Sideshow Collectibles has acquired the license to produce 12″ Venture Bros. collectible statues. The team at Sideshow Collectibles are huge fans of the show and say that it’s a great project to work on. They mention in their “New Licenses” video that the design team at Sideshow are starting with a Brock Samson collectible, followed by a Molotov Cocktease companion. From there they will explore the rest of the characters. No release date announced. [Read more...]
Bif Bang Pow! and Entertainment Earth debuted a new set of officially licensed Venture Bros. action figures at San Diego Comic-Con. The new set includes Dr. Orpheus, Phantom Limb, Dr. Girlfriend and Hank Venture! Also on display at the Entertainment Earth booth were the first set of action figures, Henchmen 21 and 24, the Monarch, Dr. Venture, Brock Samson and Dean Venture. Fans could also get a close up look at Bif Bang Pow’s Venture Bros. bobble head series featuring Brock Samson, the Monarch, Dr. Mrs. the Monarch and Dr. Orpheus. Fans attending the convention could purchase the all six figures from the first set at the Entertainment Earth or Adult Swim Booth. Jason Lenzi of Bif Bang Pow! says that the action figures have been well received by fans and are among the top sellers at the booth. At Comic-Con, Entertainment Earth is located at booth #2343 and Adult Swim at #3351. Get your figures today!
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Adult Swim Shop has exclusive t-shirts and prints available at San Diego Comic-Con 2010. Available at the Adult Swim booth are Venture Bros. convention posters measuring 24″ x 24″, posters are limited edition with a run of 200 prints only. Also available at the booth is a exclusive SDCC S.P.H.I.N.X. t-shirt in brown! The S.P.H.I.N.X. graphic is printed on an American Apparel t-shirt and is available is a variety of sizes. Also available at the Adult Swim booth are Bif Bang Pow’s Venture Bros. action figures, individually priced at $20. The Adult Swim booth is located at SDCC booth #3351.
Greetings from San Diego Comic-Con 2010! Adult Swim painted this mural on the side of a restaurant on the corner of Fifth Avenue and Island in Downtown, San Diego. With Comic-Con just a day away, the Gaslamp District has transformed into pop culture mecca, with welcoming store fronts proudly displaying comic related goods. It’s convention season and you can smell it in the air! According to Adult Swim‘s Sweepstakes page, this mural will also be this year’s SDCC exclusive design for T-shirts and posters. Adult Swim products will be available for purchase at Comic-Con booth #3351. [Read more...]
The Outrider battling Cthulhu with his mystical juju staff in 'The Better Man.'
What I love about The Venture Bros. are the pop culture references that spring up unexpectedly in each episode. From comic books, music and film to viral videos and video games; these often obscure references are what make this animated series a gem!
In the latest episode entitled ‘The Better man,’ a hell beast is unleashed upon The Triad and they are soon aided by a shadowy character on a flying hoarse. The giant beast that The Triad battle is none other than Cthulhu, a cosmic entity created by author H.P. Lovecraft for pulp comics, Weird Tales. The cloaked figure that came to the Triad’s aid is The Outrider, a character that parodies Soloman Kane, created by writer Robert E. Howard, who is also noted for creating Conan The Barbarian.
Solomon Kane is a somber-looking man who wanders the world with no apparent goal other than to vanquish evil in all its forms. His adventures, published mostly in the pulp magazine Weird Tales, often take him from Europe to the jungles of Africa and back. Howard described him as a somber and gloomy man of pale face and cold eyes, all of it shadowed by a slouch hat. He is dressed entirely in black and his weaponry consists of a rapier, a dagger, and a couple of flintlock pistols. During one of his latter adventures his friend N’Longa, an African shaman, gave him a juju staff that served as a protection against evil, but could easily be wielded as an effective weapon. It is revealed in another story, “The Footfalls Within,” that this is the mythical Staff of Solomon, a talisman older than the Earth and unimaginably powerful, much more so than even N’Longa knew. In the same adventure with N’Longa, Kane is seen using a musket as well.
Cthulhu first appeared in the short story “The Call of Cthulhu” when it was published in Weird Tales in 1928. Cthulhu is one of the central Great Old Ones of the Lovecraft Mythos. It is often cited for the extreme descriptions given of its hideous appearance, its gargantuan size, and the abject terror that it evokes. Cthulhu is often referred to in science fiction and fantasy circles as a tongue-in-cheek shorthand for extreme horror or evil. After its first appearance in “The Call of Cthulhu,” Cthulhu makes a few minor appearances in other Lovecraft stories. August Derleth, a correspondent of Lovecraft’s, used the creature’s name to identify the system of lore employed by Lovecraft and his literary successors, the Cthulhu Mythos.
