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Gallery 1988: Michael Ramstead
Continuing to show off some stuff that will appear at Gallery 1988 starting January 13th, here's a piece by Michael Ramstead called Haunted Henchman. Click for the full version:
Gallery 1988: Kiersten Essenpreis
As promised here are two pieces that you will be able to see in the Gallery 1988 Adult Swim show. These are by Kiersten Essenpreis, both 11x11 inches, Flashe paint on wood, sealed in resin. The one with Brock is titled Brock Samson Feeds the Neighborhood Stray Cats and the Dr. Girlfriend one is Dr. Girlfriend & the 5 O’Clock Shadow. Some more info can be found on Kiersten's blog. Click for larger versions:
Gallery 1988 x Adult Swim
I'm kind of late on reporting this, but starting January 13th and running until February 4th, Gallery 1988 will be hosting an Adult Swim art show. Essentially a bunch of artists will be putting together some pieces inspired by Adult Swim shows (including The Venture Bros., of course) and they will be on display for all to enjoy at the gallery. For those of you who will be in or around the Los Angeles area this will be at Gallery 1988: Melrose, which is located at 7020 Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles. I will be posting art that will be at the gallery in the coming days, so check back later for some stuff! As always you can subscribe to RSS or follow @mantiseye on Twitter to stay up to date on this stuff.
BifBangPow!'s 2012 Things To Come
I forgot to post about this for three days but if you haven't seen it yet, BifBangPow! has put up a New Year's message concerning the state of many of their licenses for 2012. Among them, of course, is The Venture Bros. Here's what they had to say on that front:
We're also entering our third year with THE VENTURE BROTHERS, and due to over whelming fan support, we're hard at work on our third wave of characters for the retro figure range. We're also knee deep in plans for SDCC 2012 already (for ALL our licenses!), and Team Venture will figure prominently. And we're exploring a brand new category for the VB license, and we think you'll agree, it's 'about time' someone did!
What does this mean for the future of the BBP Venture Bros. toy line? Well, when pressed on Twitter, they were quick to respond. So view that as you may. They also noted that the fate of the 3 3/4" figures will be revealed soon, so there's that to look forward to.Venture Bros. Year In Review: 2011
It's the end of 2011 and what better way to end it than with a Year In Review article? I can't think of any. Of course this was an off-year for the show, though we did get one new (short) episode and lots of merchandising news. We also got to see Jackson and Doc do their thing at various conventions and more. Why not read all about it? Hopefully 2012 brings even more awesome!
Holidays 2011: The Great Mantis-Eye Gift Search
Hello there, and happy holiday of choice! As is something of a holiday tradition, we'll be giving away some gifts with a holiday theme to you, the loyal reader. What gifts? How about some awesome BifBangPow! Venture Bros. action figures? Enticing! Head on over to the Great Mantis-Eye Holiday Gift Search to find out more! However, in a nutshell: enter to win some stuff! If you have a user account you can also optionally participate in the gift search, which increases your chances of winning! All you have to do is find them on the site, it's as easy as that. Get to it!
The Great Mantis-Eye Holiday Gift Search!
Venture Bros. 2011 Christmas Song: "Baby It's Cold In Here"
It's here! If you missed the live-streaming version, fear not, because you can go listen to and/or download it from Ken Plum Presents: Ken Plume's A Site Called FRED. Specifically from the compilation page that has all the Venture Bros. tunes from over the years. Eight of them, to be precise! So go grab it now. You can also head over to the Holiday Havok episode guide (even though it's not really an episode) and read all about it (and the other songs) if that's your pleasure. Enjoy, and Merry Christmas (or other holiday of choice)!
Venture Bros. Holiday 2011 Christmas Song In One Hour!
Ken Plum just announced via his Twitter that he'll be live streaming a new holiday Venture Bros. tune at midnight (eastern time) tonight! That's in less than one hour! Tune into FRED Entertainment Live to hear it live!
Adult Swim Video Reintroduces Full Episodes For Free
You may recall Adult Swim launched Adult Swim Gold back in August which consisted of HD versions of their episodes available to anyone who subscribed to various cable providers. They subsequently ditched full episode streaming for everyone else, much to the chagrin of everyone else. However I just saw over at Adult Swim Central that they have now rethought that decision. If you head on over to the Adult Swim Video site you'll notice that there are now five free Venture Bros. episodes that you can watch, along with the usual offering of HD-quality gold episodes. It's a Christmas miracle!
The Final Re-Gift
If you've been following along the last few days you'll be sad (or maybe happy if you hate cool stuff) to know that today is the final re-gift from Venture Bros. creator Jackson Publick. Today's offering is two Spider-Man homages, both of which were part of some comic-themed art shows. Specifically they pay homage to Steve Ditko's Spider-Man where he would often devote a page to how Spider-Man's powers or gadgets worked. So that's it for now, kids. However stay tuned later in the week since there will be a traditional Venture Bros. Christmas song. If you need something to do while you wait you can always read all about and listen to the previous ones. See you soon!
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