About Mr.Neil

I draw cartoon chicks.

Episode 115: Burning Bacon!


Nobel Gundam awards you

Nobel Gundam awards you

Sorry about being light on episodes lately. We canceled a couple shows, so we stitched together some outtakes and made a sort-of extra episode. In this one, we talk off-the-cuff about story structure and writing characters. In particular, we talk at length about the silent loner character and how he is all but forgotten in today’s world of massive back-stories and overblown character arcs that don’t actually tell us anything interesting about the characters themselves.

Then we switch focus and talk to Pablo about G-Gundam. This is not an official topic show about G-Gundam, so anyone who wants to appear on such an episode is still invited, although we’ve gotten many requests.

Oh, and we talk about Spaceballs a lot. Because why not?

Bonus Podcast: Crossoverlord – The Retrospective

The Crossoverlord

“Hey, Double-M! We’ve got our own podcast!”


This is a show about a webcomic series. We’ll back to our regularly-scheduled nonsense next week. For now, sit back, relax, and enjoy this special video presentation (actually, it’s more like a slide show) about this comic project that Ben and I worked on a few years ago.

There’s also a podcast version, if you don’t want to be glued to your screen, but we strongly recommend the video.

Crossoverlord was a labor of love and something I’ve become very proud of. We’ve never before told the story of how this comic came to be, and so here we are to tell the tale.

Joining Ben and me are Al Schroeder of Mindmistress, Abby of Green Avenger, and Remus of Indefensible Positions. It was an honor to work with these wonderful people, and I was happy to finally put something together that the fans could enjoy.

Episode 114: The Vision Of Escaflowne


Vision Of Escaflowne

Vision Of Escaflowne

This week, it’s The Vision of Escaflowne! In this series, a girl is whisked away to a planet called Gaea, a world of robot mecha and divining powers.

Kittyhawk and the Chu take over this episode and a lot of passion for the show, both positive and negative, comes to the surface. Things become heated for a moment, but we’re all cool in the end.

This episode may have some of the longest stretches of audio in which neither Ben nor Neil say ANYTHING.

Episode 113: Our Favorite Cartoon Themes


Big City

Rockin’ you like a hurricane!

Boy, this was a project in the works. Ben and I are joined by Kittyhawk and Pablo as we each deliver our top ten favorite animated themes of all-time.

What counts as a theme, you ask? Well, it can be an opening theme, a closing them, or even a music score. We lay it all out for you and give you a look into our personal musical tastes.

Come taste the podcast.

Discussed:
From now on, like your parents were…
The Old Cartoon Network: Sodomy Allowed!
Genndy got away with some shit!
Yu Yu Hakusho: The Brazilian Cut!
It’s like Whitney Houson on crack!
Nico Nico Douga: Still the craziest medley ever

Episode 112: Mario Cartoons


A rough approximation of the animation staff on these shows.

A rough approximation of the animation staff on these shows.

It’s-ah Animation Aficionados! Woohoo! Thank you for playing our podcast! Who’s next?

Oh, the selection we have for you today. We’re covering four shows; one produced by Ruby-Spears, and the rest produced by Dic. Get ready for some pasta jokes and some gaming lore, because we’re about to stomp all over the Mario cartoons!

Joining us this week is friend of the show, Pablo Praino. We have an hour’s worth of fun just for you. …and you! …and YOU!

We talk about:
Go! Go! Gadget Crossover!
Mario’s nightmare: can’t stomp enemies
Yoshi is an idiot
Thin Luigi
Princess Toadstool’s Popeye arms
Blame it on King Koopa
Creepy pasta
That’s a spicy meatball!