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Rate Video: The Tick 3D by Dev Bye-A-JeeVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Google Video external link    Mon, Jul 2

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By Dev Bye-A-Jee This is 3D animation based on the Tick comic "Chroma - Tick # 1" by Ben Edlund, which was made for my second year project at Bournemouth University in UK 2006/2007. The Animation is not perfect but I hope you still get the general idea of what I tried to do with the time I had. This animation is basi...

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Year 2009

 

Rate "Supernatural" Is Midwestern Gothic For The Google Generation

Original at io9 external link    Thu, Apr 30

 CA With writers like Ben Edlund (creator of The Tick and writer for Angel and Firefly) and Sera Gamble as major contributors, it's no surprise that the show has a Buffy the Vampire Slayer flair, combining funny writing with dark situations. ...

Rate ‘Twas the Night Before Wednesday

Original at Newsarama external link    Tue, Mar 24

 NJ Here’s 480-pages of DC parody comics for just $16.99. God, I love Showcase Presents… The Tick: The Complete Edlund: And speaking of huge collections of superhero parody comics starring a bug-themed protagonist, the Ben Edlund’s dozen Tick comics and ...

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Original at espanol.video.yahoo.com external link    Wed, Mar 18    1 related articles

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The Tick was a series which the live action footage comes from is by Ben Edlund who also worked on Angel and Firefly with Joss Whedon. The voice ... espanol.video.yahoo.com

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Original at uk.video.yahoo.com external link    Wed, Mar 4    1 related articles

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The Tick was a series which the live action footage comes from is by Ben Edlund who also worked on Angel and Firefly with Joss Whedon. The voice ... uk.video.yahoo.com

Rate A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments - Day 42

Original at Comics Should Be Good! external link    Thu, Feb 12

 Ca The hand in this instance is the blue-covered hand of the Tick! Ben Edlund’s The Tick is a rather…unconventional super hero. A lumbering goodhearted buffoon dressed in a large blue costume shaped like a tick, the Tick would go about being a super hero ...

Rate Q&A: Zach Weiner and Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Original at comics.gearlive.com external link    Sun, Jan 18

Q&A: Zach Weiner and Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal  - Captain Excelsior reads like a mash-up of NBC’s The Office and Ben Edlund’s The Tick. Zach and Chris finished it at the end of 2008 and the whole full-color ...

Rate Flippin’ through Previews - January 2009

Original at Comics Should Be Good! external link    Tue, Dec 30

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By Greg Burgas DC: Page 105. Batman: The Brave and the Bold #3. 25 March. “President Batman.” Awesome. Image: Marvel: Ben Edlund doesn’t write or draw The Tick: Big Blue Destiny on page 303 from New England Comics, but according to the solicitation, it’s all approved by him! Who doesn’t love the Tick?

Rate Exclusive Interview with 'Supernatural' Writer Ben Edlund

Original at BuddyTV external link    Wed, Dec 24

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 WA - Ben Edlund is exactly who you'd expect him to be. He created The Tick. He wrote and directed “Smile Time,” the puppet episode of Angel. ...

Rate Angel Revisited: Creators Talk Comics Adaptations

Original at comic Book Resources external link    Mon, Dec 22

 Ca - Originally written by Ben Edlund (“The Tick”), “Smile Time” features a “Sesame Street”-like children’s television show also called “Smile Time. ...

Rate THE BEAT » Blog Archive » Pushing Daisies: Comics now a hospice ...

Original at PW: THE BEAT external link    Thu, Nov 13

On a related note, someone get Ben Edlund to stop playing ‘Musical Canned TV shows’ and get around to finishing (or even starting) The Tick #13. It’s been 15 years already! The SWG strike was a perfect excuse, but nothing. ...

Rate Comic Book Review: Super Human Resources #’s 1-4 |

Original at comicnews.info external link    Wed, Nov 12

By Richard Caldwell A range of characters and the nonstop interplay of one-liners is on par with the Mike Judge movie, “Office Space”, or the Ben Edlund cartoon, “The Tick”. Although not quite a direct parody in my opinion, as unconsidered puns and ...

Rate · Well-dressed Bear, 3rd Printing…Coming Soon

Original at jarodrosello.com external link    Mon, Nov 10

Currently Reading. The Tick: The Complete Edlund by Ben Edlund. The Venice Chronicles by Enrico Casarosa. Interstate by Stephen Dixon. Swell by Juliacks. Site Meter. No comments. Comments feed for this article. Trackback link ...

Rate On a much, much lighter note

Original at nerdsrant (Livejournal) external link    Sat, Nov 8

By usofe Ben Edlund, for those who don't know, was a big part of Firefly & Angel, but his biggest role (in my opinion) is as the creator of The Tick. Anyway, the storylines are good, the show is a tad smarmy, but also extremely scary. ...

