The Mantis-Eye Experiment

If you're super into BifBangPow!'s Venture Bros. Mego-style figures then you'll be pleased to know there's another set for you to throw money at. Everyone's favorite on-again-off-again couple, Shoreleave and The Alchemist! As usual it's $37.99 for the two figures and they're projected to ship in May, though that date often gets pushed back. Not necessarily something you want to get someone for this upcoming Christmas (or your own holiday of preference) since it'll be five months late, but maybe a nice little gift for yourself this spring, because you're worth it. You know you have to spoil yourself once in a while.

Yesterday BifBangPow! announced some new stuff in anticipation of black Friday. Among them is an Entertainment Earth exclusive Venture Bros. travel mug! It's BifBangPow!'s first non-toy Venture merchandise, which is exciting. So if you need to keep your favorite beverage warm (or cold) and also want to proclaim your love of Venture Bros. to those around you then you should probably order one. It's $12.99 and holds 14 ounces.

Friend of the site and friend of Venture Bros., Adult Swim Central has an interview with Jackson and Doc conducted back during NYCC. Doc accurately predicts the interview will show up after the Halloween special airs, but it still contains valuable info about the upcoming season, future specials and Jackson and Doc's input on some of the Venture Bros. merchandise. At around six minutes it's a quick watch, so go take a look!

If you still haven't seen it, "A Very Venture Halloween" is pretty good! And as luck would have it there are a bunch of ways to check it out for only a couple of bucks:

• If you have one of the applicable TV services you can watch it for free, any time on Adult Swim Gold
  
  
• If you've cut your cord, as they say, you can purchase it on iTunes to watch on your iPhone, iPad or computer. The SD version is $1.99 and the the HD version is $2.99.
  
  
• If you're not a fan of iTunes, Amazon Instant Video has the episode as well. Same prices as iTunes, so you can grab the SD version for $1.99 or the HD version for $2.99.
  
  
• Finally, you can purchase the video on YouTube. This ons is a little pricier, but it's $2.99 for the SD version and, $4.99 for HD.
  
  

If you're into that sort of thing the complete capsule and notes for "A Very Venture Halloween" are up. As always if you have any additions or corrections you can leave a comment here or if you're shy you can always contact me by other means.

Here's your discussion thread for "A Very Venture Halloween"! For the uninitiated this is a place you can pop in to talk about the episode either while it's airing or after it's aired. You should note that there will probably be spoilers in the comments, so if you're not into that sort of thing you should probably stay out until you've seen it. As always, please respect your fellow Venture Bros. fans and enjoy! Don't forget to rate the episode after you've seen it (on the capsule page) and if you haven't you should also enter the Mantis-Eye Halloween giveaway. Have fun, and don't eat too much candy!

Update: If you missed the episode and have access to watch Adult Swim Gold episodes (generally if you pay for some sort of cable or satellite TV) "A Very Venture Halloween" is up on Adult Swim Video. No word yet on when it will be up as a non-Gold video, but probably next weekend.

If you frequent Jackson Publick's Livejournal (and if you don't, you really should) you may have noticed that he made a post announcing his very own Tumblr. So far there are a few screen grabs from upcoming episodes of Venture Bros. season 5, which is a great start to be certain. This also raises questions, such as: will plug face guy finally get his own episode or are we just being relentlessly teased? We'll know in time.

As you may have heard a brand new episode of The Venture Bros. is set to premiere this Sunday in celebration of the fine holiday of Halloween. In recognition of this momentous occasion I feel it's time for a brand new Mantis-Eye Giveaway. This one is special because all the prizes are fan made! You head on over to the contest page to learn more, but essentially all you need is a name and an email address to enter. Of course if you're a super awesome person and have a Mantis-Eye account you double your chances to win one of the packs. If you don't have one, fear not, because you can always register for one before entering. It's free and all the cool kids have one! Either way you can enter the giveaway though! So get crackin'! The giveaway ends on Halloween night!

Since the existing sneak peeks have all been the same clip (the one shown at Dragon*Con) Adult Swim saw it fit to release a brand new one. There are only five days to go before BRAND NEW VENTURE BROS, but why not wet your whistle a little early? Nobody will judge you. The YouTube version is embedded below but you can also watch the version on Adult Swim Video if that's your thing. Thanks to TheEvilEye in the comments for pointing it out and Robert for sending it in!

Adult Swim has released the full video of the Venture Bros. panel from this year's New York Comic Con. The panel included Jackson and Doc as well as Mike Sinterniklaas (voice of Dean) and Paul Boocock (voice of Jonas Venture Sr.) though the sections where they present clips (including the sizzle reel) are not included, presumably so they can debut them separately. In the meantime check out the panel, "Let's All Smoking":