Holy !*&(), it's Chibi Hellblazer.
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chn_breathmint has drawn a very nice chibi of ol' John). No, I refer instead to the Cartoon Network show The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy. They ran a marathon of this cartoon today on Cartoon Network, and since Grandpa spent most of today sleeping, I left it on while I knitted and kept an eye out for him.
The premise: Two kids. The boy's a moron, the girl's intelligent but highly cynical- in the course of the entire series she's never smiled once, unless you count a brief period where Billy was in control of her body. The premise is that Billy's hamster was dying and the Grim Reaper (who has a Jamaican accent for some reason) turned up to claim it, but Mandy tricked him into a contest for the hamster's soul, and Grim said he'd be their friend forever if he lost. Naturally, he lost. Mostly 'cos Mandy cheated. A lot.
Grim winds up basically babysitting the kids, doing their chores, etc. There are, of course, periodic outbursts of supernatural activity and such. Mandy, who is blonde as well as cynical and intelligent, takes the supernatural in stride- usually she's quite knowledgable about it, too. (Billy takes it in stride 'cos he's too dumb to know he should be shocked.)
Did I mention the part where one of the recurring characters is a British-accented fiend named Nergal? On one of today's episodes he created a giant carnival in the middle of their town because he wanted friends. He's not real clear on the 'friends' concept, though. When the Five C's of Friendship failed to do the trick, he decided to MAKE people be his friends. It involved tentacles. And possession. Between that episode and the "Son of Nergal" one I saw, all I can say is- if Mandy isn't an Elseworlds by-blow of John's, then she's GOT to be related to him somehow. Possibly through the white sheep of the family, whose descendants moved south from Canada, or something. I dunno. That, or he met her in an airport; he was waiting for his plane (delayed for the fifth time) and saw the Grim Reaper, and then saw her bossing him around, and they wound up talking just because there is a severe dearth of people with brains in most airports...
"Wait a tic. Who's that?"
"Which one?"
"The tall bloke in the suit, with the glowing green eyes and black skin."
"Oh. That's Nergal. He's married to Billy's Aunt Sis."
*PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF*
"Out of curiosity, does it hurt when that much coffee comes out your nose?"
"YEFF."
chn_breathmint has drawn a very nice chibi of ol' John). No, I refer instead to the Cartoon Network show The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy. They ran a marathon of this cartoon today on Cartoon Network, and since Grandpa spent most of today sleeping, I left it on while I knitted and kept an eye out for him.The premise: Two kids. The boy's a moron, the girl's intelligent but highly cynical- in the course of the entire series she's never smiled once, unless you count a brief period where Billy was in control of her body. The premise is that Billy's hamster was dying and the Grim Reaper (who has a Jamaican accent for some reason) turned up to claim it, but Mandy tricked him into a contest for the hamster's soul, and Grim said he'd be their friend forever if he lost. Naturally, he lost. Mostly 'cos Mandy cheated. A lot.
Grim winds up basically babysitting the kids, doing their chores, etc. There are, of course, periodic outbursts of supernatural activity and such. Mandy, who is blonde as well as cynical and intelligent, takes the supernatural in stride- usually she's quite knowledgable about it, too. (Billy takes it in stride 'cos he's too dumb to know he should be shocked.)
Did I mention the part where one of the recurring characters is a British-accented fiend named Nergal? On one of today's episodes he created a giant carnival in the middle of their town because he wanted friends. He's not real clear on the 'friends' concept, though. When the Five C's of Friendship failed to do the trick, he decided to MAKE people be his friends. It involved tentacles. And possession. Between that episode and the "Son of Nergal" one I saw, all I can say is- if Mandy isn't an Elseworlds by-blow of John's, then she's GOT to be related to him somehow. Possibly through the white sheep of the family, whose descendants moved south from Canada, or something. I dunno. That, or he met her in an airport; he was waiting for his plane (delayed for the fifth time) and saw the Grim Reaper, and then saw her bossing him around, and they wound up talking just because there is a severe dearth of people with brains in most airports...
"Wait a tic. Who's that?"
"Which one?"
"The tall bloke in the suit, with the glowing green eyes and black skin."
"Oh. That's Nergal. He's married to Billy's Aunt Sis."
*PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF*
"Out of curiosity, does it hurt when that much coffee comes out your nose?"
"YEFF."
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Date: 2004-06-16 07:50 pm (UTC)*spews coke on monitor*
Date: 2004-06-16 08:06 pm (UTC).....
I commend you. :)
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Date: 2004-06-16 09:07 pm (UTC)"'Scuse me, mate, but- who're you, and how'd you get past security with that pigsticker of yours?"
*blink* *blink* "Ya don' recognise me?"
"Well, I know what you look like, but-"
"I'm da Grim Reaper, mon. NOBODY makes da Grim Reaper give up his scythe." *muttering* "Pesky TSA inspectors. . ."
*stares for a while* "What happened to the Goth girl?"
"Hmm?"
"If you're the Grim Reaper, what happened to the girl? About so tall, black hair, white skin, bit heavy on the eyeliner-"
"Oh, dat's me cousin Theda. She's-"
"Grim, stop talking. Excuse me, mister, but this is my friend you're bothering."
"He's not botherin' me, Mandy."
"What the skeleton said. D'you travel with anthropomorphic personifications often, kid?"
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Date: 2004-06-17 06:23 am (UTC)Hector con Carne is by the same people, and is great as well--Cartoon Network used to pair the episodes up in a show called Grim and Evil. Major Dr. Ghastly and General Scar are among the best Evil Henchpersons ever.
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Date: 2004-06-17 08:54 am (UTC)In Grim Adventures Nergal is a ghostlike fellow from the underworld with black skin, green eyes, fangs, and a desire to make friends. He's not very good at it and when he's frustrated or upset people die or get possessed.
In real-world mythology, Nergal is an ancient Sumero-Babylonian deity and the god of the netherworld, where he rules with his consort Ereshkigal. He is an evil god who brings war, pestilence, fever and devastation. He is sometimes regarded as representing the sinister aspect of the sun god Shamash. He is the subject of an Akkadian poem which describes his translation from heaven to the underworld. The foremost center of his cult was the city Kuthu. His attributes are the club and the sickle.
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Date: 2004-06-17 10:01 am (UTC)It is worth noting that he won Billy's Aunt Sis's heart almost in spite of himself--his desperate campaign to win her over was going nowhere fast, when Billy, desperate to save his aunt, dropped a hornet's nest on Nergal. Aunt Sis mistook Nergal's desperate gyrations as hot Saturday Night Fever dance moves and was instantly smitten. Of course, this means that "Son of Nergal" is Billy's cousin...Given the Sumerian angle, I guess this means Aunt Sis = Ereshkigal--funny, she doesn't look Sumerian!
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Date: 2004-06-17 09:13 am (UTC)