In some sort of strange coincidence I was sent two links by two people containing two 'Top 10' lists (made popular by David Letterman) on different subjects, but each containing Venture Bros. info. Exciting, no?

• First off Noise to Signal has a list of the top 10 Venture Bros. episodes. It's a list I don't necessarily agree with as far as ordering goes (it's also missing Cremation Creek), but it does contain the best episodes of the show and you should check it out.
  
  
• And secondly we have the Top 10 Adult Cartoons as decided by AskMen.com, which is actually a men's portal and not some sort of advice site where you ask random men about your life decisions. Anyway the list is pretty much what you'd expect to see and Venture Bros. is on there as well so give it a looksee if you want.

TV Guide conducted a (very) short interview with Patrick Warburton which you can read here if you are so inclined. It's not very insightful (I suppose TV Guide never was one to ask the hard-hitting questions) but it will only take you a few minutes to read. Plus it's Brock-fucking-Sampson. Come on.

As if you haven't had enough of this crap already, here are a couple text-based rundowns of the VB panel the other day. If there are any more to be had I'll add them to this update rather than making a new one:

• Comic Book Resource's pretty extensive coverage.
• Toon Zone's far more brief coverage.
• Quick Stop Entertainment has a non-shakycam version of the season 3 preview (as in, the actual video).

Over at the Venture Bros. LJ Fan Site kuiosikle (who also posts in the comments here from time to time) has posted some pretty good quality videos of the Venture Bros panel at NY Comic Con last weekend. It's kinda like being there!

Thanks to the wonders of YouTube, you can check out the extra-special NY Comic Con preview even if you didn't attend. Granted it's in a tiny window with crappy YouTube compression and shaky-cam and uh, someone's head is kinda in the way, but you get the general idea:


I think the word you are looking for is 'awesome'. Also check out the related videos for portions of the Q&A.

Edit (April 24 at 5:21pm): There's an official version of this at Quick Stop Entertainment, or you can click on through to see it here if you want.

My quick trip to the Kid Robot store in NYC earlier today resulted in $34 worth of tiny toys. While the $8 price tag is perhaps a bit steep for a tiny figure, I did manage to get a Monarch figure, along with Carl (from ATHF), Orel (from Moral Orel) and Assy McGee. I'm not amazingly excited by any of them aside from the Monarch, so if you happen to have a Dr. Girlfriend, Toki, Avenger or Birdgirl, you should totally contact me for a trade. If you're curious about how rare each figure is, here are the numbers from the box:

• » 1/25 - Assy McGee (Assy McGee)
• » 2/25 - Dr. Girlfriend (Venture Bros.)
• » 1/50 - Ignignokt & Err (ATHF)
• » 1/25 - Avenger (Birdman)
• » 2/25 - Orel (Moral Orel)
• » 2/25 - Toki Wartooth (Metalocalypse)
• » 2/25 - Robot Chicken (dur)
• » 1/50 - Lil (Squidbillies)
• » 3/25 - Early (Squidbillies)
• » 1/25 - Granny (Squidbillies)
• » 3/25 - The Monarch (Venture Bros.)
• » 1/25 - Murderface (Metalocalypse)
• » 1/25 - Birdgirl (Birdman)
• » 1/50 - Mad Scientist (Robot Chicken)
• » 3/25 - Carl (ATHF)
• » 1/25 - Killface (Frisky Dingo)

Plus two mystery figures of unknown rarity. However when you add all of those numbers up you get 24.5/25 (or 49/50), so it's pretty safe to say you have a meager 1/100 chance of getting a mystery figure. The good news is that Dr. Girlfriend and the Monarch are both fairly common, so Venture fans stand a pretty good chance of getting one. At any rate, Assy McGee and Orel up for trade! Taking all offers who are Avenger, Birdgirl and Toki! Nothing will come from this, will it?

So for those of you following I managed to get into NY Comic Con yesterday just in time to see the Venture Bros panel. My train to the city got in at 3:40pm and I managed to get to the Javits Center by around 3:55 or so. By 4:01 (according to my twitter feed) I was informed they were sold out of Saturday only tickets (but I could purchase a weekend pass for only $20 more), but they were attempting to get more, plus I was fifth on line so I stood a good chance of getting in. At 4:20 the extra tickets came out from where ever they were hiding and I attempted to find the proper room!

Expecting to be 20 minutes late I was actually early because apparently the line for the room had been so long they had to swap with another panel to get a bigger room. Thusly the half hour delay.

That's when the fun began!

Well since this was an unplanned thing I have no idea if I will actually be able to get in (two years ago they stopped letting people in because the Javits Center was overcrowded), but I will make an attempt! There's a Venture Bros. panel at 4pm today, which I will attend if I can get in. Check the Mantis-Eye Eye (or just the front page if it disappears) for awesome live updates!

Update (1:28pm): Crap, due to a series of unfortunate events I won't be able to actually get into the city until 3:40pm at the earliest so that may be cutting it close. So don't hold your breath I guess. I'll still give it a shot though!