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Since premiering in 1989, “The Simpsons” has been hailed as the best animated sitcom of all time. Despite its creative ups-and-downs, the show has stood above other cartoon comedies not just for its humor, but for its heart. The best episodes of “The Simpsons” prove that animated characters can engender just as much empathy as live-action…

Superhero comic books are full of death, so much so that Wikipedia literally has a page for “Comic book death”: “the apparent death and subsequent return of a long-running character.” When death is such a revolving door, it’s hard for any one story to have a real impact. But every so often, a creative team…