Nickelodeon Still Makes Cartoons? Nickelodeon was the shit from the 80’s through to the early 2000’s. Somewhere along the line they lost their touch and basically turned into a Disney Channel clone with more tween-centric sitcoms a-la iCarly. Enter their newest original cartoon show: Sanjay and Craig. It’s that whole “best buds for life” type of show that we’ve all grown up with and seen blajillions of times; Ren & Stimpy, Arnold & Gerrald, Doug & Skeeter, Norbert & Dagget, Rocco & Heffer, and even newer best buds like Regular Show’s Mordecai & Rigby and Adventure Time’s Finn & Jake. But what makes Sanjay and Craig a little more interesting is the people behind it. There’s Chris Hardwick, who most of you should already familiar with on some level, Maulik Panchaloy a.k.a. Sanjay from Weeds, Linda Cardellini from Freaks & Geeks, Grandma’s Boy, and she’s currently boning Don Draper on the sixth season of Mad Men, Matt Jones a.k.a. Badger from Breaking Bad, Tony Hale from Arrested Development, Kunal Nayyar a.k.a. Rajesh from Big Bang Theory, and Grey DeLisle who has voiced a buttload of characters such as Daphne in Scooby-Doo, Vicky in Fairly Odd Parents, Mandy in The Grim Adventures of BIlly & Mandy, and voices for various video games including the Tomb Raider series.. And that’s just the voice talent! The series itself was created by Andreas Trolf, Jim Dirschberger, and Jay Howell who went from working at a cafe while making art for punk rock zines and showing his work at local galleries on the side to creating the characters for Bob’s Burgers and doing animations for Vans. While there’s nothing about Sanjay and Craig from the clips released so far that piques my interest as much as, say, current best bro cartoon titans Regular Show and Adventure Time, it should be interesting to see how much success a kids cartoon will gain considering all the crazy talented people involved. Sanjay and Craig debuts on Nickelodeon onMay 25, 2013 and will air Saturdays at 10:30am (ET/PT). Like Albotas on Facebook | Follow Albotas on Twitter

Nickelodeon Still Makes Cartoons?

Nickelodeon was the shit from the 80’s through to the early 2000’s. Somewhere along the line they lost their touch and basically turned into a Disney Channel clone with more tween-centric sitcoms a-la iCarly.

Enter their newest original cartoon show: Sanjay and Craig.

It’s that whole “best buds for life” type of show that we’ve all grown up with and seen blajillions of times; Ren & Stimpy, Arnold & Gerrald, Doug & Skeeter, Norbert & Dagget, Rocco & Heffer, and even newer best buds like Regular Show’s Mordecai & Rigby and Adventure Time’s Finn & Jake.

But what makes Sanjay and Craig a little more interesting is the people behind it. There’s Chris Hardwick, who most of you should already familiar with on some level, Maulik Panchaloy a.k.a. Sanjay from Weeds, Linda Cardellini from Freaks & Geeks, Grandma’s Boy, and she’s currently boning Don Draper on the sixth season of Mad Men, Matt Jones a.k.a. Badger from Breaking Bad, Tony Hale from Arrested Development, Kunal Nayyar a.k.a. Rajesh from Big Bang Theory, and Grey DeLisle who has voiced a buttload of characters such as Daphne in Scooby-Doo, Vicky in Fairly Odd Parents, Mandy in The Grim Adventures of BIlly & Mandy, and voices for various video games including the Tomb Raider series..

And that’s just the voice talent!

The series itself was created by Andreas Trolf, Jim Dirschberger, and Jay Howell who went from working at a cafe while making art for punk rock zines and showing his work at local galleries on the side to creating the characters for Bob’s Burgers and doing animations for Vans.

While there’s nothing about Sanjay and Craig from the clips released so far that piques my interest as much as, say, current best bro cartoon titans Regular Show and Adventure Time, it should be interesting to see how much success a kids cartoon will gain considering all the crazy talented people involved.

Sanjay and Craig debuts on Nickelodeon onMay 25, 2013 and will air Saturdays at 10:30am (ET/PT).

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Cobra Commander Custom Air Jordan VI’s

One of the greatest 80’s cartoon bad guys gets a custom sneaker homage courtesy of Mache.

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Mimoco X ‘Adventure Time’ Limited Edition BMO Rainbow Mimobot USB Flash Drives

Mimoco is premiering this Mimobot drives of BMO from Adventure Time at this year’s SXSW (South By Southwest) in up to 128GB and they also come in USB 3.0. Each one comes pre-loaded with wallpapers, screen savers, a full Adventure Time episode, and all sorts of other rad stuff.

