The Venture Bros. gets Wired

Has our beloved Venture Bros. show breached the 'under-the-radar' status and gained some serious street cred with the geek world? We can only hope. And this article on Wired magazine's blog is a serious sign that it has. Also, much win here.

Quick! What's the most deranged fanboy toon on television? If you didn't answer Adult Swim's The Venture Bros., which returns Sunday to begin wrapping the rest of its transgressive fourth season, then you may need to seriously recalibrate your geek meter.

"Well, I wouldn't call it deranged," The Venture Bros. co-writer and multidisciplinary artist Doc Hammer told Wired.com in an e-mail interview. "The show is clinically sane. I mean, that's kinda why it speaks to the fanboy."

Whatever gets you through the night, Hammer. Loaded with ballistic action, bloody humor and pop-culture stabs both obvious and obscure, Hammer and show creator Jackson Publick's unrelentingly sharp spoof of a family of mad scientists might broadly appeal across demographics.

Check out the article, because it has a great interview with Doc Hammer.


Also, they've compiled a list of must-see cult TV, which includes Firefly (one of our favorites), that you should check out if you have the time.

But, we digress. Back to the Venture Brothers. As you (probably/should) know, tonight is the season premiere of 4.2, and we just can't wait. It's on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim at 11:30pm. We expect to see you there.

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Dragon*Con, here we come!

Where will you be Labor Day weekend? We'll be in Atlanta, Georgia, attending Dragon*Con. Doc & Jackson have committed to appearing at this year's convention (see the end of this post for the official word), and as soon as we found out we booked tickets. Any other Venture fans going to be celebrating their right to Geek out at this year's con? We'd love to see all of our favorite Venturoos!

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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!

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Goodies from Soulbot

Happy Friday Venturoos!

The following was posted on Venture Bros. co-creator Doc Hammer's (aka "Soulbot") MySpace page (do you ever type sentences that make you think: "5-Years-Ago Me wouldn't have a clue what the hell I'm talking about"?).

The first a secret goody from the Season 4 premiere! This comic book flashes for a few seconds during a scene transition, and the seal says something a little heart-warming. Doc comments, about the premiere, "I hope you guys liked the premiere. Jackson and I had you guys in mind. We made it for you, in fact. Ya see, we already knew what was gonna happen, but you guys didn't. So we animated it just for you!"

The second hardly needs any explanation, except to say — where can I can get a subscription?

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