Hi there! We’re the guys who make Cyanide & Happiness. You might’ve seen some of our comics and animations floating around the Internet. For a few years now, we’ve been in talks to develop a Cyanide & Happiness TV show with several networks. And we're starting to realize that TV, as a medium, doesn't really work for what we want to do with a Cyanide & Happiness Show. Instead we want to create an online show that everyone in the world can watch anytime they want. It just makes more sense.
Wait, you turned down TV deals?
Yep.
Here's the way we see it: We like creating funny stuff on the internet and you guys like looking at it. Simple, and it works. You’re already on the internet, why would we force you to stand up and go into a different room? We’re not barbarians. Plus, doing it ourselves means no censorship, no regional restrictions, and no limits on when you can watch the show. It’s better for you and for us. Believe us, turning down a TV show is a huge scary leap of faith, but with our fans’ help we really think this will work.
What'll the show be about and when will it be available?
If we meet our goal we'll create a season of eight 10-12 minute episodes (estimated maximum Internet attention span) to begin airing in Fall of 2013. If we surpass it, we will create even more animation (we'll say more about that that if we actually make our goal!)
It’ll be sketch comedy, in other words an intertwined collection of shorts. The shorts will be a lot like the ones on this page and our YouTube channel. We're not going to deviate from what we enjoy and give you a family sitcom about an obese father and his talking animal. We're doing what we do best. The goal of each episode will be to extract the human excretion known as laughter from your face hole via fast-paced weird comedy.
Where can we watch it?
The episodes will be released at the same time every week, with very limited advertising, on our own website, on YouTube, and on several other free streaming websites.
You can also get the show in the form of DRM-free, ad-free downloads for a low price per season (in fact it's one of the pledge rewards). You'll get an email when a new episode is out, and be able to download it even before it hits YouTube. Do whatever you want with it once you download it. Take it to your friend's house on a flash drive. Remix it. Print out each amazing frame and roll around naked on top of them. We don't care.
Lastly, we’re working to make the episodes available through third-party services that get them onto your game consoles, televisions and mobile phones.