These are limited to just 2,000 in the whole wide world. Pick one up from Mimoco’s booth #422 at SXSW, Mimoco.com, or select specialty retailers.

Custom Regular Show Mordecai and Rigby Figures Man, I wish these customs by Teddy Man were mass-produced things that I could buy, like, right this very second. He even used some Kidrobot Munny parts for these! Check it: Our interview with Regular Show's J.G. QuintelBuy: Regular Show Party Pack DVD

Custom Regular Show Mordecai and Rigby Figures

Man, I wish these customs by Teddy Man were mass-produced things that I could buy, like, right this very second. He even used some Kidrobot Munny parts for these!

Check it: Our interview with Regular Show's J.G. Quintel
Buy: Regular Show Party Pack DVD

Limited Edition ‘Regular Show’ Watches From Vannen On Sale Now!

Vannen’s latest timepiece features everyone’s favorite time-traveling, lip-syncing rock duo Mordecai and The Rigbys from one of the greatest Regular Show episodes of all time. Only 300 of these were made and each one comes hand numbered. As an added bonus, random shipments will include packaging signed and sketched upon by Regular Show creator J.G. Quintel (who we totally interviewed!).

Get yours here.

Albotas Parties With ‘Regular Show’ Creator JG Quintel Okay, so it was less of a party and more like a phone interview, but it totally felt like a party, so that’s what it will always be in my memories. Regular Show easily ranks among the upper echelon of greatest cartoons of all time. It airs on Cartoon Network right along the equally radical Adventure Time and has become a hallmark of the station. Now in its fourth season, the show centers around the mega slackers Mordecai (a blujay) and his best friend Rigby (a raccoon). They work at a park where they get yelled at by their boss (Benson, a gumball machine), seek out advice from the park’s handyman (Skips, an immortal Yeti voiced by Mark Hamill), and fight off monsters, aliens, and other evil things that they accidentally summon/create/piss off. Each episode is a smorgasbord of 80’s action/sci-fi/comedy/geeky goodness with references to everything from Weekend At Bernies to Lemmy Kilmister from Motörhead. You know, regular, ordinary stuff for a kid’s cartoon. We had the chance to speak with the show’s creator for today’s release of the 16-episode Regular Show: Party Pack DVD. ALBOTAS: Regular Show has a pretty crazy cast: talking vending machines, ghosts, an old guy with a lollipop for a head. Who would you say is your favorite Character? JG Quintel: I’d have to go with Mordecai because he’s a lot like me. He’s pretty much who I was in college. Muscle Man makes me laugh too. Mitch “Muscle Man” Sorrenstein. He doesn’t really get mom jokes. One of my favorite characters on the show is High Five Ghost, and he also has a brother, Low Fives. I’ve always wanted to know, since they’re ghosts, how did they die? That’s not something I’ve really thought about yet, but I’m glad people care enough to question it! Regular Show has lots of video game references. Mordecai and Rigby are often seen playing a Sega Master System and even the episodes themselves feel like video games with almost every episode ending with a boss battle. Is there any chance of a Regular Show video game in the near future? We’re constantly sharing ideas with Cartoon Network. I’m sure that most people would look the other way but I think there’s a lot of stuff in the show that would translate well to a video game. Mordecai and Rigby have faced a rogues gallery of bad guys in the show’s four seasons. It was especially awesome to see all the villains come back in the Dr. Whovian season 4 premiere Exit 4B. Do you have a favorite bad dude that stands out among the rest? I really like GBF (Garret Bobby Ferguson). I think he’s hilarious. It’s funny because, you know, there’s so many cool villains on the show, but most of them just end up dying by the end of the episode, so they’re all just wiped out. When we came up with that episode for the premiere -  it was like “Ah! We can bring ‘em all back!” I’m glad that we got to get a little more mileage out of a lot of those villains. Garret Bobby Ferguson - an evil ex video game champion from outer space based on Billy Mitchel. What is your secret weapon? Hrm.. As far as the show goes? As far as life. Life? Oh my God! You have to, I guess, just do what you want to do. Don’t worry about what other people what you to do because you just gotta do what makes you happy. I think that translates well into making shows. Just make what you want to see and hopefully people will want to watch it. Final, and possibly most important question: If you could be any food, what food would you be and why? Mmm. Mhhhm. Mhhhm. Maybe a hamburger because it has all the essential food groups if the order is made properly and can be quite delicious. Regular Show: Party Pack DVD is available RIGHT NOW and new episodes air Monday nights on Cartoon Network. Check it: Our interview with Adventure Time's Pendleton Ward Follow Albotas on Twitter | Like Albotas on Facebook

Albotas Parties With ‘Regular Show’ Creator JG Quintel

Okay, so it was less of a party and more like a phone interview, but it totally felt like a party, so that’s what it will always be in my memories.

