The Mantis-Eye Experiment

In unrelated news, Kevin Brown was nice enough to point out an update at Brendon Small's page:

You might hear my voice in a few episodes of the new season of VENTURE BROS. (a very great show that you should check out if you haven't) but it was a real pleasure doing that.

So there you go. Also enjoy tonight's Friday Night Fix, which I presume will be showing Careers in Science, but don't quote me on that.

On the DVD front, I'm told the official release date is officially March 14, 2006 now. It will be a 2 disk set. Due to space limitations inherent in the format, we won't be doing commentary on ALL the episodes, but we are hoping to cover at least a few of them, possibly as many as five. Trust me, you don't want to hear either or both of us babble for seven hours anyway...

So there you go; official DVD release news! Also the season premier script is being worked on, so if my knowledge of the animation industry is accurate, that episode should be completed sometime in May or June, which should give you a rough idea of when the new season will begin. That's all for now folks!

Hey, remember those eBay auctions for VB storyboard art Jackson was talking about in his last update? Well those were actually put up three days ago. You can check them out here. Each one starts at $50 (except for one drawn by Jackson, which is $100) and is signed by Jackson Publick and VB storyboarder Doug Lovelace. These are really great pieces of show memorabilia, and don't forget that the money goes towards The Lance Armstrong Foundation for Cancer Research (though it's not mentioned on the auction pages). So go grab one if you have the cash to spare. Many thanks to Havocware for noticing this.

The character/prop and background design teams are just finishing up their work on episode 4. Among other things, they've had to bring Egypt, Paris, the South Pacific, the New York subway and Spider-skull Island to life--along with countless henchmen, villains, soldiers, Indians, spies, goth girls, innocent bystanders and heroes--all while refining the Venture compound (they have a pool, a bathroom and a study now!) and many of our pre-existing characters.

I think it's safe to say season two is going to kick a huge amount of ass. There's also some news on the DVDs, guest stars and just a ton of other information that might make your head explode, or at the very least cause a minor headache. The good kind though.

Minor site news, sometime in the coming days or weeks I'll have a slight redesign for the site. Just a few kinks to work out, but it's coming along. That was kind of anti-climactic after the rest of the update. Sorry.

Update: [6:36pm] Okay that was quick. Head over to the settings and select the 'new design' theme if you don't already see it.

If you can read this, you are invited to the big-assed opening.

October 6th 2005 (like around 6:00pm or so...)
Arcadia Fine Arts
51 Green Street, (SOHO) New York, NY

Have fun, pack the place, be nice, shake my skinny little hand, meet my friends, get a fat eyeful of my paintings, do your lame Dr. Girlfriend impersonation at me, marvel at my hair and fine taste in clothing, listen to me prattle on about paint... The works.

More info here. You know you want to go. You could use some culture in your life anyway. Don't deny it.