Rate Television Review: Supernatural Season 4, Episode 5

Original at Video external link    Wed, Nov 5

Written by Ben Edlund Directed by Robert Singer There’s just something distinctive about a Ben Edlund script: that absurd, twisted sense of humor that has been evident since his creation of “The Tick” through his days on “Angel”. ...

Rate Thune earns his keep…. » South DaCola

Original at South DaCola external link    Fri, Oct 31

He should see about bringing back The Tick reruns while he’s at it. Illustration, Ben Edlund. « Impatient Anti-choicer wants to be heard | A Sales Tax DECREASE will actually help local growth » ...

Rate Missives from Modern Myths - What's New For Thursday, October 30 ...

Original at Missives from Modern Myths external link    Thu, Oct 30

By Modern Myths All 12 issues of Ben Edlund's original classic comic book series are collected in The Tick: The Complete Edlund, plus a bonus 13th 'Pseudo-Tick', whatever-might-have-been' final issue! Extra materials include the first Tick story from ...

Rate Pull List Analysis for October 29, 2008

Original at Funnybook Babylon external link    Tue, Oct 28

By Chris Eckert The Tick: The Complete Edlund by Ben Edlund (New England Comics): I was a big fan of most of the black-and-white comedy books of the 1990s: Steve Purcell’s Sam & Max: Freelance Police, Bob Burden’s Flaming Carrot Comics, Kyle Baker and ...

Rate A big bowl of candy that is comics.

Original at Jog external link    Mon, Oct 27

By Jog The Tick: The Complete Edlund: More more reprints more. I've never read any of creator Ben Edlund's 1988-93 series, but interested parties might want a look at this 400-page, $35.00 collection of the original 12 issues, ...

Rate The Tick: The Complete Edlund

Original at Badger Comics New Releases external link    Fri, Oct 24

All 12 issues of Ben Edlund's original classic comic book series are collected in The Tick: The Complete Edlund, plus as a bonus the 13th 'Pseudo-Tick,' 'what-might-have-been' final issue! Extra materials include the first Tick story ...

Rate NEC Releases Ben Edlund Tick Anthology

Original at popculturegeek.com external link    Tue, Oct 21

By Wesley Johnson New England Comics pays tribute to the genius of Ben Edlund with the release of The Tick: The Complete Ben Edlund. This book collects issues 1-12 of The Tick, which Edlund created, along with a bonus “Psuedo-Tick” issue. ...

Rate Supernatural 4.5: "Monster Movie"

Original at MediaBlvd Magazine external link    Sat, Oct 18

Supernatural 4.5: "Monster Movie"  ca - Oct 18, 2008 about a Ben Edlund script: that absurd, twisted sense of humor that has been evident since his creation of “The Tick” through his days on “Angel”. ...

Rate Yesterday's quote and connectedness

Original at hominysnark (Livejournal) external link    Sat, Oct 18

By HominySnark And yes, I enjoy the boys, and yes their love is pure, etc., but I think the main reason I love this show is Ben Edlund. Ben is one of the producers of the show, and also helped produce Angel, Firefly, and The Tick. ...

Rate Supernatural (no spoilers)

Original at stella-auri (Livejournal) external link    Fri, Oct 17

By stella_auri Of course, I've loved Ben Edlund since I discovered The Tick back in the 90s... and this was a good break from all the very dark episodes of late (though of course, it had a saddish hint to it with the monster of the week). ...

Rate Supernatural Review Blog » Blog Archive » Episode 4.5: “Monster Movie”

Original at entil2001.com external link    Fri, Oct 17

By Administrator There’s just something distinctive about a Ben Edlund script: that absurd, twisted sense of humor that has been evident since his creation of “The Tick” through his days on “Angel”. Edlund has contributed some great material for ...

Rate Supernatural 4×05 “Monster Movie”

Original at geektheory (WordPress) external link    Fri, Oct 17

By Mike Underwood The episode “Monster Movie” was written by Ben The Tick and Angel’s “Smile Time” Edlund, a devotee of classic horror and expert in loving parody. The entire episode had its medium and genre conventions filtered through the Universal ...

Rate John's 20 Things Every Super-Hero Comic Collection Needs

Original at meanwhilecomics.en (WordPress) external link    Tue, Oct 14

By John 10. Ben Edlund’s The Tick: Jason mentioned this when he mentioned comics from other companies, but I singled this out and included it because it is demonstrably a superhero comic. It just happens to contain a man-eating cow and ninjas. It may seem like I keep coming back to funnier examples of...

Rate [SUCHE] - The Tick

Original at p2pworld.to Community external link    Sun, Oct 12    3 related articles

By elchBlut The Tick is a fictional character, an absurdist spoof of comic book superheroes. Created by cartoonist Ben Edlund, the character debuted as a newsletter mascot in 1986, was spun off into an independent comic-book series in 1988, ...