Regular Show easily ranks among the upper echelon of greatest cartoons of all time. It airs on Cartoon Network right along the equally radical Adventure Time and has become a hallmark of the station.

Now in its fourth season, the show centers around the mega slackers Mordecai (a blujay) and his best friend Rigby (a raccoon). They work at a park where they get yelled at by their boss (Benson, a gumball machine), seek out advice from the park’s handyman (Skips, an immortal Yeti voiced by Mark Hamill), and fight off monsters, aliens, and other evil things that they accidentally summon/create/piss off. Each episode is a smorgasbord of 80’s action/sci-fi/comedy/geeky goodness with references to everything from Weekend At Bernies to Lemmy Kilmister from Motörhead.

You know, regular, ordinary stuff for a kid’s cartoon.

We had the chance to speak with the show’s creator for today’s release of the 16-episode Regular Show: Party Pack DVD.

ALBOTAS: Regular Show has a pretty crazy cast: talking vending machines, ghosts, an old guy with a lollipop for a head. Who would you say is your favorite Character?

JG Quintel: I’d have to go with Mordecai because he’s a lot like me. He’s pretty much who I was in college. Muscle Man makes me laugh too.

Mitch “Muscle Man” Sorrenstein. He doesn’t really get mom jokes.

One of my favorite characters on the show is High Five Ghost, and he also has a brother, Low Fives. I’ve always wanted to know, since they’re ghosts, how did they die?

That’s not something I’ve really thought about yet, but I’m glad people care enough to question it!

Regular Show has lots of video game references. Mordecai and Rigby are often seen playing a Sega Master System and even the episodes themselves feel like video games with almost every episode ending with a boss battle. Is there any chance of a Regular Show video game in the near future?

We’re constantly sharing ideas with Cartoon Network. I’m sure that most people would look the other way but I think there’s a lot of stuff in the show that would translate well to a video game.

Mordecai and Rigby have faced a rogues gallery of bad guys in the show’s four seasons. It was especially awesome to see all the villains come back in the Dr. Whovian season 4 premiere Exit 4B. Do you have a favorite bad dude that stands out among the rest?

I really like GBF (Garret Bobby Ferguson). I think he’s hilarious. It’s funny because, you know, there’s so many cool villains on the show, but most of them just end up dying by the end of the episode, so they’re all just wiped out. When we came up with that episode for the premiere -  it was like “Ah! We can bring ‘em all back!” I’m glad that we got to get a little more mileage out of a lot of those villains.

Garrett Bobby FergusonGarret Bobby Ferguson - an evil ex video game champion from outer space based on Billy Mitchel.

What is your secret weapon?

Hrm.. As far as the show goes?

As far as life.

Life? Oh my God! You have to, I guess, just do what you want to do. Don’t worry about what other people what you to do because you just gotta do what makes you happy. I think that translates well into making shows. Just make what you want to see and hopefully people will want to watch it.

Final, and possibly most important question: If you could be any food, what food would you be and why?

Mmm. Mhhhm. Mhhhm. Maybe a hamburger because it has all the essential food groups if the order is made properly and can be quite delicious.

Regular Show: Party Pack DVD is available RIGHT NOW and new episodes air Monday nights on Cartoon Network.

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Ice King Snow Sculpture Poor guy. Someone needs to make him a snow girlfriend. Check it: Our interview with Pendleton Ward

Ice King Snow Sculpture

Poor guy. Someone needs to make him a snow girlfriend.

Check it: Our interview with Pendleton Ward

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Daily Graffiti Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles graffiti spotted by eighty8five.0. Check out our Daily Graffiti Archives for more geektastic street art! Add your geeky graffiti pics to our Group Pool on Flickr!

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles graffiti spotted by eighty8five.0.

Check out our Daily Graffiti Archives for more geektastic street art!

