Article DetailsHistory of Foamy The Squirrel |
| Date Added: Oct 01, 2008 |
| Author: Shadav |
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| One review has described the comic as being a mix of "Tim Burton, Ren Höek (of Ren & Stimpy), Jhonen Vasquez, early Simpsons and a heaping dose of misanthropy."
The cartoon was originally hosted on "www.4yrecords.com". It was later taken down and everything moved to the iLL WiLL PreSS website. The original strips are no longer available, except for the very few early "Foamy's rants" from the 4y Records Archive The first cartoon on the Internet was "Distractions," followed by "Pen of Doom", uploaded to Newgrounds in December 2002. It was followed by "Squirrel Pulpy Fiction Thingy," (a controversial and very violent game; its title appears to take on the high levels of violence in Quentin Tarantino films) in January 2003. These two have been later removed, with the explanation on Squirrel Pulpy Fiction Thingy that "I got bored with it and I'm sure it's warped enough minds ^_^." The only one of these "un-numbered originals" that remains on the popular site is a short based on a skit from the comic, named "The Joyful Suicides Of Reese Witherly," which has been on Newgrounds since March 2004. Other "un-numbered originals" are at the Friends of Foamy fansite, "Maid of Horror" (2003). "Innuendo Stare Down" (dating also from 2003) is a clip of Germaine with a lollipop. These originals are characterized by poor animation and audio quality in comparison with later episodes. An official episode was summited on 9 June 2004 then "blammed" on 5 April 2006 from Newgrounds called 'Rules For The Masses'. There is also the unofficial 'iLLegal Immigrant Special', which was submitted to Newgrounds on 29 March and was "blammed" on 2 April. |