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Enjoy This SDCC 2012 Discussion Thread

Not sure it's warranted, but here's a brand new discussion thread for those of you who want to post about any news or happenings you hear from SDCC. If you're attending remember to check the Mantis-Eye Venture Bros.-centric SDCC 2012 schedule for all your Venture Bros. needs. Wednesday is preview night and Thurday is usually the slowest day of the public-accessible convention, but you never know what you might see! Things should get hopping on Friday though. Also feel free to speculate on what you hope Jackson, Doc and James will dress up as during the panel and whatever else you want!

James Urbaniak Won't Be At SDCC

I got a note from Jackson a few days ago and James Urbaniak confirmed it on Twitter the other day as well, but due to a scheduling conflict James won't be able to make the trek to San Diego. Fear not, Jackson and Doc will still be there as planned, doing what they do, but you'll have to get your serving of Urbaniak by some other method.

Huffington Post Gay Voices Interview With Jackson & Doc

Kicking off the Comic-Con interview bonanza this year is Huffington Post Gay Voices, who put together a nice interview with Jackson and Doc that goes into the many gay characters in the series. There are also a few tidbits in there about the upcoming season, the most interesting being that Col. Gentleman will have a "decent episode" this season. Here's a snip:

And what of your other [straight] characters? What’s your mindset [when writing for them]?

Doc Hammer: Jackson and I are not gay and we’re not supervillains and we’re not women. We’re not any of these things. We draw upon them the same way we would any other character. If you write for a character that has the same sexual preference as you, doesn’t matter, they’re not you. So when we write a gay character, it’s just one more thing that he has.

Jackson Publick: Yeah, we write them differently but no differently than all the real character specifics that we take into account when we’re writing anybody else.

Thanks to Robert and Kevin for letting me know about this. Related item: there is also a slideshow of 35 LGBT characters on Adult Swim, a number of which are from Venture Bros.. Boom!

SDCC 2012: All The Venture Bros.

For those of you attending SDCC this year I've put up the usual Venture Bros.-centric schedule of events for your Venture Bros. needs. Jackson and Doc will both be there along with James, and with season five on the horizon and the Halloween special on an even closer horizon there should be some juicy news-bits for you to sink your teeth into. The schedule will also be updated if new events appear, so keep an eye on it. Barring a last-second hail mary I won't be in attendance this year, however I'll still be reporting on the goings ons and letting everyone know what's going on. Those of you who are attending, enjoy, and check out the rest of Adult Swim's SDCC offerings.

Newest Batch of Storyboard Auctions

Douglas Lovelace put up the newest crop of storyboard eBay auctions for those of you into checking them out and possibly purchasing. This set features a variety of scenes from seasons one and two including a nice drawing of Hank and Dean from the opening of "Trail of the Monarch" and the Monarch's escape scene with King Gorilla in the season two premiere episode. Enjoy!

Venture Bros. Panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2012

For those of you attending this year's San Diego Comic-Con, panel information has finally been released. As is the usual custom there will be a Venture Bros. panel with Jackson and Doc:

The Venture Bros. (Adult Swim): Creators Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer will discuss their original series and answer fan questions. Indigo Ballroom, Hilton San Diego Bayfront, [Friday] 11-11:45 a.m.

Thanks to all those who sent me word on this (especially Robert Sullivan, since he was first). Hollywood Reporter has a complete listing of convention panels if you require more than just Venture Bros. fun and games. Also keep on the lookout for the complete Venture-related SDCC schedule to be posted here in the near future.

Introducing Mantis-Eye Mobile

For those of you who visit the site via some kind of mobile device you may have noticed a change or two. The previous mobile version of the site has been totally revamped and should be nice and easy to navigate on your iPhone or Android or whatever else. According to tracking, over 8% of the site's visits are from people using an iPhone or Android, so finally you have something a little more workable. Also for those of you on one of the new retina display iPads I knocked up the quality on some of the images so things like the logo and other various bits should look a lot better. As always, feel free to let me know about any bugs or improvements.

Venture Bros. Halloween Special Coming In October 2012

While Adult Swim's Upfront announcement mostly contained info about non-Venture Bros. specials, pilots and renewals (including SuperJail!'s third season being formally announced), there was one bit of pertinent info on the Venture Bros. Halloween special, which is that it will be airing this year in October:

VENTURE BROTHERS HALLOWEEN SPECIAL -- This October on Adult Swim, the Venture Family fills your Halloween goody bag with fun-sized Truth. Created and directed by Jackson Publick and written by Publick and Doc Hammer, both of whom also provide voices for the special, the Venture Brothers Halloween Special is being animated by Titmouse, Inc.

