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Venture Bros. Named To EW.com's Top 25 Animated TV Series
Yes, the rumors are true! Venture Bros. is one of the lucky twenty-five animated TV series to be on Entertainment Weekly.com's list. Sharing the spotlight with the likes of The Simpsons, Futurama and The Flintstones (among many more) Venture Bros. got the nod for "great action set pieces, brilliantly conceived characters ... and the ability to somehow make you feel emotionally invested in the relationship between a man dressed in a butterfly outfit and his gravel-voiced girlfriend."
EW is also accepting votes from users so head on over there and give your favorite (which I can only assume is Venture Bros.) a vote!
EW is also accepting votes from users so head on over there and give your favorite (which I can only assume is Venture Bros.) a vote!
Dragon*Con 2011: Now With 100% More Urbaniak
For those of you attending Dragon*Con this year, James Urbaniak has been added to the guest list. While we don't know the capacity of his visit just yet, or if this means he'll be on the Venture Bros. panel, it's certainly good news either way. Jackson & Doc are not on the guest list just yet, though Jackson noted that they will likely be there since it's Adult Swim's tenth anniversary.
Details On Venture Bros. Special: The Story of Shallow Gravy
Today's Adult Swim upfront has given word on what exactly the upcoming 11-minute Venture Bros. special (currently being animated entirely in-house at Titmouse) will be:
THE VENTURE BROS. SPECIAL -- FROM THE LADLE TO THE GRAVE: THE STORY OF SHALLOW GRAVY
See the Venture Family as you’ve never seen them before: in a 15-minute documentary-style animated special. Follow the meteoric rise, the equally meteoric fall, and the decidedly un-meteor-like second coming of the most important band Hank Venture, Dermott Fitctel and H.E.L.P.eR. robot have ever been in: Shallow Gravy. If you’re hungry for rock, then open wide, because here comes a ladle of heavy metal fire and metaphoric meat drippings.
James Urbaniak LA Weekly Interview
As Liz Ohanesian noted on her Twitter she conducted an interview with James Urbaniak for LA Weekly's People issue. It's a quick read but you can learn about Urbaniak's penchant for playing red herrings on crime dramas and his involvement with Thrilling Adventure Hour, which you should check out if you haven't already.
Team Venture By Drake Tsui
Saw this on Comics Alliance and thought some of you might like it. This is Team Venture, manga-style by Drake Tsui. You can read a little more about the drawing on his DeviantArt page. Enjoy!
Jackson & Doc Interview With Crave Online
Head on over to Crave Online for an interview with Jackson & Doc if you know what's good for ya. There's bits about the upcoming two seasons (which are far in the future) and the much closer 11-minute special. Also news that the next seasons of Venture Bros. will be pre-produced at Titmouse instead of World Leaders/Noodlesoup which produced the first four seasons. Plus, you know:
Crave Online: How did the “Venture Bros.†special even come up with Adult Swim?
Doc Hammer: We wanted to make a 60 to 90 minute special, so we asked if we could make a 60 to 90 minute special, and they said 'You can make a 60 to 90 minute special.' [laughs] It came up because, well doesn't it sound cool? Doesn’t it sound like a cool thing to have?
Closer Look At BifBangPow!'s Comic-Con Exclusive
Fellow fan-site Venture Bros. Blog has a closer look at the Rusty and Jonas Sr. set that will be sold at San Diego and New York Comic-Cons (as well as online for everyone else after NYCC). You'll get to see shots of the lunch box tote which indeed does attempt to replicate the one seen in "Escape to the House of Mummies, Part II" and includes awesome art by Venture Bros. veterans Stephen DeStefano and Liz Artinian and was commissioned specifically for this project.
Young Rusty and Jonas Venture Sr. To Be Comic-Con Exclusives
For those of you attending Comic-Con (either the San Diego or New York varieties), you can grab an exclusive figure set by BifBangPow! there; Young Rusty and Jonas Venture Sr. in retro tin lunch box-style packaging to boot. The set will set you back $45 and will be available at San Diego (July 21 - 24) and New York (Oct. 13 - 16) Comic-Cons first and will also ship (while supplies last) to anyone who orders them from Entertainment Earth. You can read more on Action Figure Insider.
Dave Rapoza Draws Brock Samson
Since it's been a slow news, uh, month (as far as Venture Bros. news goes at any rate) here's an awesome painting of Brock by artist Dave Rapoza (who some of you may know recently from his awesome Super Meat Boy art).
You can learn more at his blog or click the image above for the full-sized version. Enjoy!
You can learn more at his blog or click the image above for the full-sized version. Enjoy!
Pre-Order Your Molotov Statue(s)
As you may know you can now pre-order Sideshow's Molotov Cocktease statues. Choose from either the standard edition or the Sideshow exclusive one. Each one is $250 and is expected to ship in the 4th quarter of 2011.
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