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Original at ckrazy32 (Livejournal) external link    Tue, Sep 30

By Christine Reading Rainbow?: LOL I totally did. Bill Nye the Science Guy?: Yes! We even watched it in school a couple times. The Tick?: YES! I still watch it! Did you know Ben Edlund...erm. Wrote it or produced it or something? REALLY AWESOME. ...

Rate Supernatural: The Complete Third Season

Original at digitallyOBSESSED external link    Tue, Sep 2

 IL - Written by Ben Edlund (Firefly, Angel, The Tick), Ghostfacers! dabbles in evil spirits and an unspoken love; naturally the Winchesters eventually do show up ...

Rate Indies Preview Review for October Part 3 of 3

Original at Comics And...Other Imaginary Tales external link    Tue, Aug 26

By Jim New England Comics Tick: The Complete Edlund SC By Ben Edlund All 12 issues of Ben Edlund's original classic comic book series are collected in The Tick: The Complete Edlund, plus as a bonus the 13th Pseudo-Tick, what-might-have-been ...

Rate SDCC 2008: The Tick by Ben Edlund

Original at titanstower.com monitor room external link    Thu, Aug 7

By Nightwing Sppon! A sketch of the Tick by its creator, Ben Edlund. I talked with Ben a bit about teh excellent Venture Brothers, since he also collaborates with those guys.

Rate Serial Killer Joss Whedon Faces His Public

Original at io9 external link    Tue, Jul 22

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 CA - And for those who detected the hand of Ben Edlund (The Tick) in the story, Joss confirmed it: Edlund worked on Horrible in the early stages but then "had to ...

Rate The Tick Bible

Original at Not Very Pretty Music external link    Sun, Jul 20

By Edfray This is the Writer's Guide for the cartoon series The Tick. It was written by Ben Edlund and Richard Liebmann-Smith in 1993 and is 21 pages long. I won it in an e-bay auction. It's yours now, chum, in exchange for your kindly bumping of ...

Rate The Tick - Live action series | TV-Mafia.com

Original at Mafia.com external link    Tue, Jun 17    3 related articles

By tv-mafia The Tick is a fictional character, an absurdist spoof of comic book superheroes. Created by cartoonist Ben Edlund, the character debuted as a newsletter mascot in 1986, was spun off into an independent comic-book series in 1988, ...

Rate 'Firefly' Fridays: I Need A Hero

Original at Entertainment Weekly external link    Thu, May 1

By Marc Bernardin Yes, that's two Jayne-centric clips in a row. So? Besides, this episode was written by the great madman Ben Edlund, who created The Tick. Which is almost as awesome as Firefly. The animated version, that is. As you were.)

Rate "Supernatural" goes gay with tonight's reality TV parody ... - AfterElton.com

Original at AfterElton.com external link    Fri, Apr 25

Supernatural" goes gay with tonight's reality TV parody ...  - When Supernatural first debuted, I thought it was dumb monster-of-the-week fun, but I've become a devoted fan ever since The Tick creator Ben Edlund (who ...

Rate The Hole In Tire Universe - Baseball Toaster

Original at catfishstew.baseballtoaster.com external link    Fri, Mar 14

The Hole In Tire Universe Baseball Toaster, CA - Mar 14, 2008 The Tick was created by Ben Edlund, and I was curious, like I was with Kim Richards, to see what he was doing these days. I found on IMDB that he has ...

Rate Film, TV and Radio Writers on Strike: Why It Matters - Bay Area Indymedia

Original at Bay Area Indymedia external link    Mon, Jan 7

Film, TV and Radio Writers on Strike: Why It Matters  CA - Ben Edlund (creator of The Tick, writer for Firefly) told Revolution, “We don’t really make revolutionary TV where we come from—once in a while we slide ...

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Rate Cartoon Madness!

Original at sphenodon (Blogspot) external link    Mon, Dec 24

By Sphenodon The Tick, wonderful series from the comics, co-written by Ben Edlund - it was series 2 that I've been watching. Including the Christmas classic 'The Tick v. Santa'. and now, Count Duckula, again a classic - voiced by David Jason (well ...

Rate Strike drags on

Original at PW: THE BEAT external link    Thu, Dec 13

Emmet Furey at CBR hits the Hollywood picket lines with a a very lengthy piece (well, everyone has a lot of free time) including comments from Joss Whedon and Ben Edlund (once of The Tick, and now of Supernatural. ...

Rate WGA THE DOG: CBR NEWS EXAMINES THE WGA STRIKE - comic Book Resources

Original at comic Book Resources external link    Wed, Nov 28

WGA THE DOG: CBR NEWS EXAMINES THE WGA STRIKE  - And I compared strike signs with "The Tick" creator Ben Edlund: His depicted a certain WB mascot choking the life out of a writer, and mine was a drawing of ...