So just when you thought we would go all of 2012 without a Venture Bros. episode, fear not! No other info was provided but I'm sure we'll find out more in the coming months.

BifBangPow! Reveals SDCC Exclusive Brock Samson Action Figure

Those of you hankering for the San Diego Comic Con exclusive Venture Bros. toy can stop your hankering because it has been revealed on the Twitter. This figure is a variant of the standard Brock figure with this Brock wearing a different t-shirt and sporting the blood of what I assume to be his enemies (but with Brock you never can tell). If you can't make it to Comic Con, fear not, you can pre-order one from Entertainment Earth for just $14.99. Get to it!

Season Five Status Update From Jackson Himself

After yesterday's speculation on season 5, Jackson was nice enough to give me some more specifics on what exactly is going on. On how the episode production pipeline is going he had this to say (emphasis mine):

Things are moving briskly over here at Venture Central/AstroBase/Titmouse. The first episode just shipped to Korea. But you're wrong about one thing--it doesn't take nine months to animate overseas. Nine months is more like the time it takes to complete an episode from initial design to final edit, so it includes pre-production. Actually, it's more like ten months, since we began design on the first episode the first week of the new year, and we'll be delivering it to the network in early October. According to our schedule--and assuming we keep to it--all ten episodes will be completed and delivered by the end of January. Which is roughly when we're supposed to premiere the fifth season.

So, new Venture Bros. to kick off the new year? Sounds like a plan! Jackson also noted that he and Doc likely will be attending all three conventions this summer (SDCC, Dragon*Con and NYCC) and they promise to show off whatever they have ready at the time. SDCC comes a little too early in production so they might not have any stuff to show off just yet, but Dragon*Con and NYCC will "maybe kinda" have some sort of trailer.

And finally, he promises that he still loves you all and will start posting art and whatever else on his LiveJournal fairly soon. Thanks, Jackson!

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Hank

Apr. 19, 2023, 12:53am
First footage! Title revealed! https://youtu.be/eXJ5OM9RfV8 Synopsis and cast too! “In The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart, a nationwide manhunt for Hank Venture leads to untold dangers and unexpected revelations, while the Monarch is literally out for Dr. Venture’s blood. An imposing evil from the past reemerges to wreak havoc on the Ventures, the Guild, and even the Monarch marriage—it will take friends and foes alike to restore the Ventures’ world to order… or end it once and for all.” The voice cast includes the returning James Urbaniak as Dr. Venture, Patrick Warburton as Brock Samson, Michael Sinterniklaas as Dean Venture, Chris McCulloch as Hank Venture, and The Venture Bros. co-creator Doc Hammer as Dr. Mrs. The Monarch. (Hammer and series co-creator Jackson Publick also wrote the script, and Publick directed.) Other voice cast members include Nina Arianda as Mantilla, Clancy Brown as Daisy and Red Death, John Hodgeman as Snoopy, Hal Lublin as Clayton, Jane Lynch as Bobbi St. Simone, Charles Parnell as Jefferson Twilight, Jay Pharoah as Nuno Blood, Steven Rattazzi as Dr. Orpheus, JK Simmons as Ben, and Dana Snyder as The Alchemist. A project of Titmouse, Adult Swim, and Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment, all that radiant baboon heart blood will be gushing forth later this year. Go Team Venture! https://gizmodo.com/venture-bros-movie-adult-swim-warner-bros-animation-1850353234

CaseCrash

Jul. 4, 2019, 11:34pm
It's a month old but there's not much news here for two years at a time, so whatever :) https://www.denofgeek.com/us/tv/the-venture-bros/281421/the-venture-bros-season-8-jackson-publick-doc-hammer

cpc65

Jun. 7, 2019, 9:33pm
Okay, Venturoos. Here's what ya get for the Extras, at least on the DVD version. I felt it was a little light, but that's just my opinion. Deleted Scenes (as always) - Some are B&W sketches with the dialog, others are animated with the dialog. Ghost in the Pro-Blem - An extended view of the distorted images of events from the Pro-BLEM's point of view. Maybe there are some clues hidden in it if you like frame-by-frame advancing. Maybe not. Sirena Goes Off... - Cristin Milioti ad-libbing way more dialog than the script calls for. Poor Rocco. Promo - Basically the season 7 promo. Maybe there's Easter Eggs to find. I haven't done any extensive searching yet. If anyone finds any feel free to post them here!

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