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Teen Titans Go! on Cartoon Network Brings Back the Famed TV Series

See also: *ThunderCats to Appear at San Diego Comic-Con Before Cartoon Network Premiere Teen Titans are heading back to Cartoon Network beginning tonight. This time around, though, the young DC superheroes are up for a different kind of adventure. Teen Titans Go! is an animated comedy centered aro ... More >>

Top 10 Geek Heroes of 2012

In 2012, Stan Lee got his own comic book convention, Akira creator Katsuhiro Otomo came to town, web sensations like the comic Homestuck and series Dick Figures had wild success on Kickstarter and Lloyd Kaufman put a whole ton of Troma films on YouTube. Sure, there's plenty more that happened in 2 ... More >>

Why J.G. Quintel Loves Using '80s Technology in Cartoon Network's Hit Regular Show

Last summer, J.G. Quintel, creator of Cartoon Network's hit series Regular Show, wanted to record the program's original music onto cassettes and toss those into the crowd at San Diego Comic-Con. "Then kids will have to ask their parents for a cassette player," he explains. "It will be awesome." He ... More >>

How to Succeed on YouTube: Goof Off in Your Basement ... Only Better

Top 5 Cartoon Series You Need to Watch Before San Diego Comic-Con

See also: *14 Essential Items to Bring to Every Fan Convention *5 Essential Cosplay Tips for Beginners With two weeks to go until San Diego Comic-Con, news about panel appearances is just starting to hit the web. For animation fans, there's a lot in store from networks like Nickelodeon, Cartoon Net ... More >>

7 Reasons You Should Be Watching Adventure Time

Read more in "Adventure Time Is a Hit at San Diego Comic-Con" and "Adventure Time Creator Pendleton Ward on Video Games, Zombies and Comic-Con." It didn't take long for Adventure Time to become a cultural touchstone, at least for Internet-surfing youth. The wildly popular Cartoon Network series, wh ... More >>

The Problem Solverz Creator Ben Jones: Using Video Games 'Like Religion'

Ben Jones doesn't like nostalgia. "I hate those wedding DJs who have mash-ups of two songs from your childhood and it's totally wrong," says Jones. "However, I do want to be like the Geto Boys, using a loop from some awesome Detroit soul record and then it transcends the sample." Jones is a multi ... More >>

Star Wars: The Clone Wars Launches Season 4 on September 16

Liz Ohanesian​On the Saturday before the one-hour premiere of season 4 of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, we headed to Long Beach's Aquarium of the Pacific for a special screening of the first two episodes, "Water War" and "Gungan Attack." The location may seem odd for a show set in a "galaxy far, ... More >>

Ben 10: Ultimate Alien Panelists Reveal Name of New Alien at PaleyFest Family Series

Liz Ohanesian​Ask a question that involves revealing a spoiler at a TV panel and you probably won't get an answer. That is, unless you're a little kid. "What's the next big alien?" asked one child during the Q/A portion of Sunday's Ben 10: Ultimate Alien panel, part of the weekend-long PaleyF ... More >>

Today in WTF: Lee Scratch Perry Becoms Animated Character for Adult Swim Show!

​Jamaican god-level genius Lee "Scratch" Perry has been kind of an amazing cartoon character for decades now, but soon you'll be able too the "kind of" from that statement. Cartoon Network has commissioned and is currently test-screening footage of a new show based on the Major Lazer project ... More >>

New Video: Flying Lotus "Zodiac Shit" (Plus Awesome NSFW Vince Collins Inside)

From Adult Swim: new video by Atlanta's bloody-eyed Lilifuchs for for Flying Lotus' "Zodiac Shit" off Cosmogramma, apparently heavily influenced by screen-melting '70s animator Vince Collins. Adult Swim was an early adopter and supporter of Lotus--you'll remember those beats from the between-sho ... More >>

Tim and Eric Celebrate Chrimbus on the Road and on TV

"Here are the keys to good comedy: catchy song, ridiculous idea done in a unique style," said Eric Wareheim, one half of the comedy duo Tim and Eric. He said this in reference to "Petite Feet," a particularly popular bit from the series Awesome Show, Great Job! where the duo, wearing cowboy hats and ... More >>

Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim to Tour U.S.

Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim, of the Adult Swim series Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, are hitting the road. The duo's home television network just announced that Tim and Eric Awesome Tour, Great Job Chrimbus Spectacular 2010 will launch in Seattle on November 1 and conclude in Atlanta on ... More >>

Doc Hammer, Jackson Publick and the Cult of 'The Venture Bros.'

The Venture Bros., which begins the second half of its fourth season Sunday night at 11:30 on Adult Swim, is a curious show. It hasn't won the awards that Robot Chicken and The Boondocks have. It didn't spawn a rock band with a Billboard top 20 album like Metalocalypse did. It doesn't have the super ... More >>

'Mad' Magazine Gets Animated for Cartoon Network

Imagine that you're given the opportunity to turn a legendary humor magazine, something that you grew up reading, into a television show. Then imagine that you're asked to develop the show for prime time on a television network that caters to a rather young audience. This is the case with Mad, the n ... More >>

Dino Stamatopoulos and Scott Adsit of 'Mary Shelley's Frankenhole' Talk Depressing Animation

Dino Stamatopoulos has an idea for a Christmas episode of Mary Shelley's Frankenhole, his latest stop-motion animation to hit Adult Swim. Shannon Cottrell​ "Elizabeth gets into Christmas and it's a hassle for [Frankenstein] so he goes back in time to try and stop the Virgin Mary from getting p ... More >>

Picks from San Diego Comic-Con's Friday Schedule: Adult Swim, Yo Gabba Gabba!, Archer and More

Friday, June 23 is Star Wars Day at San Diego Comic-Con. Bring a lightsaber. SDCC announced its Friday schedule this morning. Even if you're one of the few that isn't into Star Wars, there will be plenty to do. Here are our picks from the schedule. Feel free to leave your own in the comment section. ... More >>

Dana Snyder and Andy Sipes to Launch Web Series on AdultSwim.com

Adult Swim is set to release an original weekly web series from Dana Snyder (Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Squidbillies) and Andy Sipes (Minoriteam, Saul of the Molemen, Code Monkeys) this August on AdultSwim.com. Shannon CottrellDana Snyder live​

Adult Swim Debuts New Madvillain Track, Goes Coffee-Tasting With Madlib

Madvillain's 'Papermill'​There've been questionable leaks and legitimate teasers, but fans drooling for a new Madvillain LP have had precious little to cling to. Beside faith, of course, that in L.A. producer Madlib's apparent quest to set the record for album releases in a year (he's on targ ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 5/3-5/7

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Romance and Mount Washington don't necessarily go together. I mean, they do, but not in restaurants, unless you want to re-enact the Lady and the Tramp spaghetti scene at Casa Bianca, which you don't."

Flashback: Six '90s Cartoons That Made an Impact

For those of us who grew up in the 1990s, one thing was certain, we would never be considered "too old" to watch cartoons. As both cable and network stations began adding more and more teen and adult-friendly animated programs, we stayed glued to the sets, whether we were trying to figure out what w ... More >>

Adult Swim to Begin Airing Kekkaishi on May 29

Adult Swim has just announced that it will begin airing Kekkaishi during its Saturday night anime line-up on May 29 at 12:30 a.m. ​ Based on Yellow Tanabe's award-winning manga, Kekkaishi is a supernatural action series with comedic elements. Below is Adult Swim's synopsis of the show: Yoshim ... More >>

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood to Air on Adult Swim Beginning February 13

