Sugar, spice, everything nice and an accidental dash of “Chemical X.” These were the ingredients needed to create the beloved 1990s cartoon “The Powerpuff Girls.” And now, more than 15 years after the ...

For Craig McCracken, it was the sight of bootleg piñatas — made in the image of his tiny but mighty heroines — on storefronts across Los Angeles that were the first and most tangible indicator that ...