“ChalkZone,” Nickelodeon’s roller coaster of an animated series about the adventures of kid cartoonist Rudy Tabootie in a land where all the erased blackboard drawings go, is back for its second ...

More fantastic than Harold and his purple crayon is 10-year-old Rudy Tabootie and his “White Lightning” magic chalk in “ChalkZone,” a new animated series premiering at 7:30 p.m. Friday on Nickelodeon.

When anything is erased from a chalkboard, it’s not really gone – it just enters a realm called the Chalkzone. And fifth grader Rudy Tabootie found a way to go there! With a piece of “White Lightning” ...

The offbeat animation shifts between crisp outlines with solid colors and charming, rough-textured, kid-style chalk drawings. The unforced humor and educational tidbits are a smooth mix. The mini ...