Rate Ben Edlund marches down Hollywood Blvd.

Original at Whedonesque | a weblog about Joss Whedon external link    Tue, Nov 20

In a small group of pictures posted to Nikki Finke's Deadline Hollywood Daily blog, Edlund marches as a WGA member with his daughter Ezra. Besides being the creator of The Tick, he's known to us for writing/directing on Firefly and ...

Rate 10 years and still rolling - Savannah Morning News

Original at new.savannahnow.com external link    Tue, Oct 23

10 years and still rolling Savannah Morning News, GA - Or feeling the excitement in the young crowd in 2001 when Ben Edlund, creator of "The Tick," arrived for a preview screening of the first four episodes of ...

Rate Review: The Tick vs. Season Two

Original at DVD In My Pants external link    Wed, Aug 29    3 related articles

Back in 1987, budding cartoonist Ben Edlund created an oddball character named The Tick.

Rate Opinion: The Tick Vs. Season Two DVD - Mickey News (press release)

Original at Mickey News external link    Tue, Aug 7    1 related articles

The Tick Vs. Season Two DVD press release), CA - To complete the package, the DVD features all-new box art illustrated by Tick creator Ben Edlund and a collectible lithograph. The Tick Vs. Season Two is ... DVDeez Review: THE TICK VS. SEASON TWO IESB.NET all 3 news articles

Rate DVD Review: The Tick vs. Season Two

Original at Blogcritics external link    Mon, Aug 6

By Chris Beaumont The rallying cry of the Tick is a little unorthodox, but then again there is very little, if anything, that is orthodox in this universe. Created in the 1980's by a teenaged Ben Edlund, the big blue superhero strikes up a fantastic ...

Rate Opinion: The Tick vs. Season Two

Original at DVD Talk external link    Fri, Jul 27

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Ben Edlund's The Tick has done surprisingly well for an independent comic book---and in a variety of forms, no less. First published under the NEC banner in the mid 1980s, The Tick was created as a mascot for a Boston comic book store by the 17 year-old Edlund. Filled with colorful characters...

Rate The Tick Animated Season 2 DVD Coming in August… Minus Another Episode

Original at Film Junk external link    Wed, May 16

By Sean be selling well enough on DVD to justify the release of its second season. Of course, you know I’m talking about Ben Edlund’s The Tick! Disney has just given word that The Tick vs Season Two will hit stores sometime in [...]

Rate DVD Review: The Venture Bros. - Season Two - Blogcritics.org

Original at blogcritics.org external link    Wed, May 9

DVD Review: The Venture Bros. - Season Two Blogcritics.org, OH - The Tick creator Ben Edlund contributes to the series with a co-story credit on "Guess Who's Coming To State Dinner?" and writing the episode "¡Viva los ...

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Rate Snazzy auctions with Venture Bros., The Tick, Angel goodies

Original at TV Squad external link    Fri, Nov 17

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By Annie Wu Filed under: Drama, Comedy, Late Night, TV Royalty, Adult Swim, Celebrities, Angel, The Venture Bros.Lisa Hammer, voice of Triana Orpheus on The Venture Bros., heads a filmmaking company called Blessed Elysium, which usually makes a lot of wacky, surrealist short films of the German Ex...

Rate THE TICK: VS. SEASON ONE DVD REVIEW

Original at UGO external link    Thu, Aug 31

Created in 1996 by Ben Edlund, The Tick has since gone on to become a worldwide phenomenon both in the world of comics and the land of television. The Tick was really born out of a sense of accidental creativity during Edlund's college years as a mascot for Boston's New England Comics.

Rate Never Fear -- the Tick Is Here to Save the Day

Original at Washington Post external link    Thu, Aug 31

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 United States - Aug 31, 2006 The blue Tick (voice of Townsend Coleman) and his trusty sidekick, Arthur ... Created by Ben Edlund, "The Tick" makes fun of superhero cliches and has its tongue ...

Rate "The Tick vs. Season One": Mighty DVD Justice!

Original at Toon Zone external link    Wed, Aug 30

In 1994, Ben Edlund teamed up with Fox Kids to bring The Tick to Saturday morning kid's animation. Based on his comic book of the same name, The Tick focused on a 7-foot-tall, 300-pound, nigh-invulnerable, and endearingly dense arachnid superhero who fought crime. [read more]

Rate 'The Tick vs. Season One'

Original at Zap2it.com external link    Tue, Aug 29

Mighty blue justice shall be meted out in "The Tick vs. Season One," a semi-comprehensive compilation of the cult favorite cartoon's debut season based on the comic book created by Ben Edlund.

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