It feels good to be back.

So, as you may have noticed, we've taken a bit of a hiatus. It was one part withdrawal induced (it's been really hard to be all "Go Team Venture!" all the time with the knowledge that the show isn't coming back until FOREVER (a.k.a. August)) and another part we-let-ourselves-get-really-caught-up-in-our-jobs-and-kind-of-put-the-vodcast-on-the-back-burner.

That being said, we're going to be posting a few things here on the blog, dusting off our nary-a-tweet-since-February Twitter account, and possibly even recording a vodcast or two. We know; big things.

AND, to keep you sated until we pull everything together, here's a brief and abridged updated on what's going on in the Venture world:

Jackson Publick (one of the creators and writers of the show) updated his LiveJournal in March with a pretty thorough update with that's going on with the show, the production schedule, the DVDs, etc. Basically, the show will most likely be back in August, and they are working on a super-special one-hour season finale in December (squee!!) They are also working with Bif Bang Pow on the official Venture Brothers action figures, and — the best news of all! — have committed to appearances at Comic-Con and Dragon*Con. You had better buy your tickets now, Venturoos, because Comic-Con is already sold out, and we're sure Dragon*Con will sell out soon. As an aside, Doc and Jackson's bios for Dragon*Con are (as expected) hilarious, so you should check them out. 

Here's a look at the action figure prototypes:

Also, you can read the full post from Jackson here.

He also posted several screen shots from season 4.2, so stay tuned for another post filled with our screen-shot-inspired speculations for what's to come in the second half of this season.

As well as all of this super-awesome news comes some other fun from the Venture world. We're guessing that the show's lengthy hiatus has inspired most people to put together fun reminders of why we all love the show so much, including Adult Swim's series of top 10 moments. We'll be tweeting and blogging about all of these things all week long, so stay tuned, and Go Team Venture!