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Adult Swim art show transforms Brock Samson and Space Ghost into portraiture

Cyriaque Lamar — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 06:45:00 PST

Last Friday, Gallery 1988's Adult Swim art show opened in Los Angeles. The show presented a mixed media approach to such famously oddball shows as The Venture Bros. and Sealab 2021 — here's but a sampling of the many prints that were on display. The show runs until February 4. More »

On Adult Swim's China, IL, Ronald Reagan owns a time machine and Hulk Hogan is the dean of America's worst college

Cyriaque Lamar — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 10:00:00 PDT

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You may be familiar with cartoonist Brad Neely from web shorts like The Professor Brothers and Babycakes or his deranged Harry Potter voice-over Wizard People, Dear Reader. Neely's latest project is the new Adult Swim show China, IL, a surrealist comedy about a college full of academics whose perpetually drunk antics put the student body (and reality itself) on high alert. More »

The Venture Bros. make the world's shortest rock-and-roll documentary

Cyriaque Lamar — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 08:00:00 PDT

Last night's Venture Bros. special — From The Ladle To The Grave: The Story Of Shallow Gravy — was only ~11 minutes long, but that was the perfect amount of time for the episode's central gag to play out. Hank and Dermott have cobbled together a self-penned documentary for their band Shallow Gravy, whose accomplishments thus far amount to a single song....about jackets. More »

We ask the creators of The Venture Bros. if they'd rather be locked in a room full of cobras or wasps

Cyriaque Lamar — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 12:00:00 PDT

At Comic-Con, your io9 correspondent received an exclusive, unparalleled look into the psyches of Venture Bros. co-conspirators Doc Hammer and Jackson Publick. Do they prefer fangs or stingers? The venom's coming no matter what. Clearly, this is the most important interview we've ever published. More »

In Mongo Wrestling Alliance, Metalocalypse's Tommy Blacha brings us a world where pro wrestling is reality

Cyriaque Lamar — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 13:15:00 PDT

Imagine a world in which professional wrestling dynasties carry the same weight as royal families. Such is the standard operating procedure of Metalocalypse co-creator Tommy Blacha's new Adult Swim cartoon Mongo Wrestling Alliance. More »

Your New Gaming Fascination: Lesbian Spider-Queens of Mars

Charlie Jane Anders — Wed, 25 May 2011 18:00:00 PDT

This is one of the most ludicrous game parodies we've seen lately. You play the Spider-Queen of Mars, racing around classic arcade-style levels and trying to recapture your escaped Martian slaves. It's all part of Adult Swim's new viral marketing. More »

How do you make TV's most criminally insane cartoon? The creators of Adult Swim's Superjail! fill us in

Cyriaque Lamar — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:25:42 PDT

What if Willy Wonka presided over a deathtrap prison stuffed to the gills with deranged inmates, killer robots, ancient gods, and horrible mutants? You'd have the premise of Adult Swim's Superjail!, perhaps the most violent cartoon on television. More »

The creators of The Venture Bros. tell us about the new season (and slash fiction)

Cyriaque Lamar — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 09:15:00 PDT

io9 recently chatted with Venture Bros. head honchoes Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer about the upcoming seasons of their Adult Swim comedy, their new DVD, and fanmade Venture erotica and slash fiction. In fact, we mostly talked about slash. More »

Venture Brothers renewed for two more seasons, with an animated short coming this summer!

Cyriaque Lamar — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 07:30:00 PDT

We live in an era in which genre TV shows are perpetually dancing on the razor's edge, so it's nice to know that one of our favorites is going to be around for a while. More »

The Venture Bros. season finale was the best homeschooled prom ever

Cyriaque Lamar — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 16:05:00 PST

The 60-minute Venture Bros. finale wasn't only the best TV episode about a $500 homeschooled prom held in an airplane hangar, it was probably the most satisfying episode yet. I'll wager a "Rusty Venture" on it. More »

On Venture Bros., vampire prostitutes help Billy Quizboy become a man

Cyriaque Lamar — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 11:05:00 PDT

Last night's Venture Bros. episode, "The Silent Partners," drove home that the show's title is increasingly becoming a misnomer. Who were the key players? Billy Quizboy, Brock, Monstroso, and the Pirate. Oh, and a robotic Hazzard boy. Good ol' RoboBo. More »

Last night's Venture Bros. was a Freudian maze of sex, lies, and Clint Howard

Cyriaque Lamar — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 15:05:00 PDT

Sunday's Venture Bros., "Assisted Suicide," was a kaleidoscopic journey through the recesses of Rusty's mind. There was a creepy child harem master, encounters with Doc's ego and superego, and lusty game-changing moment with Dr. Girlfriend and Henchman 21. More »

This week's Venture Bros. gave us the lousiest supervillain auditions ever!

