Adult Swim announces new programing at their Upfront Event in New York. Adult Swim is picking an impressive program lineup for 2012 and 2013, which includes an untitled Harold and Kumar project and a animated series from Community’s Dan Harmon. Other shows in development are Rick & Morty, Colonel Walace, Coffin Dodgers, Green Bench, Freestyle Love Supreme, King Star King, and Rolling with Dad. Also announced at the Upfront Event is the Venture Brothers Halloween Special which is scheduled to premiere later this fall on Adult Swim!

THE VENTURE BROS. HALLOWEEN SPECIAL

This October on Adult Swim, the Venture Family fills your Halloween goody bag with fun-sized Truth. Created and directed by Jackson Publick and written by Publick and Doc Hammer, both of whom also provide voices for the special, the Venture Brothers Halloween Special is being animated by Titmouse, Inc.

UPDATE: The Halloween Special is a half-hour episode, one of ten episodes being produced for Venture Brothers Season 5.

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Jackson Publick writes to Mantis-Eye with news regarding the Venture Bros. Season 5 premiere.

Things are moving briskly over here at Venture Central/AstroBase/Titmouse. The first episode just shipped to Korea. But you’re wrong about one thing–it doesn’t take nine months to animate overseas. Nine months is more like the time it takes to complete an episode from initial design to final edit, so it includes pre-production. Actually, it’s more like ten months, since we began design on the first episode the first week of the new year, and we’ll be delivering it to the network in early October. According to our schedule–and assuming we keep to it–all ten episodes will be completed and delivered by the end of January. Which is roughly when we’re supposed to premiere the fifth season.

Mantis-Eye adds that Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer will be making convention appearances at San Diego Comic-Con, Dragon*Con and New York Comic Con. There is also a possibility that the trailer for the Venture Bros. Season 5 will be revealed at these conventions.

With this production update, Jackson promises that he’ll be posting on LiveJournal new art from Season 5. Check out Jackson Publick’s blog at Publick Nuisance.

Venture Bros. Panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2011

Special thanks to Mike at the Mantis-Eye Experiment for this report.

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Pulp is an English alternative rock band that formed in Sheffield in 1978. The band consists of Jarvis Cocker (vocals, guitar), Candida Doyle (keyboards, backing vocals), Russell Senior (guitar, violin), Mark Webber (guitar), Steve Mackey (bass), and Nick Banks (drums).

In 1998, Pulp collaborated with Patrick Doyle on the song “Like A Friend” for the soundtrack to the movie Great Expectations. The song was later featured in the season finale of the Venture Brothers, Operation: PROM.

As part of their 2012 tour, Pulp played Radio City Music Hall with frontman, Jarvis Cocker dedicating “Like A Friend” to Venture Bros. creators, Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer. Check out the video from the show below.

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Over the years, Astrobase Go! (Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer) have produced holiday singles for Ken Plume‘s Holiday Havoc on A Site Called Fred. Check out the new Venture Brothers Christmas Single for 2011.

This year, we get a heartwarming duet from The Monarch and Dr. Mrs. The Monarch in “Baby It’s Cold In Here.” Baby, It’s Cold Outside was written by Frank Loesser. Originally, it was never intended to be a Christmas song. In its early years it was played year round. In recent years, however, it was recorded by numerous Adult Contemporary artists and began being played as a Christmas Song.

The lyrics in this duet are designed to be heard as a conversation between two people, marked as “mouse” and “wolf” on the printed score. Every line in the song features a statement from the “mouse” followed by a response from the “wolf”. Usually the “wolf” part is sung by a male and the “mouse” by a female. Though the song does not specifically reference any holiday, it is often regarded as a Christmas song due to the lyrics’ depiction of a snowy backdrop, as well as the cozy interior setting that is described by the “wolf” character. As such, it is frequently heard on adult contemporary radio stations around Christmas time.

Check out the rest of the Christmas Catalog from AstroBase Go. Download the Christmas Singles, courtesy of Holiday Havoc on A Site Called Fred.

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Over the years, Astrobase Go (Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer) have produced holiday singles for Ken Plume‘s Holiday Havoc on asitecalledFRED. Below are all the Venture Brothers Christmas singles released over the past seven years. Click the link to listen and download the track.
 

PEACE ON EARTH / LITTLE DRUMMER BOY

In 2004, The Monarch and Dr. Girlfriend gave us their take on the Bowie/Crosby “Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy“

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HARD CANDY CHRISTMAS

In 2005 The Monarch and Henchmen 21 and 24 belting out Dolly Parton’s “Hard Candy Christmas” from prison.

