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Superjail Season Two DVD Available Now

Calvin — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 00:27:53 +0000

Superjail’s second season is now available for purchase on DVD! The disc contains all ten episodes, plus episode commentary. The band Cheeseburger, who are best known for the Superjail theme song, are also featured on the DVD, with concert footage and an animated music video. Other special features include interviews, animatics, and more. Look for an in-depth review of the season two DVD, coming soon to jailbot.com.

If you aren’t convinced to pick it up yet, maybe check out these two awesome commercials:

Superjail – Season 2 DVD Promo – 30 Second Spot

Superjail – Season 2 DVD Promo – 15 Second Spot

Christy Karacas Animates Kenny Powers for K-Swiss Ad

Calvin — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:04:25 +0000

Kenny Powers is a character (played by Danny McBride) from HBO’s comedy series Eastbound & Down, and he is also the “MFCEO” of K-Swiss in a series of online advertisements for the sneakers. The latest ad features an animated segment produced by Superjail co-creator Christy Karacas, along with other members of the Superjail team. The cartoon is presented as a “Saturday morning commercial, specifically for the soft little minds of children”. The animated portion is 35 seconds long and starts around the 3:30 mark in the video below.

K-Swiss Blades by Kenny Powers – watch more funny videos

Six-page Superjail comic in “Playboy”

Calvin — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 08:14:50 +0000

Lindsay Lohan isn’t the only bosomy female to be found in the pages of Playboy‘s January issue: Alice is in there too. The Warden, Jared, the Twins, the Doctor, Jacknife, and Jailbot are all in the magazine as well, but unlike Lindsay, none of the Superjail characters are naked. Instead, they are featured in a six-page comic written and drawn by Superjail creator Christy Karacas. While this is technically considered the “January/February 2012″ issue, the issue is being released early in response to Lohan’s Playboy spread leaking online, and should be available next week.

The comic ends with this message:

Be sure to watch season 3 of SUPERJAIL! This spring on [ADULT SWIM]!

An exact date has yet to be announced for the start of the new season, but this at least narrows it down to the spring.

Limited Edition Superjail Watch

Calvin — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 03:44:48 +0000

Adult Swim Shop is now accepting pre-orders for the limited edition Superjail Modify Watch. The watch comes with two interchangeable bands (one black, one purple) and the watch hands glow in the dark. This watch is limited edition, with only 100 made, and is available exclusively through the Adult Swim Shop for $68.00.

Superjail Season 2 DVD Release Date and Cover Art

Calvin — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:59:23 +0000

The second season of Superjail comes to DVD on March 13, 2012.

Special features include:

Episode commentary
Live footage of a ten song concert from Cheeseburger (the band behind the Superjail! theme song)
Cheeseburger animated music video
Animatics, animation tests, and more

via TVShowsOnDVD.com

Get a double-dose of crime and punishment this March when Adult Swim and Warner Home Video bring Superjail! Season 2 to DVD. That’s right! Superjail!’s infamous inmates are once again getting released from solitary and slammed back into the general population. What is The Warden thinking?! It means twice the insanity and double the crazy in the most brutally twisted jail ever built! Superjail! Season 2 contains all 10 episodes that are fueled by the classic violence and unimaginable acts of insanity that fans have come to love about this hysterical series. In addition, the DVD boasts loads of bonus features including a live, 10 song concert from Cheeseburger – the party rock band behind the Superjail! theme song – as well as a Cheeseburger animated music video, episode commentary and more! Arriving at retail on March 13, 2012, the Superjail! Season 2 DVD will carry a suggested retail price of $19.97.

Adult Swim will support the release of Superjail! Season 2 with a consumer marketing campaign targeting fans of the show and the network. Thirty-second television ads will be featured on Adult Swim, while online advertisements will also be featured on AdultSwim.com as well as other appropriate, fan-targeted online sites.

Season three of Superjail is currently in production and will air sometime in 2012.

Exclusive Superjail Interview; NYCC Superjail Panel Video

Calvin — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:45:51 +0000

At New York Comic Con I interviewed Superjail creators Christy Karacas and Stephen Warbrick, and here is a video of that interview:

Thanks to all those who submitted questions for me to ask them; obviously I was not able to ask them all of the many questions you fans posted. Several of the questions were answered in the earlier press conference, which I’ve posted below.

Adult Swim has uploaded a video of some of the highlights of the Superjail panel at NYCC, including Titmouse animator James Sugrue performing his live dub of the episode Gay Wedding.

