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We're going to give the Doom Interview!

XQUZYPHYR — Fri, 17 Sep 2004 21:30:55 -0800

An Interview with Jhonen Vasquez and Rikki Simons, the creator and designer for the short-lived Invader Zim. A great look into what happens when Nickelodeon hires a talent they clearly knew nothing about, and then gives him a cartoon show.

By: mote

mote — Fri, 17 Sep 2004 21:45:30 -0800

Hey, thanks.

By: jonson

jonson — Fri, 17 Sep 2004 22:06:59 -0800

Sad that I never got a chance to watch this show, my friend raves about it constantly.

By: Apoch

Apoch — Fri, 17 Sep 2004 23:05:23 -0800

When it comes to Invader Zim I only have one thing to say... "TAQUITOS!!!!"

By: kaibutsu

kaibutsu — Sat, 18 Sep 2004 01:13:05 -0800

I *LOVED* Johnny the Homicidal Maniac ("I have head-explodey!"), and when I heard about Invader Zim I wondered whether Nickelodeon really knew what they were getting themselves into... Guess not. Although the cartoon lacked the super-expressive blood of the comic (I had a fifty-year-old drawing instructor who used Vasquez as the reference on how to draw blood), I was happy to see an alien machine pull out a kid's eyes in the first episode I saw...

By: dodgygeezer

dodgygeezer — Sat, 18 Sep 2004 04:59:47 -0800

I've been tempted to buy this on DVD just so I could see it but so far have resisted. Now I know Roman Dirge worked on it I think my resistance has crumbled.

By: Smart Dalek

Smart Dalek — Sat, 18 Sep 2004 06:27:15 -0800

They thought we were making fun of them. That's when I blew my head off in frustration and became a crime-fighting ghost. Forget the soda, brooms and overlords, Mefites! This here's a whole new in-joke.

By: mecran01

mecran01 — Sat, 18 Sep 2004 07:21:16 -0800

This just showed up at Blockbuster. I'm guessing it's not cool for the seven-year old...

By: amberglow

amberglow — Sat, 18 Sep 2004 07:38:38 -0800

it was really something, and totally different even from the adult swim shows on now...i loved that pig that would pop up occasionally, and of course, GIR! There was one amazing episode where they kept changing the past to fix something in the present, and it kept getting more and more screwed up....and another about killer babies i remember.

By: whatnot

whatnot — Sat, 18 Sep 2004 20:31:31 -0800

I'm guessing it's not cool for the seven-year old I watched it a couple of times with my son (he was 6 at the time), and he seemed to like it. They kept screwing around with the schedule, so we never got to see it regularly.

By: zoogleplex

zoogleplex — Mon, 20 Sep 2004 11:35:29 -0800

I'm a big fan of Rikki and Tavisha, have been into their stuff since Reality Check (which you should find if you can, worth it). They are excellently nice people and it's nice to see them here on the blue... because really, they rarely leave the house. :) Jhonen will be doing lots of cool stuff in the future, so don't you worry kids!

By: briank

briank — Mon, 20 Sep 2004 11:39:36 -0800

A great look into what happens when Nickelodeon hires a talent they clearly knew nothing about, and then gives him a cartoon show. You'dve thought that Nickelodeon learned its lesson with John Kricfalusi all those years ago.