The Mantis-Eye Experiment

Hot on the heels of that sweet Monarch and Dr. Mrs. The Monarch tin tote set, BifBangPow! and Entertainment Earth have announced a brand new Comic-Con exclusive figure, a 3 3/4" naked Brock Samson as seen in "Victor. Echo. November." It will set you back $14.99, but you don't need to go to San Diego to get it either (though that also won't hurt your chances). Pre-order it today, because like the last exclusive Brock figure, it probably won't last too long.

Still haven't gotten to watch the latest Venture Bros. episode, "Spanakopita!"? Well, as usual, there are a number of ways you can watch it on the good old Internet:

• If you have a supported cable/satellite provider, you can watch it on Adult Swim Gold at any time.
  
  
• As always, Amazon has the HD version for $2.99 and the SD version for $1.99 (or you can subscribe to the full season).
  
  
• Likewise, iTunes has the HD version for $2.99 or the SD version for $1.99 if that's your thing. Season passes are on the same page, $12.99 for SD, $18.99 for HD.
  
  
• The episode is also up on XBox Live for 240 points in HD or 160 in SD (that's $3 and $2, respectively). Season passes on XBL are 1520 ($19) for HD and 1040 ($13) for SD.
  
  

Sorry to break up all the good time spanakopita news, but the episode guide for "SPHINX Rising" is up. As always, feel free to contribute anything (corrections, additions and so on) to the guide, either via the comments here or with the contact form if you're shy. I'm sure I forgot a bunch of stuff (like 21's Dune reference!) so let's get to it.

Sorry for the late post! Here's your discussion thread for "Spanakopita!". As always, people will be talking about the episode, so if you don't want to be spoiled, wait until you've watched the episode before reading the comments. Otherwise, have fun and enjoy!

Shirt Club: This week's shirt is out as well. Spanakopita!

It's Friday sneak peek time. First off Adult Swim has posted the "Spanakopita!" preview (seen initially after last week's episode):

And secondly IGN has a sneak peek at a scene from the episode:

Spanakopita!

Doc already posted this on his Facebook but I'll pass it along to those of you who may not follow him (or who, like me, missed it because you don't read Facebook very much):

Jackson and I have no plans to attend Dragon Con this year. We are busy with Season 6, and are generally exhausted. We will, of course, be attending Comic Con in San Diego and will be doing our shitty best to look spry and rested for you. Venture fans deserve no less!

So, SDCC will have a Venture Bros. panel and official presence while Dragon*Con looks like it will not (though there are often plenty of Venture fan activities to attend). No word on NYCC, but since that's in their home territory the possibility of them attending it is probably greater, but still unknown. On the plus side, season six!

Continuing this season's week+ wait for these, the capsule, notes and screengrabs for "Venture Libre" are up. Again, I am certain I missed some things, so feel free to send in corrections and additions either here in the comments or via the contact form if you're too shy to comment. I will eventually get around to adding them in too, I promise!

Oh hey guys, it's time for the weekly Venture Bros. episode discussion thread! As always, be kind to your fellow Venture fans when posting comments. Feel free to speculate, post spoilers or say whatever here, though naturally if you haven't seen the episode yet you may want to avoid the comments, since there will be spoilers abound within. This week's episode is entitled "SPHINX Rising". After you've watched it head over to the episode capsule page to rate it to see where it sits among episodes past.

Shirt Club: This week's Shirt Club shirt is also ready for viewing. It contains a very minor spoiler (which was already revealed in some of the previews/sneak peeks) and can be yours for a mere twenty US dollars. Enjoy the episode!

Why yes, it's time for your weekly sneak peek at Sunday's episode of The Venture Brothers! "SPHINX Rising" airs at 11:59pm on Sunday night. Enjoy!

These things seem to take longer and longer as time goes by, but the capsule, notes and screengrabs for "What Color Is Your Cleansuit?" are finally up. Regulars of the site (or anyone who has viewed an episode guide before) will notice a difference in the layout. The notes are now inline with the capsule, which I hope will make things a little more coherent. Not that there were complaints about it before, but sometimes you gotta spice things up in a relationship that's going on nine years now.

Feel free to drop any thoughts on the new format in the comments or you can always use the handy contact form if you're shy. Also, as is the custom, let me know if there's anything I left out or made a mistake on, because I'm sure there's a bunch of stuff. If I use them, additional notes will always be credited, and if you have a user account you'll even get a sweet achievement for it. You know you want it.