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Friday diversions, Snake and Bacon Style
Kick off your Memorial Day weekend the right way by watching the pilot episode of Snake and Bacon that debuted on Adult Swim the other week. Below is a little snippet, but go here to watch the whole episode.
- May 22, 2009 @ 10:30 AM by Chris Mautner
‘PG-13′ GI Joe cartoon debuts online tomorrow
GI Joe: Resolute
GI Joe: Resolute, an “adult fan oriented animated mini-series,” kicks off on the Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim website tomorrow*. The web series is an hour long, and will run as 10 five-minute webisodes through April 25. Then the entire thing will be broadcast on Adult Swim on April 25 at midnight, which is the first place you’ll be able to see the final ten minutes. After that, the whole thing will be online for viewing.
The cartoon is written by comics writer Warren Ellis, who wrote about it on his blog last July:
It went like this. Sam Register phoned me up and said, we’d really like you to write a GI JOE animation, at a PG-13 rating, aimed at an older viewer. I said, I’ve never seen a GI JOE cartoon in my life. The closest I got to a GI JOE comic was drinking with Larry Hama. I’ve never even seen a GI JOE. Couldn’t tell you what they look like if you paid me. I know nothing about GI JOE. It is meaningless in my world.
Excellent, Sam said. Just the guy we need.
The trailer is available after the jump. There’s also a GI Joe: Resolute toy line (who would have thought?) that you can check out here.
- April 16, 2009 @ 02:41 PM by JK Parkin
Snake ‘n’ Bacon on Adult Swim!
Snake and Bacon fight crime. Ssss!
Yes, it’s true. Tales Designed to Thrizzle auteur Michael Kupperman has revealed that his seminal, wacky pairing of meat product and reptile will debut on the small screen. What shenanigans will they get up to?
Snake ’N’ Bacon the TV show pilot is going to be broadcast as part of Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim block of programming, on May 10th at 12:45 AM. The cast includes Kristin Schaal, Dan Bakkedahl, Bill Hader, Peter Serafinowicz, James Urbaniak, Brian Stack, and David Rakoff, in live-action and animated segments.
Kupperman also has a plethora of screenshots at the link to whet your appetites. Mark your calendars now. (And also remember that the fifth issue of Thrizzle comes out soon, not to mention the first trade paperback collection).
- April 16, 2009 @ 11:00 AM by Chris Mautner
Death metal has a whole new ring to it as The Goon battles Dethklok
One of our readers, Brett, dropped us a note about this over the weekend, and as I was trying to confirm it, MTV’s Splash Page up and announces a mega-crossover between Eric Powell’s The Goon and the Adult Swim cartoon Metalocalypse. And in the tradition of all great crossovers, they aren’t getting together for tea and crumpets, as the one-shot is called The Goon Vs. Dethklok. My money’s on The Goon.
Check out the promo video:
- March 18, 2009 @ 05:48 AM by JK Parkin