Cyriaque Lamar — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 07:15:54 PDT

Sunday's episode of Venture Bros., "Bright Lights, Dean City," followed Dean to NYC, where he interns at Impossible Industries. Unfortunately, Dr. Impossible has recently turned evil, so Dean must oversee supervillain try-outs. Get ready for Ladyhawke and Lyndon Bee Johnson! More »

The 15 most ridiculous quotes from The Venture Bros. NYCC press interviews

Cyriaque Lamar — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 20:10:57 PDT

At NYCC, Venture Bros.' Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer regaled hundreds at the Friday night panel. But the real action was in Saturday's press room, where the writers of TV's funniest show fired off quips like some quip-firing machine gun. More »

A very special noir episode of Venture Bros...that will make you gag

Cyriaque Lamar — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 09:35:00 PDT

Last night's Venture Bros., "Everybody Comes To Hank's," was a noir pastiche, complete with fedoras, molls, and Hank's self-appointed "Girl Friday," The Alchemist. We also learned dark secrets about Dermott's true parentage and, oh yeah, Hank becomes a man. Baaarf. More »

On Venture Bros, a Greek god calls for blood and Doc tries to sell Teddy Ruxpin PCP

Cyriaque Lamar — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 09:37:15 PDT

Last night's Venture Bros., "Every Which Way But Zeus," began with a Greek god kidnapping a bunch of B-list characters and ended with some poignant revelations about Hank's relationship with Doc. Also, Doc sexually propositions a Teddy Ruxpin. Yup. More »

On Venture Brothers, Hank wants to become a drifter and post-Crisis Batman

Cyriaque Lamar — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 08:50:00 PDT

Last night's Venture Bros. saw the show's heroes and villains go through life ch-ch-changes. Hank and Dean graduated from their learning pods, and Phantom Limb reached out (an invisible, metaphorical hand) to an antagonist viewers haven't seen in a spell. More »

The Venture Brothers take a fantastic voyage into their dad's prostate

Cyriaque Lamar — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 09:15:00 PDT

The first episode of Season 4.5 of The Venture Bros., "The Diving Bell Vs. The Butter Glider," probed the dark secrets (literally) lodged inside Doc Venture. Also, the Monarch wants to diddle a mechanical butterfly. Damn we missed this show. More »

At last, a trailer for the new, blissfully insane season of Venture Bros.

Marc Bernardin — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:08:00 PDT

Here's the trailer that die-hard Venturites saw at Comic-Con, and it's full of, well, the effing crazy: boy zombies, ass webs, Brock Samson masturbation marathons, and genital formal wear. Sweet Fancy Moses, the Sept. 12th premiere can't come soon enough. More »

The first scenes from the Scott Pilgrim Adult Swim cartoon are online

Cyriaque Lamar — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:04:59 PDT

On Thursday August 12, Scott Pilgrim vs. the Animation, a four-minute cartoon flashback of Scott's high school years, will air from 12-12:30 AM on Adult Swim. The animated short recounts Scott forming his band Sex Bob-omb with drummer Kim Pine. More »

Archer: There aren’t enough synonyms for "sex-crazed"

Rachel Lovinger — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:30:00 PDT

We've seen "Swiss Miss," the first episode of Season 2 of Archer and it's just as raunchy, violent, and hilarious as ever. Maybe more. More »

Jackson Publick of the Venture Bros. talks David Bowie, the new season

Cyriaque Lamar — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:49:28 PDT

io9 was lucky enough to run into mellifluous Venture Bros. creator Jackson Publick (second from the right) after the Adult Swim panel. Publick talked about The Thin White Duke and answered a stupidly obscure question only I care about. More »

Al Gore as a randy computer avatar = the future of news?

Cyriaque Lamar — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 09:05:27 PDT

Taiwan's NMA News creates computer-animated depictions of current events that drive a flaming dune buggy into the uncanny valley. NMA's 3D take on the Leno-Conan tiff was amusing, but their version of the Al Gore sex scandal allegations is transcendental... More »

The Venture Bros: The Key to Science is Prog Rock

Marc Bernardin — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:00:00 PDT

Life may have its mysteries, but as young Dean Venture learns from his father, most of them can be solved with the careful application of progressive rock. More »

Have a Belated Very Venture Bros. Christmas

Lauren Davis — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:15:00 PST

Just because we've crossed the threshold from Christmas to Boxing Day doesn't mean that you can't retain the holiday spirit. And The Venture Bros. are here to help, with classic holiday tunes sung by your favorite villains and henchmen. More »

15 Toys That Will Help You Survive The Holidays

Graeme McMillan — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:00:58 PST

The Holiday Season is officially on us again, and that can mean only one thing that isn't watching Christmas In Connecticut over and over again: Time to think about gift-giving (and getting). Where better to start than with toys? More »

A New Femme Fatale for the Venture Brothers?

Lauren Davis — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:00:00 PDT

The Venture Bros. returned last night with skydiving, Nazi-killing, freaky surgery, and the first issue of Marvel Comics. And new concept art reveals another thing we'll see in Season Four: a new leading lady. More »

We've Seen Next Week's Rainbow-Powered Venture Bros. Episode!

