There isn't any easy way to deliver this news, and I'm doing my best to hold it together, so forgive me for copying this text partially from my own site.

My good friend Phil Clippinger, who graciously provided the distinctive voices of Shining Example and Loofah-Lad in John's Arm: Armageddon, was killed in an accident this past Saturday. Phil was one of the coolest, nicest guys I've ever known, always positive and upbeat, hilarious, too, and frankly I looked forward to having him on board in the Pod fold for the next twenty or fifty years. His contributions to the John's Arm movie are everywhere. Dr. Baldicus' line, "Take me to mein crazy boat"; that came directly from Phil. I'm grateful that he got to see it on the big screen last April, as well as his scenes as the panicky Loofah-Lad, which nobody else could have done better, or funnier. To say that I and my friends are poorer having lost him is a terrible understatement. The truth is, Phil was simply irreplaceable, and we'll never be lucky enough to know another human being like him.

DON'T FORGET if you are IN or NEAR ATLANTA GEORGIA tonight:

JOHN'S ARM: ARMAGEDDON, my feature-length animation, is screening at the 375-seat Plaza Theatre, tonight at 9:30pm! Be sure and get your tickets now!!!

Look under SHOWTIMES

DVDS will also be available at a special price, plus FREE COMIX! Don't miss it!

Here's the special preview:

ALL GLORY TO GLONOUS CHINNA

JOHN'S ARM: ARMAGEDDON will have a SPECIAL SCREENING on 4/1/2009 at 9:30pm, at the PLAZA THEATRE in ATLANTA. NO APRIL FOOLING! This is a 375-seat theater, big screen and everything.

The Plaza Theatre is at 1049 Ponce De Leon Ave. Atlanta GA, 30306. If you're in or near Atlanta, GO.

Here is their website. My poster isn't up on the site yet, but it's in the theatre lobby. I'll be giving away stuff and doing Q&A after the show, time permitting.

I hope to see EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU THERE. BECAUSE I LOVE YOU.

After a full reinstall, my computer is now working smoothly, allowing me to do a lot of stuff I hadn't been able to for a while, like post here. (My shit was so screwed up I couldn't even read my userpage or news posts. Like, since the NG redesign.) ANYWAY, since all I have on NG regarding my movie is an admittedly scrawny teaser, I thought I'd embed a couple of the clips I've posted thus far. Enjoy!

Lots more where that came from on the DVD (it's in the NG store). Shank you for your time!

Now you can get JOHN'S ARM: ARMAGEDDON right here on the NOOG

JA in the NG STORE

Check it out!! Tack one on to your next million-dollar purchase of NG stuff!!

Aw yeah bitches, I have joined the proud fraternity of NGers to make their way onto the Internet Movie Dingdong.

Behold, yer old pal Matty

I promise never to forget anybody. Except, uh, that one guy I forgot. Sorry man.

Mike the Pod's first movie, JOHN'S ARM: ARMAGEDDON, has won BEST ANIMATED FEATURE at the 2008 Atlanta Underground Film Festival! Check it out!

2008 AUFF Awards

Not bad, eh? WOO-HA!!!

JOHN'S ARM: ARMAGEDDON will unspool in all its terrible glory for the ANIMATION ATTACK! festival, this Thursday at Lenny's Bar in Atlanta. More info here!

Get tickets while they last, or before they explode. Hope to see you there, I'll have copies of the DVD if they let me bring 'em. PLOP

On 8/21/08, if you're in Atlanta and (I'm guessing) over 21, you can see the animated feature JOHN'S ARM: ARMAGEDDON at Lenny's Bar, as part of the Animation Attack festival!

Here's a link where you can get tickets:
Festival League Page

It's coming up soon. Hope to see some of you there! I'll be drunk.

JOHN'S ARM: ARMAGEDDON, the very first animated feature-length DVD from underground Atlanta studio MIKE THE POD, is now available for purchase at WWW.MIKETHEPOD.COM!!! That's right! We'll be selling it other places in the very near future, but right now you can only get it direct from us, for the low, low price of $24.99, which includes shipping & handling within the USA! If you're not in the US, don't fret; email me to work out the shipping details!

If you've enjoyed the old John's Arm shorts on NewGrounds, or if you liked the 8-minute teaser I posted over a year ago, you're sure to love 110 MORE MINUTES of animation that has NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE ANYWHERE. This is the reason I have been AWOL from NG for so long; this movie subsumed every hour of the last two years of my life. This is a FEATURE FILM that is nearly TWO FULL HOURS IN LENGTH, which I wrote, directed and animated myself.

I'll post more news as it happens, but my NG userpage is f'ed for some reason. Go to MIKETHEPOD.COM and order your JOHN'S ARM DVD now-- before all your friends do, and you end up looking like a chump. Do it now!! This DVD will fuck your FACE OFF!!!

Thanks everybody and NG!!!