Adult Swim

It's only grown in stature since the much-less-funny US version premiered in 2005. Are we wrong? Is the US version of The Office worth watching? Is Gervais and Merchant's original overrated? Should Adult Swim bring back Harvey Birdman and stay away ...

By Scott Thill April 16, 2009 | 3:40:00 PMCategories: Animation, Television It's lately been the butt of Robot Chicken lampoons, but the jingoistic wargasm of GI Joe is mounting a comeback of sorts. Written by comics superstar (and Wired UK columnist) ...

By Scott Thill But can it hold a candle to the legendary Korgoth of Barbaria, the hyperviolent, hyperhilarious animated 2006 pilot from Dexter's Laboratory director Aaron Springer and toon virtuoso Genndy Tartakovksy (Star Wars: Clone Wars, Samurai Jack)? After dropping jaws when it first aired o...

By John Scott Lewinski Education Spoof Look Around You Schools Adult Swim Hard Rock Meets Bizarre Humor on Metalocalypse DVDs 20 Thick, Juicy Questions With Aqua Teen's Meatwad Cool DVD Releases Await 2009's Old Gift Cards Stan Lee sprawled out on a bed on Hollywood Blvd. Monday and started reading to passersb...

By John Scott Lewinski Cool DVD Releases Await 2009's Old Gift Cards The Lost Tribes of New York City from Carolyn London on Vimeo A pair of New York-based filmmakers have offered up an intimate look at some of the city's lesser-known and most neglected residents. The stop motion animation short, The...

By Scott Thill Long before Robot Chicken goofed on superheroes and sci-fi, Marvel Comics parodied its own all-star roster in comic book series like Not Brand Echh and What the-?! in the '60s and '90s, respectively. Now the powerhouse publisher has taken its self-obsessed satire online, resuscitatin...

By John Scott Lewinski Cool DVD Releases Await 2009's Old Gift Cards Rival masked adventurers, The Coon and Mysterion, descend on South Park in tonight's new episode. As costumed heroes do battle in movie theaters around the world in Warner Bros.' Watchmen, Trey Parker and Matt Stone are stating clearly, "Ther...

By John Scott Lewinski Before working on four seasons of Awesome Show, Great Job!, Wareheim and Heidecker jumped into Adult Swim with Tom Goes to the Mayor. That show's mix of photography and animation was part of Adult Swim's expansion following the success of the network's first wave of success with Sealab 20...

By John Scott Lewinski Wired.com: The Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie faced a rough road at the box office. What would Meatwad have done differently? See also: Hard Rock Meets Bizarre Humor on Metalocalypse DVDsAqua Teen Wants You! (To Be Carl)Robot Chicken Returns to Star Wars RoostCrossword Puzzlers Team Up Wit...

By Scott Thill See also: Adult Swim Expands, Adds King of the HillFuturama Animators Roll 20-Sided Die With Bender's GameAdult Swim's Superjail Skewers Surveillance StateThe Ratings Force Is Strong With Cartoon Network's Clone WarsRobot Chicken: Star Wars Sequel in the WorksFamily Guy Creator S...

By Scott Thill I won't dispute that Adult Swim has ruled late-night television since 2001, when it first dropped -- along with Underwire's jaw -- after screening the first few episodes of the brilliant Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law. But calling King of the Hill and Family Guy two of the greatest animat...

By Scott Thill Adult Swim has also been known for merging animation and music, in the form of DangerDoom, Chrome Children, Definitive Swim and other collaborations with indie rock and hip-hop greats. Superjail continues the tradition in its third episode, which includes a live-action sequence shot...