The Death of Captain Hero by Amy Crider
It's 1974, an animation studio in LA. When the lead voice actor of a Saturday morning cartoon show dies a scandalous death in a seedy motel, Chuck, the head writer, wants to give him a heroic send-off on the show. But it's against FCC regulation for a character to die on a Saturday morning cartoon (this is a real regulation). When he promises some school children an extra-special episode of the...
It's 1974, an animation studio in LA. When the lead voice actor of a Saturday morning cartoon show dies a scandalous death in a seedy motel, Chuck, the head writer, wants to give him a heroic send-off on the show. But it's against FCC regulation for a character to die on a Saturday morning cartoon (this is a real regulation). When he promises some school children an extra-special episode of the show, they question him about what makes someone a hero. As he writes his final script, he struggles to answer, and cartoons come to life in his imagination. Note: There are 2 children in the cast, a boy and a girl. A woman character is Indian (from India), which is not a category listed here among the choices.