In case you have not heard already, the fourth season of Venture Bros. arrives on [adult swim] at midnight on October 18 (meaning the night of the 18th, technically the morning of the 19th). Mark your calendars.

This news has already been floating around for a while, thanks to sites like the Mantis-Eye Experiment, but things have been confirmed by Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer during their panel at DragonCon. Some footage of this has finally been released by AdultSwim.com, so you can stop crawling around YouTube for people's crappy cell phone recordings.

Unfortunately, there's still no sign of the sneak peek that was screened before the panel. Apparently, half of an episode was shown and it involved some pretty weird goings-on, doubly so because Kevin Conroy voiced one of the characters. Fingers crossed AdultSwim.com gets that going soon, because October 18 still feels too far away.

In the meantime, watch the video of Jackson and Doc talking about ... things. In a rare moment, Doc actually gives away a spoiler, so that's quite a treat. The speed at which the discussion about Helen Keller v. Anne Frank escalates is also rather amusing (and telling, if you consider the way conversations between 21 and 24 go).



[Hat tip to reader Derick for the video link]