East Meets West: Alice the Angel Spanks Mina Ashido
East Meets West: Alice the Angel Spanks Mina Ashido By Yu May and Spider-Sans On the bustling streets of Toon Town, a black-and-white paper boy, who looked like he was drawn by the Fleischer brothers themselves, was waving a dead-tree-edition newspaper to the passing crowd. “Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Indie animation making big waves on YouTube!” Three cartoon passersby paused to examine the headline: a man drawn in the 4Chan MS paint style, a woman drawn in the slick digital painting style that A.I. likes to rip off, and a gender-non-comformist in the Tumblr art style. The woman cooed with delight. “Indie animation? Ooh, I love supporting independent animation projects!” The man examined the newspaper with sympathetic eyes. “I dunno. Cartoons only seem to be good when they were made at the precise moment when I was growing up.” The gender-non-conformist squealed, “Hey! At least our cartoons have realistic depictions of panic attacks!” The woman waved a finger. “Now,...