I posted this video earlier in my Superjail Comic Con report, but here are some videos from the Superjail press conference, thanks to kmiTV.

For more details about Superjail at New York Comic Con, see my previous post: NY Comic Con 2011 Superjail Report.

You can read about the other Adult Swim programs showcased at the 2011 New York Comic Con on our parent site, Adult Swim Central. See posts tagged ‘New York Comic Con 2011‘ on AdultSwimCentral.com.

NY Comic Con 2011 Superjail Report

Calvin — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 18:30:27 +0000

Cosplay is common at conventions; here a fan shows off his Warden outfit

Superjail was at New York Comic Con this year, and they had some good news to share. The big one, in case you missed the earlier post, is confirmation of Superjail season three! They are currently working on writing the first episodes of the new season and plan to air them next year. Also announced is that season two will be getting a DVD release in 2012. Commentary has been recorded for the episodes, and the DVD will also contain special features such as animatics.

Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem likely that Superjail will be on Blu-Ray yet. The creators of the show are in favor of the idea, but ultimately the decision isn’t up to them. They had similar answers to questions of things like Superjail toys, video games, or crossovers with other Adult Swim cartoons: it would be cool, but unlikely to happen anytime soon.

Information about Superjail was dispensed in the form of two panels with question and answer sessions. The first was a press conference, for news outlets and websites such as this one; the second was a general panel where the creators of the show answered questions to a room full of fans. I’ve transcribed a couple excepts from these panels that you can read below.

At the press conference was Christy Karacas (co-creator, executive producer), Stephen Warbrick (co-creator, executive producer), Janine DiTullio (head writer, story editor), and Richard Mather (layout artist, voice of The Twins).

From left: Janine DiTullio, Stephen Warbrick, Christy Karacas, and Richard Mather

Is there any news on season three?

Stephen Warbrick: There sure is. It’s a go. We’re writing now. It’s going well. [To DiTullio] What, do we have to get five scripts done by Thanksgiving?
Janine DiTullio: Yeah, I think we’re turning some scripts in this week. So we have some scripts, and outlines.
Warbrick: So yeah, we’ve been writing, we got about two scripts done. One on the way, two more one the way.
DiTullio: We got two done, they need to be punched up a little. We’re going to have ten.
Warbrick: Ten new episodes, going to be next year. Production starts, I guess the first record is supposed to be like December first.

What does it take for a scene to be too graphic?

Christy Karacas: They’re pretty good about it, but we have had a couple times where they, like there was one where Alice is ripping this woman apart, and her like guts all came out, and they where like, I can’t remember the note, we had to tone it down a little.
Richard Mather: She punched through the body and you could totally see the silicone implants. And her body ripped in half.
Karacas: We colored it, like colored it bright yellow or something, it wasn’t like red and pink. The show’s weird, because it’s like super-violent but also kind of looks cute, like bright colors, it’s a weird mix.
Mather: When I first started working on layouts, I got a lot of notes back from Christy that it wasn’t bloody enough, you know like, it would just be some blood, and he’d be like “No no, lot’s of blood!”
Warbrick: They rarely comment on how violent it is.
Karacas: It’s more like, it’s like how everything in America is, sex. They’re more worried bout that kind of stuff.
Warbrick: No pubic hair.
Mather: There’s a lot of pubic hair that we have to blur, and nipples, and all that kind of stuff.
Karacas: Things you wouldn’t think of.
DiTullio: But a spleen is fine.
Karacas: Like how we can rip someone’s spine out. Usually though, when we get notes, and with content too, usually when you have to change it, it usually ends up being funnier, because it’s usually like you find some weird creative way to tweak it, or do it different, which isn’t the most obvious way. Like there were a couple of times, I can’t remember what we had to blur out, there were a couple things, and we put a big black box on it, and I remember, it just seemed more dirty, like “what is that?”, kind of seemed funnier.

Do you have anything special planned for the season two DVD?

Warbrick: There’s commentary this time, and there’s more animatics on it, and there’s animation tests, so there’s definitely more extras than the first season.
Mather: We had a good time with the commentary.
Warbrick: That was fun.
Mather: There was drinking going on!
Karacas: It’s weird, because we’re always so busy with making the show, then the second we’re done they’re like “Alright, get the stuff for the DVD” and we’re like “There kind of is no extras”, because we’re so busy making it, that show is like so labor-intensive. And I always feel bad because I see the other DVDs and they have the crazy extras on them, and I’m like “When did they have time to do all this stuff?”

Here are videos from the press hour, thanks to kmiTV.