Lauren Davis — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:30:00 PDT

It's been over a year, but The Venture Bros. finally returns this Sunday. We caught a sneak peek of the second episode — Captain Sunshine and all — and have a spoiler-lite preview of the Ventures' latest dose of madness. More »

The Science Fiction Of Your Childhood Gets the Robot Chicken Treatment

Lauren Davis — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:31:03 PDT

Tom Root, Mathew Senreich and Seth Green are out to corrupt your Voltron memories with Titan Maximum, their new series about a squad of pilots who must battle a former member of their giant robot team — with sex jokes. More »

Dramatic Photographs Bring Vinyl Toys to Life

Lauren Davis — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:24:43 PDT

Brian McCarty's toy photographs employ professional set dressing, dramatic lighting, and human extras to create strange and charming science fiction scenes with vinyl robots, monsters, and aliens as the subjects. More »

Take a Second Look Inside the Venture Compound

Lauren Davis — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:00:00 PDT

In the trailer for the fourth season of The Venture Bros., bizarre clips and familiar characters whiz by at breakneck speed. We break it down shot-by-shot and try to glean what's next for Rusty and the team. More »

Venture Bros. Season 4: Meet 21's LARP Crew and Hank Venture's New Look

Lauren Davis — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:00:00 PDT

The first trailer for season four of The Venture Bros. promises that the new season will be every bit as full of trippy as we could hope, with plenty of spoilers to leave you asking, "What did I just watch?" More »

Titan Maximum Will Prove That Children Shouldn't Play With Giant Robots

Graeme McMillan — Fri, 08 May 2009 06:30:13 PDT

Not content with Robot Chicken slaughtering any sacred nerd cows that it can imagine and then some, Seth Green, Tom Root and Matthew Senreich are planning a long-form assault on the cartoons of your youth. More »

Calling All Carls: Aqua Teen Hunger Force Needs Your Raging Bald Anger

Meredith Woerner — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:16:57 PST

Fat, bald Foreigner fans unite — this is your time to shine. Aqua Teen Hunger Force is hosting an open casting call for the role of Carl, the neighbor who loves porn and hookers. That lucky, lucky actor will appear in the ATHF live action episode. The casting call is open until December 1, so get a move on already. A clip of some of the medallion-donning tryouts awaits you below, More »

Criminals Beware: Superjail's Psychopathic Robots Will Kick Your Ass

Graeme McMillan — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 10:00:01 PDT

The future of law enforcement is psychedelic, robotic and violent... according to new Adult Swim show Superjail, at least. The new series has its official premiere tonight at 11:45 (even though two episodes have already appeared as special previews), and as this clip shows, you can expect something that mixes no-nonsense crimefighting (and entirely misguided attempts at community policing) with a visual style reminiscent of Beavis and Butthead. Welcome to your new favorite show, people. More »

Will The Fat Guy Get Out Of The Internet?

Meredith Woerner — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:30:00 PDT

Set your TiVos, the season finale of Fat Guy Stuck In Internet is this Sunday on Adult Swim. Which means no more fat jokes, cyber zombie redneck cracks or hilarious banter for at least a few months. Watch the show's creator and "Fat Guy" Josh Gemberling, playing Ken, and his friend, bounty hunter Chains, take on a winged demon creature with his cyber-pals Bit and Byte. Will our pudgy hero make his way out of the Internet, I hope not because there still is a lot of crap out there that needs to be mocked Fat Guy style. Click through for a clip of classic Bit and Byte. More »

Robot Chicken Star Wars: Making All Your Action Figure Dreams Come True

Meredith Woerner — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:40:00 PDT

Kings of stop-action figure animation, Robot Chicken, are bringing us another Star Wars-themed special. And if it's half as good as the previous Emperor Darth Vader Office Call, we're all in for a good time. Who can forget when the killing of Jar Jar Binks over and over, thanks to RC. The special premieres November 16. Adult Swim] More »

Exclusive Clip From "Fat Guy Stuck In Internet" New Adult Swim Series

Meredith Woerner — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:40:00 PDT

One big lucky man lives every nerd's dream by getting sucked into the internet and being forced to live out his days among pop culture, YouTube videos and glorious scifi references. Fat Guy Stuck In Internet is the latest addition to Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block, and it premieres this week. The show will spoof everything from Star Wars and The Goonies to The Matrix. Fat Guy started when creators John Gemberling (who plays the main character) and Curtis Gwinn (plays an internet bounty hunter) decided to create their own series of shorts for Channel 102 called "Gemberling." The show airs 12:15 am next Monday morning. More »

Two Weeks Of Not Having To Wonder What To Wear Could Be Yours!

Graeme McMillan — Thu, 29 May 2008 06:30:00 PDT

For lesser mortals, it'd be enough to single-handedly save Summer Television from weeks of reruns and Andromeda Strain-esque events, but makers of Adult Swim's The Venture Bros. aren't the type of people to sit around and rest on their laurels. Not content with giving us another thirteen episodes of action, adventure and bastardizing the pop culture of our youth (Come on, like you expected David Bowie to make an appearance last season), they're also coming to save your wardrobe. Are you ready for The Venture Bros. Shirt of the Week Club? More »