I decided to pick up a $25 new cartoon frog lure from Japan to see if I could catch bass on it.

“With cartoons, once you exaggerate a shape … it becomes adorable,” says the University of Waterloo professor, who focuses on experimental digital media. "We really cannot resist cute.

Classic Mirror cartoon strip Mr Crabtree Goes Fishing is being made into a TV series. The show was filmed during the summer and will hit the small screen in the New Year. One of the strip’s most ...