Good news for fans of Fullmetal Alchemist. The second series of the popular anime/manga franchise, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, is set to premiere on Adult Swim on February 13 at 12 a.m. (ET, PT) and will continue its 26-episode run in the midnight spot on the cable channel's Saturday night ani ... More >>

Metalocalypse Fountain Can Be Yours for $40,000

Think your pad could stand to be a bit more brutal? Adult Swim is currently selling a real-life version of the blood-leaking, boy-devil fountain that adorns fictional metal band Dethklok's animated palace. Yes, really. For $40,000, you too can be as ridiculously metal as Nathan Explosion and the gan ... More >>

Conan Versus Leno Is A Generational Battle That NBC Will Lose

Mike Mitchell.​Adult Swim, the nighttime version of the Cartoon Network, has been airing a short promo between commercials that states "Adult Swim Is For Conan." It has also created a tongue-in-cheek spot offering the soon-to-be-ex Tonight Show host a gig. The pronouncements point to a defini ... More >>

The Venture Bros. Action Figures and Bobble Heads Coming Soon

At long last, the geek gods have smiled upon fans of The Venture Bros. Today, Adult Swim announced that the cult hit TV series, which wraps underground music and pop culture references into an action-based storyline, is collaborating with L.A. toy company Biff Bang Pow! to create a line of bobble he ... More >>

Dreaming of a Day-Glo Xmas

Doug Harvey’s mostly psychedelic shopping list

Indie Rap, Live Comedy & Short Films, Oh My! Anticon Hosts A/V Evening at Crane's Tonight (MP3)

​Didn't manage to make wrangle tickets for either the Dâm-Funk extravaganza at The Echo or Sarah Silverman's big night at Largo? Fear not. You can head-nod to thick grooves and laugh your ass off at the same time tonight at Crane's Hollywood Tavern, and it'll cost you all of zip. This is actu ... More >>

TV's the Mighty Boosh

A British Cult Comedy That Captures the Indie Music Underground

It's Venture Time: Composer JG Thirlwell Talks Venture Bros. Score

Anne Katrine SenstadJ.G. Thirlwell On the surface, The Venture Bros. is a blatant, and extremely funny, parody of Hanna-Barbera's classic Johnny Quest with elements of Fantastic Four and James Bond thrown in for good measure. Watch a few episodes, though, and the popular Adult Swim series morphs int ... More >>

L.A. People: Phil LaMarr, the Voice

He's Cartoon Network's Samurai Jack, Green Lantern and Futurama's Hermes Conrad

Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim

Dyspeptic duo

Brendon Small

Deth grip

Hot off the Grill

And CHOLO a go-go

Robot Chicken: Star Wars

Turning George Lucas into an action figure

Film Reviews: Disturbia, Perfect Stranger and More

Also Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Thetaers, The Ritchie Boys and this week's pick, Red Road

Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job and Saul of the Mole Men

Adult Swim dives into live action

Our Inner Freak

Cartoon Network’s creepy and cuddly Imaginary Friends, plus the anti-Carrie single gal of TBS’s My Boys

Panter's Playhouse

The post-postapocalyptic, post-9/11, post-staring-at-the-walls show

Club Emmy

Of Mice and Gorillaz

Panoramic producer Danger Mouse orchestrated some of 2005’s most memorable moments. He’s just warming up

Give Me a Tall Ship and a Monkey to Steer Her By

Tony Millionaire’s 21st-century Romanticism

A Rock and a Hard Place

Huey and Riley, uncensored, invade basic cable; Chris Rock finds his sweet side

Starring Hostage No. 3

Ricky Gervais spotlights Hollywood’s little guys in HBO’s Extras

Materialistic Fetishism Reconsidered

(A last-minute gift-giving guide)

Zorlonn

Not the Real World

2001 on TV

The Familiar Hour

Enterprise, Smallville and “Adult Swim”

Ambition and Delight

And beauty

Beyond Good and Evil

To the utterly adorable ass-kicking superheroics of the Powerpuff Girls!