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Phil Austin Peter Paul Bergman
Jim Cummings Susan Blu
John Rubinow Mary Kay Bergman
Roger Rose
5.8 Don't I recognize some of those names?
Probably. Mickey Dolenz is a member of the band, The Monkees.
Dan Castellanetta does voices for The Simpsons, including Homer, Grampa
Simpson, Homer's friend Barney and Krusty the Clown. Kim Robertson
played Lucy, Sheriff Truman's secretary on Twin Peaks. Rob Paulsen does
the voice of Yakko, Dr. Scratchensniff, and Pinky on Animaniacs; the Mask
on The Mask; and P.J. on Goof Troop. Jess Harnell does the voice of
Wakko on Animaniacs. Maurice LaMarche voices the Brain on Animaniacs.
Kay Lenz has been in some low-budget movies since the 70's, including
Death Wish IV. Jim Cummings voices Goofy on Goof Troop.
5.9 How do I contact FOX Kids Network?
As far as I know, this is still Fox's address:
FOX Kids Network
5746 Sunset Blvd. 6th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90028
phone: (213) 856-1000
fax: (213) 461-8240
e-mail the execs at Fox Kids:
Dan Dubelman
foxkids@metawire.com
They can also be contacted at their web page (below).
5.10 Is there any possibility for an animated or live-action Tick
movie?
Yes! Yahoo! Headlines recently (August 26) ran the story that
Variety reported that 20th Century Fox has signed Ben Edlund and Richard
Liebmann-Smith to script the animated movie. Even CNN is reporting it!
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6.0 Where can I find the Tick on the Internet?
6.1 Is the Tick discussed on any newsgroups?
There is one newsgroup completely devoted to the Tick:
alt.tv.the-tick.
Discussion about the Tick can sometimes be found on
rec.arts.comics.misc. Rarely, Tick action figures are made mention of on
rec.toys.misc and rec.toys.action-figures. The cartoon is sometimes
discussed on rec.arts.animation.
The cartoon series and toys have been discussed on
rec.arts.comics.other-media. Also, there are sometimes requests to
post pictures of the Tick on alt.binaries.pictures.cartoons. The Tick
FAQ is regularly posted to rec.arts.comics.info, rec.arts.comics.misc,
rec.answers, news.answers, rec.arts.animation and, of course,
alt.tv.the-tick.
6.2 Can the Tick be found at any anonymous ftp sites?
*Tick jpegs are available via anonymous ftp at:
Host Name: ftp.sunet.se
Directory: ftp.sunet.se/pub/pictures/comics/Tick
*Tick wav's can be found at:
Host Name: www.blackcat.org
Directory: www.blackcat.org/tick
*A text version of this faq can be found at:
Host Name: rtfm.mit.edu
Directory: rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/rec.answers/comics/tick
6.3 Are there any World Wide Web pages devoted to the Tick?
Yes; following are some of the most prominent Tick pages:
Page Name: New England Comics, Inc.
Site: http://www.necomics.com/
*The official NEC page
Page Name: (Fox Kid's Network's) The Tick
Site: http://www.foxnetwork.com/Kids/Lineup/Tick/index.html
*A pretty decent page dedicated to The Tick Animated Series
Page Name: (Bigshot's) The Tick Page
Site: http://www.cipsinc.com/TICK/tickpage.html
*Television airing information is located here, along with a good
episode guide, merchandise info and Tick quotes
Page Name: (Soren's) The TICK
Site: http://www.emerald.net/soren/thetick.html
*Summary of The Tick #1-12, and a couple movies
Page Name: The Tick Headquarters
Site: http://www.cs.rose-hulman.edu/~stinerkt/Tick.html
*A good site, with character descriptions and pictures from the
show
Page Name: Solex's Tick Home Page
Site: http://windvane.umd.edu/~solex/tick.html
*A rather extensive archive of .wav, .au and .zipped Tick
audio files
Page Name: Maggi's Incredibly Complete Tick Links Page
Site: http://kira.intranet.org/~maggi/tick.html
*A probably exhaustive list of Tick WWW pages
Page Name: The Tick's Dart Game
Site: http://www.math.unh.edu/~black/cgi-bin/dartMap
*A new and different Tick page
Page Name: The Action Figure Web Page
Site: http://www.aloha.com/~randym/action_figures
*Good information and pictures of Tick figures
Page Name: Movie Madness Merchandise
Site: http://www.ishops.com/moviemadness/tick.html
*Get your Tick merchandise here
Page Name: Mike and Nirah's Tick Custom Figures
Site: http://rocinante.colorado.edu/~mnowak/tick.html
*Some really nifty customized action figures
Page Name: The Tick FAQ
Site: http://jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu/~chester/tick.html
*This very document, hypertexted
Page Name: (The Tick talks about final exams)
Site: http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~blah/tick.html
Due to the large number of Tick pages (which seems to be increasing
exponentially), I don't have room to put all of them here...try Maggi's
page (above). My apologies, if I've removed your page from the FAQ.
