As the eightieth anniversary of its October 2, 1928 founding approaches, Opus Dei is producing an Italian TV cartoon and mini-series on the life of its founder St. Josemaria Escriva. The cartoon is in ...

Familiar animated cartoon characters make us laugh and feel good, so when they try to sell us something, we're more inclined to listen. That advertising ploy dates as far back as at least World War II ...

Controversial French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has provoked fresh outrage with its response to last week’s devastating earthquake in central Italy. The latest edition of the edgy French ...

ROME (AP) — The Italian town hardest hit by last month’s earthquake on Monday filed a criminal defamation complaint denouncing French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo for a cartoon depicting victims in ...

In the aftermath of Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, with its skillful mixture of live action and animation, no one followed suit until Italian writer-directors Maurizio Nichetti and Guido Manuli with Volere ...

Brothers who helped put Italian animation on the map honored by the Bay By Eric J. Lyman, The Associated Press ROME — With an eggshell cocked sideways on his head, freshly hatched Calimero, the ...

ROME — Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport has issued an apology after they published a cartoon depicting Mario Balotelli as King Kong. The Manchester City forward was featured in the cartoon on ...