Don’t speak

From the first time the Road Runner zoomed across the screen with an exultant 'Meep, meep!' to this past summer's blockbuster hit WALL-E, whose star robot mesmerized audiences and critics alike with little more than a few mechanical sighs and beeps, the history of animation is ripe with characters who have spoken volumes without saying much at all. And while the bulk of this dialogue-free content has lived on the big screen, the genre seems to be migrating to TV and the web with greater frequency.
October 1, 2008

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