Keith Crofford, Christy Karacas, Stephen Warbrick, Janine DiTullio, Jackson Publick, Richard Mather

Christy Karacas greets fans at Comic Con

The next Superjail panel was in a much larger room as the production team took a few questions from the hundreds of fans present. The four members that were at the press conference earlier were joined by Jackson Publick, the co-creator of The Venture Bros., who served as a producer and writer for the second season of Superjail. Moderating the panel was Adult Swim vice president Keith Crofford. Some notes from the panel:

Season three will likely have more Cheeseburger music (Christy Karacas’s band), although Stephen Warbrick notes that “they have to make another album first”.
When asked about expanding the show to a half-hour, Adult Swim vice president Keith Crofford jokingly interjects, “We’re real fans of the fifteen-minute format at Adult Swim.” Christy Karacas thinks that a 30-minute Superjail would “get boring”.
A fan asks about the Warden’s back-story and past life. Jackson Publick states that they “don’t want to spoil the mystery” but suggests the possibility that the Warden is “not quite human”. Christy Karacas hints that they “haven’t reveled everything about him” and “there’ll be more”. Stephen Warbrick jokes that they’ll cover Warden’s past “in season seven”.
Christy Karacas discusses the importance of keeping the violence and gags interesting, and says of the season one finale, “this is the kind of ending, like if we don’t get picked up again, the world ended, and if we do get picked up again, we’ll just ignore it.”
Some inmates highlighted in season two will continue to have important roles in season three. The team has plans for stories with the Gay Inmates and with Ash for the next season.

An awesome Mistress cosplayer

The panel ended with a special presentation from Titmouse animator James Sugrue. James is talented in impersonating the voices of all the Superjail characters and performed his version of the soundtrack to the episode Gay Wedding; the episode played on mute as James provided all of the voices and sound effects.

I had a great time at New York Comic Con and I would like to thank all the members of the Superjail team that took the time to talk to me. I would also like to thank John and Sara from Adult Swim Central, thank the cosplayers for letting me take their photos, and thank the readers of this site for submitting questions.

At Comic Con I had the opportunity to conduct an exclusive video interview with creators Christy Karacas and Stephen Warbrick; hopefully I’ll be able to get that video posted on Jailbot.com soon. It sounds like Superjail season three is shaping up to be great, and I hope to provide Superjail news and information for many seasons to come!

Superjail Renewed for Third Season; Season 2 DVD

Calvin — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 07:20:51 +0000

Some quick notes from New York Comic Con, a more detailed news post will come later:

Superjail has been renewed for a third season of ten episodes, to air in 2012.
A season two DVD will be available in 2012, with commentary on the episodes.

There was quite a bit of Superjail-related awesomeness at New York Comic Con 2011; a more in-depth recap will be posted here later. This will include transcripts from the Superjail panel and press meeting, an exclusive interview with creators Stephen Warbrick and Christy Karacas, and photos of cosplayers dressed as the Warden and the Mistress.

Submit Questions to Ask Superjail Creator Christy Karacas

Calvin — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 02:37:34 +0000

Adult Swim Central and Jailbot.com will be interviewing Superjail co-creator Christy Karacas at New York Comic Con, and we need more questions to ask! Tell us what questions you want us to ask Christy. Leave a comment on this post, and we’ll try to get your questions answered.

The Superjail interview, press conference, and panel took place on October 15, 2011 and comments on this post are now closed.

Superjail at New York Comic Con

Calvin — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 05:12:48 +0000

There will be a Superjail panel at this year’s New York Comic Con, on Saturday, October 15.

Join creators and executive producers Christy Karacas and Stephen Warbrick with Jackson Publick and Janine DiTullio as they discuss their Adult Swim series Superjail! and preview never-before-seen footage!
Saturday, October 15; 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm; American Airlines Theater, 1A06

You can watch 2009′s NYCC Superjail panel on Adult Swim Video.

Other Adult Swim shows with panels at the convention this year include The Venture Bros., Robot Chicken, Delocated, and Eagleheart. New Adult Swim programs to be showcased are China, IL (by Brad Neely); The Heart, She Holler (by the creators of Xavier: Renegade Angel, starring Patton Oswalt); and Black Dynamite (based on the film).

For more information, panel schedules, and to buy tickets, go to NewYorkComicCon.com.

I will be attending the convention, so look to Jailbot.com for coverage of the panel and any Superjail news. For news from the other Adult Swim panels, check out our parent site AdultSwimCentral.com.