• wtf? i was a female in that audience... a level-headed 24-year-old with a BChE and a full-time professional career... stop stereotyping; there are MANY zim fans who have been fans since it first aired and aren't "OMGir"s... just because a lot of black people eat fried chicken doesn't mean that everyone who eats fried chicken is black *gets Popeye's for lunch*

• Jesus H. Christ. Try finding anything with Dib on it. I think he's been on maybe two t-shirts ever.

• I felt the same way while I was recording this. Plus, they never cooed over the dialogue, so there's no harm done as far as I'm concerned. :)

• Good god.. Trying my best to watch that second video.... But I have never wanted to fucking murder pre-teen girls so much before in my entire life. I sincerely wish I could have punched every single female in that audience in the face with a soldering iron.

• I think "Invader Zim" will make a comeback, most likely not as an animated series. My guess is that Paramount will make a live-action/CGI movie. More likely without Vasquez' involvement. And even more likely with a big focus on GIR, at least in the ads and tie-ins. It's stupid enough that they chose to make "The Fairly Oddparents" live-action and not "Zim." Live-action "Zim" had better make up for that.

• I dunno. While fangirls are annoying when you watch a video of a con (and REALLY annoying when you're trying to watch something from their fandom), when you're actually at a con, they're a lot of fun. All that aaawing and cooing and cheering really helps you get into the excitement of the moment, you know?

• Actually, I was at invader con this weekend, and that question came up time after time, "what if Cartoon network bought it" and the consensus from the cast was along the lines of, won't happen too much money. Apparently the biggest reason CN can't buy IZ is that the episodes cost too much to make, reportedly IZ had about a $50,000 an episode budget, and nothing on CN has even half that. Not to mention that to buy the rights from Nickelodeon would cost a fortune with all the merchandising licenses and what not, so like always, it's the money holding a revival back.

• Tentacle Chris from Green Mustard was pretty hip, that isnt you is it?

• I was there. I'm a 38-year-old stereotypical geek, and I can tell you that "hipster" is not a word I would've used to describe ANYONE at this convention.

• I was a fan back during Operation Impending Doom 1. ;-)

• haha i love zim! and i hate how they only sell gir stuff now :( dont get me wrong i love gir, but all those stupid t-shirts that have quotes that weren't even from the show are ridiculous! i want more zim/dib/etc merch.

• TR, I love you for posting this. And, yeah, fangirls = annoying, but I think some of it was crowd mentality. At least, that's the story I'm using to convince myself that not everyone in my fandom is insane.

• People liked Zim? I can only find merchandise for GIR and GIR's taco anymore

• I was an Invader Zim fan before he was an invader.

• I know. Really. They kept screaming "AWWWW" at everything whenever a character goes through the smallest bit of negative emotion. It's Invader Zim you stupid fucking fangirls, not The Diary Of Anne Frank. Jesus fucking Christ.

• Those readings were awesome, but those fangirls were annoying as fuck.

• Outlook seems promising: http://www.toonzone.net/news/articles/36775/nickelodeon-reps-overwhelmed-by-fan-turnout-at-invadercon

• Ah Zim was the best ever, severly hungover one morning surfing cartoon channels and i discover this gem. Punny human worm babies bring zim back!

• I think all *overly* obsessed fans of anything (nerddom or not) are pretty much equally annoying. That said, the excessively cloying cooings of in the 2nd video were maddening and ear bleedy.

• Really? Zim fans are the worst stupidest fans in the world? Have you <i>watched</i> American Idol? Or heard people talk about Jersey Shore? Or gone to an NFL game? I'd be willing to accept "Most Obnoxious Fans in Nerddom," based on what I've seen in Hot Topic, but certainly not the world.

• Very happy to hear that he changed his mind! Actors still around, creator down to do it... who knows something might come of this!

• Hipsters? Maybe I'm just old but I remember my fellow Goths and I making up the majority of Zim fans, as it followed up his cult fav of JTHM. Everyone else seemed to be WTF BBQ? about it til after it died. (although that last statment sound pretty Hipsterish so I may have invalidated my own argument)

• I like Zim.... but being surrounded by rabid Zim fans? I don't know if that would be worth it. They're maybe the worst stupidest fans in the world. (Though Adventure Time fans I see at cons now are a new challenger.) I know even I've reverted to levels of annoying retardedness while geeking out over Zim. A room of that? I'd have to kill myself.

• This is fabulous! Bubbly with Zimful happiness.

• And while we're sharing links, this (http://www.toonzone.net/news/articles/36775/nickelodeon-reps-overwhelmed-by-fan-turnout-at-invadercon) is the most encouraging news we've heard in a while...

• Ah, Sixx beat me to it. Thanks! :)

• Actually, Jhonen himself has said that's not true: "Now here's the part that doesn't quite play into the lunatic agenda of spreading hilarious misinformation: I loved the idea of doing more ZIM stuff!" - http://www.questionsleep.com/mindspill/?p=2024 (source)

• Really? Hannah already posted the link: http://www.questionsleep.com/mindspill/?p=2024 This is more recent than anything Jhonen has been involved in. He would jump at the opportunity to do it again.

• Even if Invader Zim was brought back, Jhonen Vasquez said that he doesn't want anything to do with the series anymore, because working for a studio was a pain in the ass, and it's been years since the show aired. Plus, doing Invader Zim without Vasquez would be like doing surgery without sanitized equipment, you can cut into it, but it'll just be a disgusting mess within no time.

• Apparently he's changed his mind since then... Or he was being facetious in that interview, nothing would surprise me.

• And by "plot post," I meant blog post. Sorry.

• I believe it was on the Complete Series DVD set, they discussed the last few episodes in an interview and Jhonen said he was done with Zim. I'd rather see Zim as a cult classic, than a re-hashed money maker.

• Nope, that's not true. Jhonen said he'd love to return to the series in a recent plot post: http://www.questionsleep.com/mindspill/?p=2024 (source)

• The problem here being that (I cannot find the source so this may not be completely true) but I do believe Jhonen has said he will not return to the series if it were ever to be revived.

• Cartoon Network? C'mon, if a fantastic show like Futurama can be cancelled while still prime and producing fantastic material, then there exists precedent for a show like "Invader Zim" to be picked up and new episodes created. Plus, Cartoon Network wouldn't have quite the same restraints as Nickelodeon. Although in a very weird way, watching "Invader Zim" mantain Jhonen Vasquez's dark humor while struggling to still remain child-friendly was part of the charm.

• I'm pretty sure Rob meant he was working on something unrelated for later this week, which is why he didn't have time to watch the videos himself and is relying on our comments to know how they are. :)

• probibly this, or some horrible FFF could be both really. there's some doozy's out there

• My thoughts went to a new contest. "Come Up with An Episode of Invader Zim If Nickelodeon Renewed the Series."

• The foreshadowing thing smells like an Invader Zim FFF... I want to be wrong about this...

• Hipsters? Really? I seriously doubt that any actual hipster fanbase could be as rabid about something as Zim fans... or at least I hope not for everyone's sake.

• Thanks for linking to my videos! It was a great con, hope it made a difference! There were Nick execs there, so we can always dream...

• wish i could of gone there but its so far away :I oh well still pretty cool

• an invader zim convention? a hipsters wet dream.

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