"...a spiritually bankrupt soul whose confused mind is [animated] with the genitalia."

October 18, 2010 6:38 PM

Kaz's Underworld, animated.

Here, check out some other animations from The Comic Book Factory.

posted by carsonb (11 comments total)

Bugs Bunny it ain't. Cute loading animation, tho'.
posted by Old'n'Busted at 7:07 PM on October 18, 2010

Oy, 1980s, right? Village Voice, right? Or was it the 1990s and the New York Press?

I'm glad to be shot of these minium-concept, minimum-drawing weekly adrag comix.

Wait, we're not shot of them. Shit.
posted by FLAG (BASTARD WATER.) (Acorus Adulterinus.) at 7:13 PM on October 18, 2010

oh boo hoo
posted by Stonestock Relentless at 7:40 PM on October 18, 2010

I admire that they pressed on to learn how to animate the comic strip in spite of having virtually no good material to do it with.
posted by crunchland at 8:01 PM on October 18, 2010 [1 favorite]

"Damned Kids" made me laugh, but the others are all missing something. They look great, though.
posted by katillathehun at 8:20 PM on October 18, 2010

Thank you, thank you, thank you. I don't what to think of people who don't get Kaz. I guess I'd have to say that they're humour-defective dorks.
posted by Roachbeard at 8:59 PM on October 18, 2010

these would work on youtube, where i could subscribe to them and see new ones automatically...
posted by joelf at 9:41 PM on October 18, 2010

I love Underworld, but animation and comics have different feelings--a good animation doesn't always make a good comic book/strip, and vice versa. In this case, the drawings in the toon are great, it's fun to see the characters in motion, but it seems like they're missing the comedic timing that's present in the original strip. In my brain, an Underworld strip happens in like 5 seconds. These animations seem more drawn out and therefore deflated.

Thanks for the post, though. I do love me some funny dumb comix.
posted by not_on_display at 10:29 PM on October 18, 2010 [1 favorite]

Hey, I didn't know that Kaz worked on SpongeBob Squarepants! I love how Nickelodeon doesn't seem to care what sort of depravity you're up to on your own time. A little digging turned up this interview from 2001 where he says he was hired based on Underworld alone.
posted by hydrophonic at 11:00 PM on October 18, 2010

I love how Nickelodeon doesn't seem to care what sort of depravity you're up to on your own time.

I think it goes beyond that - I imagine they were looking for the next Ren & Stimpy.
posted by aubilenon at 12:59 AM on October 19, 2010

In this case, the drawings in the toon are great, it's fun to see the characters in motion, but it seems like they're missing the comedic timing that's present in the original strip. In my brain, an Underworld strip happens in like 5 seconds. These animations seem more drawn out and therefore deflated.

I think that's my problem with it too. I kept expecting there to be more, but left as a static strip, it's perfect. I love Kaz's style, though.
posted by katillathehun at 9:21 AM on October 19, 2010