NYCC 08 Venture Brothers Panel: Clips, We Got Em

The Venture Brother's panel at the NY Comic Con was completely packed, and why not? The Astro-Base team was certainly the most articulate, entertaining group of creators I saw all week. Let's go to the video proof.

There's something magical about seeing a man do a cartoon's voice, live and in person. Especially when that man actually writes the show, and can ad-lib in character.

More clips from the panel (with classy graphics from Mantis-Eye's screencap gallery) after the jump...

Ask and ye shall receive; here's James Urbaniak answering a fan's request to do a pick-up line in Dr. Venture's voice. Vulgar hilarity (I call it "hilgarity") ensues.

Here's what happened when a fangirl asked the panel if Kim would be making an appearance in the third season. You know, Kim? Triana's friend who looks like a supervillian? Apparently you were not the only one who thought her 30 seconds of screentime were enough to warrant a major crush, and Doc Hammer is none too happy about it.

Don't act so surprised, DH. You wrote a scene in which Kim thinks Doctor Girlfriend is coming on to her. People are going to like that.

A fan asked why Brock couldn't simply break off the lock of the chastity belt keeping him from consummating his highly unusual relationship with Molotov Cocktease. Doc Hammer sets him straight and shuts him down. Sex is complicated. Cartoons fans need to hear this stuff.

Watch this post Venturers, it'll fill up with more bite sized morsels of Q&A goodness as the day goes on.

Ruining Christmas with The Monarch and Doctor Girlfriend

True Venture Brothers fans probably already know that series creators Doc Hammer and Jackson Publick have released Christmas classics as performed by VB characters every December since 2004. But if this is news to you (it was to me), Merry Xmas! You get to sift through four sometimes hilarious, sometimes unlistenable holiday tunes - they're all available as MP3s at Quickstop Entertainment.

This year, happy couple Monarch and Doctor Girlfriend absolutely murder Fairytale of New York by the Pogues. It starts out well enough, as Doctor Girlfriend's deep, heavily accented voice is not radically different from the original version. But once Monarch starts in on the Kristy MacColl part...let's just say that if you add this to your Christmas party playlist, you will in fact ruin the holiday, possibly for years to come.

Speaking of Fairytale of New York, remember the opening titles of Basquiat? That's a good holiday movie. I mean, it doesn't take place during the December holidays, but....s'pretty.