The Mantis-Eye Experiment

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":

If you've read up on the Venture Bros. panel from this year's recently departed NYCC then you know that Jackson and Doc showed off a sizzle reel for season 5, which is to say a collection of quick, punchy but unrelated clips... set to music. Okay it might just be a different name for a trailer. Regardless, one was shown and while I don't know if it will ever come to Adult Swim's online video service, someone at the panel was nice enough to record it on their phone or other camera-enabled device. It's not the super best quality but it's taken with a pretty steady hand so it's not like watching The Blair Witch Project or anything. Thanks to commenter Hank for pointing this one out:

Crack reporter Robert Sullivan sent me a bunch of NYCC coverage links before I ever had a chance to find them myself, so he gets all the credit here. If you need coverage of the Venture Bros. events from this year's New York Comic Con, here it is!

• io9 has a lot of info from the panel laid out in an easy to read numbered format.
  
  
• Adult Swim Central has a pretty in-depth article that delves into all the goings-ons at the panel and even contains a couple of photos.
  
  
• Possibly the most professional-sounding site to ever cover Venture Bros. International Business Times has a nice look at the panel with quotes from Jackson, Doc, Mike Sinterniklaas and Paul Boocock as info about the elusive 'sizzle reel'.
  
  
• Spinoff Online has some good coverage of the panel as well, if you're into that.
  
  
• Crave Online also has a quick recap of the panel.
  
  

Those of you in the New York City area may be familiar with the Too Art For TV exhibits over the last five years. The exhibit was founded by Venture Bros. color supervisor Liz Artinian and has featured some amazing art made by folks in the animation industry. This year Too Art kicks off on Friday, November 9th, but with its own gallery. Rather than renting out a place for one month out of the year, as with the past exhibits, they are planning on a dedicated gallery called Bunnycutlet that will open along with the start of Too Art For TV 6. So, here's where you come in:

Bunnycutlet Gallery, founded by Venture Bros. Color Supervisor Liz Artinian, is pleased to debut its new space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn with Too Art for TV Year 6, New York's premiere art exhibit for the animation industry, on Friday, Nov 9th from 6 to 10PM.

We're hoping to make the new Bunnycutlet Gallery space a permanent home for the personal works of animation artists in NYC. We've launched a Kickstarter to ensure that the gallery can remain open for at least one year. We have some awesome pins, prints, & paintings available for those who are interested in donating, including a limited edition signed print by Jackson Publick. Jackson himself voiced his support of the project in a video.

So there you go! If you can you should contribute some money to the Kickstarter campaign. There are some pretty cool rewards if you do (especially around the $125 mark), including some signed prints by Jackson. The gallery and exhibit will also open on November 9th if you want to check them out. Keep a lookout on the Bunnycutlet website for more info as well.

Adult Swim has the same preview that Entertainment Weekly had up, so if you still haven't checked that out here's another opportunity. And of course in a mere two weeks "A Very Venture Halloween" will air in all its glory on Adult Swim. That's Sunday, October 28th, 2012 at 11:30pm. This probably won't be the last time that I tell you, but for now keep it on your schedule, okay? What else do you have to do anyway?

Entertainment Weekly has snagged themselves a quick clip from the upcoming "A Very Venture Halloween". If you watched the Let's All Smoking videos it's present in there, though this one is better quality (the one shown at Dragon*Con is also much longer) but for those of you who didn't here's a reminder that yes, new Venture Bros. is indeed on the way.