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‘Johnny Raikou’ Has Coolest Superhero Hair, Comic Swipes

by Jacob Nahin on November 20th, 2009

Take Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, mash it up with Kung Pao: Enter the Fist and what do you have? Johnny Raikou. At first, the plot appears simple: a couple of wannabe vigilantes with outrageous haircuts and little skill hit the streets of Los Angeles to fight crime. Still, behind the tongue-in-cheek nature of the show is a story which aims to bring awareness to[...]

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‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Births ‘On Call’ Companion Web Series

by Marc Hustvedt on November 19th, 2009

Another companion web series coming out of a major TV network today as ABC launches its Grey's Anatomy companion Seattle Grace: On Call. It premiered tonight 10:00 PM ET, immediately following the latest episode of Grey's, which featured promo for the new sidekick. It's a faux documentary, set at Joe's Emerald City Bar where seemingly all of the Seattle Grace surgeons f[...]

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Catch UK’s ‘Girl Number 9′ Before You Have to Pay For It

by Jenni Powell on November 19th, 2009

Within seconds of beginning my search for where I could watch this six-part UK-based web thriller, it had been compared to not one (Saw) but two (Seven) American movies and not one (24) but two (Lost) American television series. At almost the same time, Girl Number 9 was letting me know it was made specifically for the internet, and unlike anything I had seen before. Wr[...]

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‘University of Andy’ Drops Fresh Classes While ‘Weeds’ Takes Vacay

by Marc Hustvedt on November 19th, 2009

Showtime has been having fun with these companion web series this year, like Dexter's animated origin story Early Cuts and Weeds' stoner run University of Andy. While Weeds takes a long holiday snoozer until early 2010, Andy Botwin (Justin Kirk) is back with a fresh crop of new classes this week, after its own hiatus since premiering this summer. The new courses are jus[...]

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‘Dr. Horrible’ Comic Hits Shelves Today (Sing-Along Not Included)

by Marc Hustvedt on November 18th, 2009

A web series spoofing a comic based on a web series... that has to be a first. A Comicbook Orange, the popular series for all things comics, released its latest episode today reviewing the new Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog comic form Dark Horse which hit stores today. Host Casey McKinnon crafted a special musical number (why not) to kick off the episode before giving a mi[...]

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‘Agents of Cracked’, Cracked.com’s First Original Series Stays Familiar

by Jonathan Hludzinski on November 18th, 2009

Have you ever seen the first season of Seinfeld, or even The Simpsons for that matter? They are both kind of terrible. But when you watch them you do see glimpses of what they eventually became. I’m not about to put Agents of Cracked on cracked.com in the esteemed category of those shows, but it’s possible there is something here worth looking at. Maybe.The show, creat[...]

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‘Dilbert’, New Yorker Cartoons Head to Babelgum First

by Marc Hustvedt on November 18th, 2009

Babelgum has picked up exclusive first run distribution rights on Scott Adams' Dilbert animated cartoon series as well as the New Yorker's and a handful of others—Bloom County, Michael Fry and T Lewis’ Over the Hedge, Paul Gilligan’s Pooch Café and Richard Thompson’s Cul de Sac. The deal is with RingTales, an online distributor of animated cartoons, and adds to Ba[...]

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Every other day is a holiday somewhere. Even today is a holiday (Veterans Day). So the guys behind Crappy Holidays have a lot to play around with. For[...] Read Article

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‘Johnny Raikou’ Has Coolest Superhero Hair, Comic Swipes

Take Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, mash it up with Kung Pao: Enter the Fist and what do you have? Johnny Raikou. At first, the plot appears[...] Read Article