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Cute Legend of Zelda and Adventure Time Crochet Dolls From Beauty in the Geek shop owner Amanda Laven, these great dolls of Finn and Link would be a fantastic addition to any Adventure Time or Legend of Zelda fans’ collection. Also, I absolutely love Link’s face. It is quite adorable and brings him into the Adventure Time universe. I’d love to see a crossover episode. Beauty in the Geek also has a few other adorable pieces including LSP, a Creeper and Pikmin. Check It: Exclusive Sneak Peak of the New Adventure Time SeasonBuy It: Knits for Nerds

Cute Legend of Zelda and Adventure Time Crochet Dolls

From Beauty in the Geek shop owner Amanda Laven, these great dolls of Finn and Link would be a fantastic addition to any Adventure Time or Legend of Zelda fans’ collection.

Also, I absolutely love Link’s face. It is quite adorable and brings him into the Adventure Time universe. I’d love to see a crossover episode.

Beauty in the Geek also has a few other adorable pieces including LSP, a Creeper and Pikmin.

Check It: Exclusive Sneak Peak of the New Adventure Time Season
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Daily Graffiti: Ren & Stimpy Edition

Captain Höek and Cadet Stimpy in street art form from the episode “Space Madness” which always creeped me out as a kid. The whole thing about eating soap always made me queasy.

Entire “Space Madness” episode embedded below for great justice.

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Enchiridion iPad Case

In the world of Adventure Time, the Enchiridion is a sacred handbook for heroes, filled with all kinds of useful info like how to harness the magical healing properties of cyclops tears and how to kiss princesses. It can also rip wormholes through the multiverse leading to the total annihilation of all existence, but that’s a whole other thing.

HarryDumitrescu made this Enchiridion iPad cover using fake leather, a Molotow pen, and clear finish. Check out the WIP pics here.

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Pre-order: Adventure Time: Fiona & Cake DVD

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Daily Graffiti Mordecai and Rigby spending some BFF time together in this Regular Show piece uploaded to our Geek Graffiti Flickr Pool by Hard Rekor. Speaking of this show, did anyone catch the “Sandwich of Death” episode that aired tonight where anyone who eats the mystical sandwich without wearing cut-off jeans and mullet dies? It was pretty epic with all kinds of 80’s Kung-Fu movie action. I wish it was a video game. Actually, I wish all Regular Show episodes were video games. =( Check out our Daily Graffiti Archives for more geektastic street art!

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Mordecai and Rigby spending some BFF time together in this Regular Show piece uploaded to our Geek Graffiti Flickr Pool by Hard Rekor.

Speaking of this show, did anyone catch the “Sandwich of Death” episode that aired tonight where anyone who eats the mystical sandwich without wearing cut-off jeans and mullet dies?

It was pretty epic with all kinds of 80’s Kung-Fu movie action. I wish it was a video game. Actually, I wish all Regular Show episodes were video games. =(

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New Powerpuff Girls Re-boot Coming To Cartoon Network Later This Year Craig McCracken’s Powerpuff Girls remains in the upper echelon of my personal favorite 90’s cartoons of all time. It was eventually rebooted in Japan in 2007 as Powerpuff Girls Z, which was also pretty rad in its own right. This latest reboot will be directed by Dave Smith with Art Direction by Kevin Dart and will be in CG. Is it just me, or do the new PPG’s totally look like they need to brush their hair?

New Powerpuff Girls Re-boot Coming To Cartoon Network Later This Year

Craig McCracken’s Powerpuff Girls remains in the upper echelon of my personal favorite 90’s cartoons of all time. It was eventually rebooted in Japan in 2007 as Powerpuff Girls Z, which was also pretty rad in its own right.

This latest reboot will be directed by Dave Smith with Art Direction by Kevin Dart and will be in CG.

Is it just me, or do the new PPG’s totally look like they need to brush their hair?

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Daily Graffiti Nightmarish Adventure Time train piece added to our Geek Graffiti Flickr Pool by GROMZILLA!!!!!. Check out our Daily Graffiti Archives for more geektastic street art!

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Nightmarish Adventure Time train piece added to our Geek Graffiti Flickr Pool by GROMZILLA!!!!!.

Check out our Daily Graffiti Archives for more geektastic street art!

Final Fantasy VII Meets Adventure Time Snag this boss-ass t-shirt by Juan Ma aka jmlfreeman today only for just $10 over on Tee Fury.

Final Fantasy VII Meets Adventure Time

Snag this boss-ass t-shirt by Juan Ma aka jmlfreeman today only for just $10 over on Tee Fury.

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