Why Cartoonists Are Flooding YouTube, Risks and All

Fred Seibert, 62, has a hand in producing some of the most successful cartoons of the last 20 years, including Dexter's Laboratory, Courage the Cowardly Dog, The Fairly OddParents and Adventure Time. Seibert owns Frederator Studios, an independent animation studio he founded in 1997

But since 2012, Seibert has had his sights focused firmly on YouTube.

"I keep calling it the Woodstock of television," Seibert tells Mashable. "It is the biggest audience of mass television viewing in the history of moving pictures."

Seibert isn't joking. With over 1 billion unique users watching over 6 billion hours of video each month, YouTube's reach is stunningAccording to Neilsen, the site reaches more U.S. adults aged 18 to 34 than any cable network Read more...