Consider, in today’s productions houses, it is primarily white writers who choose the words and write the stories of these Black cartoon characters ... when no actual faces are seen?

Like Nyancat, "the cake is a lie," Tron Guy, and Doge, "trollface" is a bona fide piece of internet history. And more than that: It's an incredible profit-generating machine for its creator.

Black creatives in animation will soon be recognized in a huge way thanks to Black Women Animate Studios. In collaboration with Cartoon Network, they’ve worked together to launch the first ever ...