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VENTURE AID 2006

In 2006 the cast of the Venture Brothers delivered “Venture Aid 2006″

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FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK

In 2007 the Monarch and Dr. Girlfriend tackling a timeless holiday duet, “Fairytale Of New York”

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WONDERFUL CHRISTMASTIME

2008 was a bittersweet affair, recorded earlier that year “Wonderful Christmastime” by Henchmen 21 and 24.

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THE CHIPMUNK SONG

In 2009 the Monarch recorded a very special gift for Dr. Mrs. The Monarch with the help of Henchman 21 and the Moppets.

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FAN CLUB CHRISTMAS ALBUM

In 2010, Shallow Gravy perform a special Christmas track for the Fan Club Christmas Album.

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BABY IT’S COLD IN HERE

In 2011, we get a heartwarming duet from The Monarch and Dr. Mrs. The Monarch in “Baby It’s Cold In Here.”

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HARD CANDY CHRISTMAS

In 2005 The Monarch and Henchmen 21 and 24 belting out Dolly Parton’s “Hard Candy Christmas” during The Monarch’s incarceration. Check out the rest of the Christmas Catalog from AstroBase Go. Download the Christmas Singles, courtesy of Holiday Havoc on A Site Called Fred.

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Jackson Publick posted a new blog entries this week on Publick Nuisance. Entitled “Re-Gifting,” Jackson shares old comic book art from the AstroArchives.

Have been on a bit of a cleaning spree at both the AstroBase and my home satellite Base (AstroBase Ice Cream Ninja) in some sort of procrastinatory “clean home, clean mind” bid for sanity while writing.

While optimizing the Soul-Bots’ hard drives I’ve come across a few pieces of my old comic art, so I thought I’d share some of them with you fine folks, who vastly outnumber the people who bought the original comics or attended the art shows these first appeared in.

First up is “Oh, To Be Super!” A 7 page comic story done for The Bride of Monkeysuit , (under my Christopher McCulloch pseudonym) back in the summer of 2000, which should be evident by its pg. 1 reference to something called a “pager.”

Check out Jackson’s comic book art in the links below!

» Read Jackson Publick ‘Re-Gifting’ Part 1 on Publick Nuisance
» Read Jackson Publick ‘Re-Gifting’ Part 2 on Publick Nuisance
» Read Jackson Publick ‘Re-Gifting’ Part 3 on Publick Nuisance
» Read Jackson Publick ‘Re-Gifting’ Part 4 on Publick Nuisance

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Announced on Comikaze Expo, creators of the Venture Bros. and Black Dynamite the animated Series will also be on the Titmouse Panel, along with Secret Guests.

Titmouse is the brainchild of Chris Prynosky who, along with his partner in crime, Shannon Prynosky built a madhouse bursting with cutting edge talent. Their projects include Metalocalypse, Freaknik, GI Joe Resolute,
Afro Samurai. Join us for a discussion of all things animation with Chris Prynosky, Jon Schnepp, Jhonen Vasquez, Benjamin Jackendof.

» Titmouse Animation Showcase – Saturday 3pm / Room 306AB

Comikaze Expo is Los Angeles’ first and only large-scale, multi-media pop culture convention. We are the Comic Con of LA . We bring together the most exciting and innovative in comics, video games, original art, movies, television and more. Our goal is to provide an unparalleled and unforgettable experience for both attendees and exhibitors.

Comikaze has more to offer than any other convention. Our unique panels, autograph sessions and photo-ops give fans once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to truly interact with their favorite creators and major players in the entertainment industry. Our screening rooms feature the best in both blockbusters and independent films, with sneak previews of films and television shows months before their release dates.

Comikaze embraces all genres, including sci-fi, fantasy, horror and cult—our vendors and panels show similar diversity. We offer something to satisfy every type of convention-goer, from fanboys and gamers to browsers and collectors. Our sanctioned tournaments for video, card and board games feature a wide-range of coveted prizes, including cash awards. Our vendors sell exclusive, rare and limited editions of comics, collectibles, art, toys and other hard-to-find merchandise. Best of all, Comikaze culminates in a masquerade event that partygoers will never forget.

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The Mantiseye Experiment has some post New York Comic Con videos with Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer of the Venture Brothers.

After much delay I finally got off my butt and edited some of the Q&A I did with Jackson and Doc back around NYCC. These two clips are the beginning and end of the full interview (the video for the middle section is not really usable) and are chock full of info about the show and some info about nothing at all. I will have an audio-only version of the full thing up sometime in the near future. Until then enjoy some shaky cam!

In part one they discuss the potential for new Shallow Gravy music, how making season five is going (and how they hope it will differ from season four) and give some advice for budding writers.

In part two, below, they talk about their next big project (kind of, not really) and their love for and experience with their adoring fans.

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