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Superjail Interview
by amid
September 28, 2008 1:10 pm


Superjail

Cold Hard Flash has an interview with two of Superjail’s co-creators Christy Karacas and Stephen Warbrick, as well as the show’s animation director Aaron Augenblick. Superjail premieres tonight on Adult Swim at 11:45 p, (ET/PT).

09/28/08  2:59pm
Tsimone Tse Tse says:

Doesn’t the still posted looks as if it was lifted from one of those late ’70’s ViewMaster reels - same line & color scheme.

The animation does have a “corner of the textbook” feel.
Definitley kinetic

09/28/08  3:04pm
Zach says:

This interview is great! They’re doing a show for Adult Swim, and yet it’s clear they know their stuff. Of course, it’s Augenblick Studios, so I’d expect no less from them.

I watched the first episode and the pilot on the Adult Swim website the other day. The animation on the Warden is very lively and fun to watch. The ending is a little creepy, but I thought it was funny.

I think this show is too good for 11 minutes.

09/28/08  5:01pm
DanO says:

I just hope that Adult Swim rewards them for their herculean effort. Many shows in their first season of production (and I’m sure this one is no exception) will go for broke to stand above the crowd, get a dedicated audience and wow the network. Kristy and Aaron explian that this was the case on “Superjail”.

The only problem is that Adult Swim(and Cartoon Network at large) discount this entirely and always use their leverage. Meaning: they like the show… for the price they paid. When its time for the second season and the studio asks for a fair budget with raises for everyone who sacrificed long hour and effort to make the show , they don’t get a substantial increase at all. I remember this was the case related to me about the first season of Venture Brothers according to people I who worked on the first season. Hopefully the show will go on, because it looks incredible and its a refreshing departure from anything else on TV(*bravo Aaron, Kris & Stephen).

Those guys need to be wary of the network shortchaning them and the team that put this together. The hours they put in show it needs a bigger budget, but the network may opt to cancel it no matter how good it is, or dangle more money in front of the creators only and persuade them to keep costs down by hiring a whole new team of young artists willing to put in ridiculous hours in hopes of a return down the road. Thats a tantalizing prospect that hardly ever comes to fruition.

Whenever I see a show that is an immense labor of love where artists poured all of their effort into it, I am left in conflict. I’m glad they did it, but I hope they got/get paid for it.

09/28/08  5:49pm
Celia says:

There are more drawings in 10 seconds of Superjail than there are in an entire episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Space Ghost, or those other crappy shows. Adult Swim fans might go into seizures when they see this high frame rate action!

09/29/08  11:11am
Robert Schaad says:

Watched it last night…frenetic! Violent! Colorful! Augenblick studio seems to be very diverse. Also, the design reminds me a little bit of the artwork of Savage Pencil/Sav X.

09/29/08  11:22am

Awesome. Thanks for posting this link- I’m fascinated by the immense talent and dedication that goes into Superjail!

09/29/08  1:07pm
Dagan says:

The first ep. was GREAT! :)

I found the show really fun to watch. What’s more, you can totally
tell the animators are having fun working on it!

…AND the whole time I just kept asking myself;
“How did they PLAN that sequence?!” -hahaha
Amazin’ !!!
;)

10/1/08  12:40am
Pete says:

I just watched the Superbar episode and loved it! Although, I couldn’t help but think the Warden somewhat resembled the kid from Adventure Time. Especially when he was asking Alice out on a date :)

10/1/08  10:49am
Satorical says:

This show is so awesome it almost makes me want to get cable.

11/8/08  7:45am
Vajralarvae says:

Im a huge animation fan/collector and this show is one of a kind. I will be buying the dvd as soon as it hits the shelf!! This would probably make an awesome video game too……….hmm……maybe….

11/14/08  9:07pm
Salvatore Lucania says:

Anybody know where I can get Cheeseburger’s I’m Comin Home for a ring tone?

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