Doing Time

It’s been over a year since the pilot, but Superjail!, Adult Swim’s newest series, premiered last night with ep.1 Superbar!. For those who missed it, Superjail! is a cartoon filled with psychedelic fantasy and brutal violence, all revolving around a crazy whimsical jail run by a demented Willy Wonka-like warden and his characterful employees who all share a certain charm as they carry out his nefariously comical schemes. The style of the show is quite reminiscent of traditional MTV animation, which is no surprise as the show is produced by New York-based Augenblick Studios Inc. [link] If you’re the kind of person who likes random, violent, and original programming, I highly suggest taking a look. The Pilot: [link]

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In other news, I’ll be heading to the 12th Annual North American All Youth Film And Education Day on Friday October Third. Aside from having an incredibly long and wordy name, it’s also a pretty cool film festival with a selection of films and animations all produced by high school students. For those of you who attended CSSSA this year, they’ll be showing our Exquisite Corpses and Abstract cut-outs. There will also be a guest speaker (who are pretty cool on average) and representatives from all kinds of media schools from all over California making this event a good chance to look at future prospects in film/animation/audio/production. Oneika and I will be on stage to represent CSSSA during a Q&A session they’ll be having between 12-1:20PM. The show goes from 8:30AM-5:30PM at the Crest Theatre in Sacramento and ticket prices will likely be around $5 student $10 adult.

-Vince