Strong Bad Creators Interviewed

Bill Hughes writes "The folks over at ResExcellence have posted an interview with the Brothers Chapman, the two guys who create and run the Homestar Runner/Strong Bad web site." If you have not seen homestarrunner, prepare to be baffled and amused. This site has mostly justified Flash to me :)

Comments

Oh no....

[Chester K]

Homestar Runner is being slashdotted? Just what we need... they just got through a month of having server trouble due to increasing traffic, and now with all the new viewers they're going to get by being mentioned here, looks like we'll be in for another month of slow page loads on Mondays.

That said, Strong Bad emails have quickly become a weekly tradition in the office. We all gather around every Monday to see the newest installment, and we're rarely disappointed. If the Brothers Chaps don't end up with a TV show before too long, I'll be surprised.

a couple of other interviews

[martyn s]

here
and here

Re:wtf is homestarrunner?

[ironicsky]

Homestarrunner.com is a funny online flash cartoon based off of a childrens book that these two guys made in the 80's. in the last two years they have made a good few dozen animated shorts on their characters Strong Bad, Strong Sad, Strong Mad, Homestar, and some chick who I forget her name... its 2 bad you can't see it... maybe someone will be nice enough to convert them to mpeg or avi for ya :)

Since the site's down

[Amsterdam Vallon]

Here are the 5 funniest Web sites in my opinion:

The Onion.com

The Best Page in the Universe

Something Awful

Consumption Junction

The Bastard Operator from Hell

Don't forget

*nix.org either

Pro Wrestling

[apetime]

I laughed my head off when I first saw the Strong Bad stuff. I thought I was one of the few who actually remembered the awful, ugly, hilarious game for the NES.

I remember a few wasted hours with my friends watching the Ricky Fighters wrestle the Strong Bads.

The move names were the best part:
"N. Hang!"
"Sasori!"

Support SVG!

[Khopesh]

Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) is an open-standard alternative to Flash.
it is a W3C recommendation.
there is a partially-implemented SVG native plugin for mozilla.
Adobe has a fully functional SVG plugin.

there is a Call for Participation at the SVG Open 2003 (in canada this july).

sites like homestarrunner.com could really boost SVG acceptance. if anybody out there is looking at homestarrunner.com as a model by which to base their plans for a similar site, please consider SVG!

better interview

[rollthelosindice]

There is a better interview with the creators of homestar on www.centerfuse.net. Better questions, with better answers. No by much, but its still a better interview.

Support Strongbad!

[bcliftondotcom]

If you like the cartoons, and want to see them with more bandwidth, get yourself a T-Shirt today!
http://shop.store.yahoo.com/homestarrunner/index.h tml

I hate to be such a blatant advertisement, but bandwith can get pretty expensive, and these guys are paying for it with the profits from their online store.

Easter Eggs...

[Malic]

I hate to be the cause of a Slashdot Effect at Homestarrunner.com again but...

...you people DO realize that almost ALL Strong Bad Email's have easter eggs in them at the end? Try clicking around things on the screen at the end of a SB Email movie...

Can you find them all? ;)

Shameless Plug : The Brothers Chaps like http://www.robotbastard.com - could Rob Schrab and the Chaps work together someday? Who knows...?