Netflix’s ‘Kid Cosmic’: A Fun Return to the Superhero Genre From the Creator of ‘The Powerpuff Girls’
MarioYuwono is from Indonesia, but was born in Italy and attended school in Jakarta, Moscow, Berlin and Los Angeles. He has been obsessed with films ever since he saw his first movie at the age of five, and would go on to spend his younger years reading film encyclopedias and movie guides. Combined with a global upbringing rooted in greater social awareness, this drives him to be more observant of values promoted in films. He believes in cinema’s potential to enable greater empathy and meaningfully expand people’s horizons, in line with
Are you missing
The Powerpuff Girls? Of course you are. We are too, but thankfully, creator Craig McCracken is back with a new animated superhero show called
Kid Cosmic which is, dare we say it, out of this world! Ahem.
Unlike
Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends,
Kid Cosmic tells a serialised story, one which follows the titular Kid as he fights to protect his town from alien threats. Joining him are an eclectic bunch of local heroes , including Rosa, a little girl who can grow real big, and Tuna Sandwich, a cat who can see into the future.
Yes, Netflix s latest cartoon series is just as ridiculous and amazing and addictive as that all sounds. But now that all ten episodes of season one have dropped, what s next in store for
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Now at Netflix, ‘Powerpuff Girls’ creator savors freedom: ‘Wait. We can do this now?’ [Los Angeles Times :: BC-TV-KID-COSMIC:LA]
Animator Craig McCracken, who gave the world “The Powerpuff Girls,” “Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends” and “Wander Over Yonder,” has an exhilarating new cartoon series, “Kid Cosmic,” which premiered Tuesday on Netflix. Set on a thinly populated stretch of American desert there’s a diner, a motel, a junkyard it concerns a kid, called only the Kid (Jack Fisher), who comes across some powerful stones dropped by an alien on the lam. While they confer powers on the bearer, they also bring in their wake a host of unfriendly ETs trying to get their hands, claws, etc. on them.
Craig McCracken discusses his new Netflix series "Kid Cosmic" and the streamer's long leash: "They're giving you a lot of money to make your student film."
Craig McCracken discusses his new Netflix series "Kid Cosmic" and the streamer's long leash: "They're giving you a lot of money to make your student film."