Wow. [adult swim] has proved to me tonight that it is not okay to get high and make cartoons.

Not that I’m into that myself, nor condone it, but to actually pay people to make cartoons like ‘12 Oz. Mouse‘ or ‘Squidbillies‘ is just wrong. I didn’t laugh once while watching either, and I can be assured that, unless you were currently high yourself, you probably didn’t either. Who green-lights these? And who’s letting [adult swim] make shows like ‘Aqua Teen‘ and ‘Sealab 2021‘ get away with just random crap added to the thinning plots. Both of those were at once great, and still have some hits, but seriously, just throwing random things in, is not funny. Yes, I know, ‘Family Guy‘ does it all the time. They do it right. And yeah, ‘Family Guy‘ has 30 minutes to fill with action and plot, where as all the shows I mentioned are trimmed down to 12 minutes. But then, there is the 12-minute ‘Robot Chicken‘. More random than anything already mentioned, but again, does it completely well.

Happily, we have more ‘Venture Brothers‘ coming next spring-ish to save us from ‘Tom Goes to the Mayor‘ (wow, it really is still on the air), ‘Squidbillies‘ and ‘12 Oz. Mouse‘. ‘The Boondocks‘ is shaping up to be a decent show. Some of their daily cartoons are strong in touchy subjects, some I don’t even agree with, but at least I can already tell that it is going to be a great show worth checking out.

The ‘American Dad‘ episode that aired tonight, with the father meeting his real dad after quite awhile, who ended up not being who he thought he was, was brilliant. Well, after reading that synopsis I just made, it doesn’t sound like much, but it was definitely ‘on fire’ tonight with laughs. It was just as good as any great ‘Family Guy‘ episode. It was an instant classic in my eye. I just hope they can keep it up.

I know that ‘American Dad‘ and ‘Stroker and Hoop‘ didn’t get great reviews before the shows aired, but I have definitely become fans of both. ‘Stroker and Hoop‘ has definitely gotten funnier by the show, so much so that I can’t wait for the next one, which is pretty big.

And as big of a Harvey Birdman fan I’m beginning to be, I didn’t really care for tonight’s episode, about “how the boss came to be”. In my opinion, its the first “miss” of their season, which, has been outstanding so far. But when will they hear my pleas for a Captain Planet cameo? I mean, come on!

In Webisode news… I am working on finishing my backgrounds while simultaneously working on an animation teaser. The annoying thing about the teaser is making the many, many clone extras in the background. Other than that, I’m having a blast doing it, and can’t wait for you all to see it.

We’ve also got a growing voice cast for the Clone High episode. We’ve got a Gandhi, Scudworth, and JFK. I’m going to start asking friends for impersonations to try and hurry along the recording, as to not bore the waiting voice actors while waiting. Soon I will be sending out lines to those actors.

You can also check out my first of a ‘to be later made simpler’ fan art section. All available right now are the live journal icons. It will be made nicer later to allow for less images per page, and other nice features.

Oh, and great news! I got my “Complete Calvin and Hobbes” from Amazon, finally. My life is now complete. Well, maybe after I get my Mission Hill on DVD. Then I’m pretty good.

Oh, and what about the image at the top, and the one to the left, well, let’s just say that sometimes it’s fun to make your own toys. Clay is fun. Roberto will be cast and painted and is in appropriate scale to Bender from Futurama.