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I bring tidings of great joy and happiness.  hear me, readers, for while channel surfing today, I discovered something wonderful.  it is all I can do to contain my excitement.  dave no doubt tires of my frequent glee-squeels and other such happy noises.  you see, my hero and mentor (and by mentor I mean "person Ive never met but would stalk if he lived closer") jhonen vasquez now has a cartoon.

I am incredibly lucky to have found it.  I knew he had mentioned working on some animation project, but that was a long long time ago, and I had forgotten all about it.  and then, as I flipped past nickelodeon, there it was.  they were showing a scene from the new show that was to premier next, and I couldnt believe it.  I knew it had to be jhonen's show.

and it was.  I could hardly sit still.  the creator of such comics as "Johnny the Homicidal Maniac" and "SQEE!" now has his own cartoon.  and it is funny and good.  (also the art is excellent.  hes my hero.  seriously.)  it is called "Invader Zim."  it is on nickelodeon on fridays at 8:00 piem.  but theyre rerunning tonights episode tomorrow at 8:00, so you should all watch.

and yes, I know how it sounds.  it sounds like Ive just asked you to stay in on a saturday night and watch nickelodeon.  but it really is a good show.  really.  you can even ask dave.

Posted by on 30 March 2001 at 9:05 PM