A Flash cartoon is an animated film created using Macromedia Flash animation software, usually as a form of limited animation. Flash cartoons are typically distributed via the World Wide Web, in which case it is often called a Internet cartoon, online cartoon, or webtoon. Web flash cartoons may be interactive and are often created in a series. A Flash cartoon is distinguished from a Webcomic, which is a comic strip distributed via the Web, rather than an animated cartoon. An animated cartoon is a short, hand-drawn (or made with computers to look similar to something hand-drawn) moving picture for the cinema, television or computer screen, featuring some kind of story or plot (even if it is a very short one). ... // == Macromedia Flash == ==]] Using Macromedia Flash 8 (bundled in Studio 8) in Windows XP. Maintainer: Adobe Systems (formerly Macromedia) Latest release: 8 / September 30th, 2005 OS: Windows (no native Windows XP Professional x64 Edition support), Mac OS X, Linux (i386 only, via wine [1]) Use: Multimedia Content Creator License: Proprietary Website... Limited animation is a process of making animated cartoons that does not follow a realistic approach. ... Graphic representation of the world wide web around Wikipedia The World Wide Web (WWW, or simply Web) is an information space in which the items of interest, referred to as resources, are identified by global identifiers called Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI). ... There are several conceptual views of interactivity, the most general being the contingency view. ... An episode of Diesel Sweeties Webcomics, also known as online comics and web comics, are comics that are available on the Internet. ... This article is about the comic strip, the sequential art form as published in newspapers and on the Internet. ...

Flash animation is much easier and less expensive to create than using traditional animation techniques. Distribution via the Internet is very easy and cheap compared to television broadcasting; websites such as Newgrounds and UGOplayer host Flash cartoons for free. Many Flash cartoons are created by individual or amateur artists, though it does require enough technical expertise to use Macromedia Flash. Some web Flash cartoons become popular enough to air on broadcast television, on channels such as MTV and G4TV. The 2006 Newgrounds logo. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... G4 was a cable television channel devoted to the world of video games and the people who play them. ...

Some professional animated television series are also produced using Macromedia Flash because of the low cost of production, such as Gotham Girls, produced by Warner Brothers. The Critic was the first animated television series to use Flash; after being canceled from both ABC & Fox, Atom Films created net-only episodes in 2000-2001. Some existing television cartoons such as Home Movies (on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim) have switched to Flash from other animation technology, as well as the lesser-known Aaagh! It's the Mr. Hell Show & Queer Duck from Showtime, and Shorties Watching Shorties on Comedy Central. An animated series or cartoon series is a television series produced by means of animation. ... If you were looking for the New York City-based Gotham Girls Roller Derby, see their website at gothamgirlsrollerderby. ... Warner Bros. ... Jay Sherman posing. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... This article is about the cartoon. ... Cartoon Network is a cable television network created by Turner Broadcasting which primarily shows animated programming. ... The Adult Swim logo Adult Swim, usually rendered [adult swim] on bumps, is the name for the adult-oriented television programming block on Cartoon Network. ... Aaagh! Its The Mr Hell Show was an adult animated comedy show which ran for one season of thirteen episodes in 2001, produced by a British-Canadian collaboration. ... Queer Duck was an animated series that originally appeared on Icebox. ... Shorties Watching Shorties is a television show broadcast on the Comedy Channel. ...

External links

• Newgrounds - Free-content, fully automated flash portal
• UGOplayer
• Flashlands
• Flash Portal
• Reelbigcheese
• Animax Entertainment producer of Flash animated cartoons