartoons over its history; narrative of the animation medium has become more and more creative and now has many flourished into many different hybrid subgenres.
The conventions of the mature cartoon genre have also expanded of time with technology and cultural change. These animations have gone from a classical family based situation comedy like the Flintstones or early Simpsons episodes, to using intertextual, double coded gags and mocking political humour. Through expansion in technology the shows have been able to keep to date with current event and can show them satirically. The majority have steered away from family based comedy and aimed at a more mature adult audience. The humour is usually toilet humour, foul language, violence, sex etc… Animators are constantly using the fact that they can create anything through animation to their benefit, mocking any thing they feel fit and pushing the boundaries on censorship.
All in all I conclude that the main things separating children’s cartoons and mature cartoons are; the course humour and the depth of the narrative. I wish to continue my blog after the marking, to go further in depth with my current research with out a word count. I would also like to compare a sit-com with an adult cartoon to see how they differ with the physical boundaries of film in place.
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