Sunday night saw the premiere of the one hour documentary on the hectic creation of the first batch of South Park's 15th season, 6 Days to Air: The Making of South Park on Comedy Central. The special takes an unprecedented inside look at the creation of the show thanks to the access granted to the documentary's director, Arthur Bradford. Bradford, a longtime friend of Matt Stone and Trey Parker, the show's creators, was gradually able to take a simple behind-the-scenes EPK video and gradually work his way into the writers' room and the production booth to see the challenges in getting a single episode out the door in the span of--you guessed it--six days.

Before checking out the interview, here's the trailer for the doc, which will be airing again throughout the week and later this fall:

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Tags Comedy Central, Matt Stone, Six Days to Air: The Making of South Park, South Park, Trey Parker

Well, this is it. After five issues, the X-Men are about to move on to their next big status quo, with Wolverine leading one team, and Cyclops leading the other. Before we go, though, it’s time for one last Post-Game on the series with writer Jason Aaron, and X-Men Editor Nick Lowe. So let’s wipe those tears from our eyes, and get right into it!

MTV Geek: First of all, I wanted to thank you guys for sticking with this for the past few months, Schism has been a heck of a ride. On your end, what’s it been like to finally see this to completion? And in a greater sense, were you surprised by any reactions from the fans along the way? Or do you feel like everything fell out as planned?

Nick Lowe: First, thanks for embracing SCHISM so much at MTV Geek. It’s always fun to talk with you guys.

It has been an absolute joy working on SCHISM. I’ve got baseball on the brain, so bear with me in this metaphor… Getting a big series like SCHISM out is like playing playoff baseball. The obstacles to putting out good comics (the insane difficulty of creating a story, telling it well, life getting in the way, scheduling, etc…) are like facing the New York Yankees in a post-season series. I’m from Cleveland so I hate the Yankees. ANYWAY, I’ve edited several big stories and I like to think that the books won the series. Some of them were much closer and went to Game 5 or Game 7. With SCHISM, Jason pitched no-hitters and Carlos, Frank, Daniel, Alan and Adam all hit homers or hit for the cycle and stole bases and such. I, as the manager, of course, argued with the umpires a few times and got kicked out of several games… is this metaphor going on too long? Read more...

Tags Marvel Comics, X-Men: Schism

There are only six issues left of Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson's The Boys, and according to the long-running series' writer, it won't be pretty. Ennis brought the series to Dynamite a few years back after its brutal, perverse spin on superheroes didn't go over so well with then-publisher DC/Wildstorm. Since the move, Ennis has been hammering out one continuous story about the the titular group that monitors the capes, charting their inevitable, likely final conflict with the entirely corrupt Justice League stand-in, the Seven.

And it's been a long time coming: each of the Boys, led by the very dangerous Butcher, has a reason to hate the supers and the company that manufactured them, the military-industrial conglomerate Vought-American. While the Seven--not so much led, as terrorized--by the likely psychopathic Homelander have been embarrassed, thwarted, (and in one case) maimed by Butcher's people. There's a tense game here as both sides wait to make their move. The current arc, "The Big Ride" sees some unseen player orchestrating a confrontation between both sides, setting up a murder and waiting for the big clash.

It might not go down this arc, but it's coming.
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Tags Darick Robertson, Dynamite Entertainment, Garth Ennis, The Boys

This year has been busy for comedian and actor Nick Swardson. A lot of readers may know Swardson from his regular role on Reno 911! as the rollerskating male prostitute Terry, or his appearances in Happy Madison productions like Grandma's Boy and I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry. Most recently, he could be seen with Danny McBride as a dim-witted crook in the comedy 30 Minutes or Less as well as his starring vehicle, Bucky Larson: Born to Be A Star. He also wrapped the second season of his sketch show, Nick Swardson's Pretend Time which begins its run of eight episodes on October 5th at 10:30 ET on Comedy Central.

We spoke to clearly exhausted Swardson about getting the second season off the ground, the challenge of getting a half dozen or more episodes into a half hour, and the learning curve going from the first season to the second.
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As we wrap up our Post-Game chats on X-Men: Schism, we’re about to embark on a whole new journey: to Arabia, with writer Jeff Parker, and none other than the big Red Hulk. Starting in issue #42 of the series, the General Ross Hulk will be off to the Middle East, going AWOL to solve the mystery of a former comrade in arms possible murder… And tangling with The Secret Avengers, and a new villain – Sultan Magus – while he does. Read more...

Tags Hulk, Hulk of Arabia, incedible hulk, Jeff Parker, Marvel Comics, Red Hulk, San Diego Comic-Con, The Secret Avengers

For a guy as creative as George R. R. Martin, does it come as a surprise that he's no stranger to pen-and-paper RPGs? We caught up with Martin at Bubonicon, where he gave us the rundown on his gaming cred and gave us a look into a campaign he's been participating in with notable sci-fi author Walter Jon Williams. Check out the clip below to find out why out of all the popular RPG systems, Martin prefers GURPs, a system he enjoys so much that he's had two source books written for his Wild Cards series of novels. Read more...

Tags A Song Of Ice And Fire, Bubonicon, Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin, GURPS, Interview, Walter John Williams

With a batch of episodes from Cartoon Network’s Adventure Time hitting DVD this week under the title Adventure Time: My Two Favorite People, at MTV Geek we thought it’d be great to chat with one of heroic boy Finn’s least favorite people, the socially awkward, princess kidnapping prone Ice King. And since the Ice King isn’t a real person, we did the next best thing and spoke to the voice actor behind him, Tom Kenny. Kenny has been in fixture in voice over work since taking on additional voices in the English language version of Studio Ghibli’s Porco Rosso back in 1992. Read more...

Tags Adventure Time, Cartoon Network, Pendleton Ward, Tom Kenny

Over the course of one season, Alphas has gone from, “that show that’s not Heroes on SyFy,” to an actually good show with a rich mythology, a game cast, and devoted fans. Tonight, the first season finale airs, with Season Two about to kick off production soon. To find out more we chatted with Warren Christie, who plays new Alphas team member Cameron Hicks on the show about whether he edits his own Wikipedia page, who would win in a fight on the cast, and, oh yeah, the game-changing season finale. Read more...

Tags Alphas, science fiction, Syfy, Warren Christie

Are you ready for some dinosaurs? Well, whether you are or you aren’t, they’re coming to your TV in the Steven Spielberg produced time travel series Terra Nova. With Earth on the brink of destruction, and humanity in ruin, scientists hatch a brilliant plan: send everyone back to dino-times, to start over. Along for the ride is series star Jason O’Mara, who you may know from the American version of Life on Mars, as a former cop who finds himself quite literally out of his element.

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Tags FOX, jason o'mara, sci-fi, science fiction, Steven Spielberg, Terra Nova

Skottie Young may be better known for his art than his writing, but the award winning creator has been steadily working his way onto the other side of the desk, with short Spider-Man and X-Men stories for Marvel. Now, Young will be getting his first series with Magneto: Not a Hero, a four issue mini-series that will redefine how one of the most popular villains operates in the Marvel Universe. To find out more, we chatted with Young and artist Clay Mann about the series… And why you won’t be seeing ‘90s mainstay Maggott appearing:

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Tags Clay Mann, magneto, Marvel Comics, Skottie Young, X-Men