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7.0 Are there any clubs/associations devoted to the Tick that I can
be a member of?
Yes: The Tick Society, the Mystic Order of Arachnid Vigilance.
The Tick Society can be joined for $12.00 by sending in a coupon from the
back of Tick comics (or from the NEC catalog). Members receive a field
kit containing the Tick Society Handbook, a glossy photo of the Tick, a
Cypher-Matic Decoder Wheel, a certificate of membership, a membership
card, an Official MOAV Implement of Menace (a straw) and a Spoon!
Contact NEC (see Q4.6) for membership information.
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8.0 Are there any Tick toys or other types of merchandise?
8.1 Which 3" figures have been produced?
BanDai has produced a line of 3" molded figures that include the
Tick, Arthur, American Maid, Sewer Urchin, Crusading Chameleon, the Human
Bullet, Dyna-Mole, Dean, El Seed and Chairface.
8.2 What about Dinosaur Neil?
The 3" figure was not originally produced due to "production
problems". However, since August, 1996, there have been sightings of
Dinosaur Neil in Canada with the Irwin Toys logo.
8.3 Will there be any future additions to this line?
Originally, Ban Dai was going to add the Evil Midnight Bomber
What Bombs at Midnight, Die Fledermaus, Barry, Leaping Tick, Tick in a
Tuxedo, Mole King, Tuun-La, Pineapple Pokopo, Lava Man and Captain
Mucilage. Whatever became of this, I don't know. There were also rumors
about a playset being released for the 3" figures.
8.4 What 6" poseable action figures have been released?
The first line of 6" figures included the Tick, Arthur, Sewer
Urchin, the Human Bullet, Dean, Dinosaur Neil, Dyna-Mole, El Seed,
Man-Eating Cow, Die Fledermaus. These came out spring, 1995.
Series II came out November, 1995, and include Stop Sign-Hurling
Tick, Mucus Tick, American Maid, Crusading Chameleon, Thrakkorzog and
Skippy the Flying Dog.
Sometime in 1996, the 4 Talking Ticks were released. The
Tourist Tick wears Bermuda shorts and says "Hang 10 for Justice!" The
Natural Tick wears nothing and says "...or maybe not." The "I Love
Wheat" Tick (from THE TICK vs. PROTO-CLOWN) says "Mysteries Abound." The
final Tick wears a t-shirt saying "I Dig Dinosaur Neil".
8.5 When were Man-Eating Cow and Die Fledermaus released?
First sitings of these figures occured in late July/early August,
1995.
8.6 Will there be any upcoming additions to this line?
None that I know of...
8.7 What is "The Steel Box"?
In the first cartoon, THE TICK vs. THE IDEA MEN, the Tick won
the superhero convention by surving "The Steel Box", a large mean-looking
box that contains all sorts of painful tortures. BanDai released
The Steel Box for use with the 6" figures.
8.8 Are there any Tick bend-ems?
In early fall, 1996, Gordy Toy released Tick Bend-Ems! These
figures included the Tick, Arthur, American Maid, El Seed, and The Terror.
8.9 Did Taco Bell release Tick kid's meals that contained toys?
In 1995, Taco Bell had a Tick promotion with Tick kid's
meals that contained toys. These toys included a Tick finger puppet,
a wall-crawling Arthur, a Tick on roller-skates that smashes through a
wall, a Thrakkorzog water squirter and a few vinyl decals.
Beginning February 1996, TB released a new set of toys with Tick
kid's meals. These toys were larger and nicer than the first set. They
included a balancing Tick, a gliding Arthur, a submersible Sewer
Urchin and a Brainchild.
8.10 What was the Life cereal offer?
Recently, Life cereal has had an offer in which you could send
away for a set of 4 Tick pogs and a slammer with two UPC symbols from
Life cereal. This offer was good until July 31, 1996.
8.11 Are those the same pogs I saw at Toys R Us?
Supposedly, they are supposed to be limited edition. I'd know
for sure if I would have received the ones I sent a way for :(. There
is also a set of 60 pogs that are available at various stores
that sell pogs, such as Toys R Us.
8.12 Isn't there a Tick video game?
Yes; at least out for Super Nintendo and the Sega Genesis.
Fortunately, someone did their homework on the cartoon and the comic
books. Unfortunately, they didn't develop the game itself, but it's
worth a look.
8.13 What other Tick toys are there?
There is a 15" Talking Tick.
There was supposed to be a line of Micro Machines that star
characters from the Tick.
There is a line of wind-up toys featuring the
Tick; these figures include the Tick, Arthur, El Seed, the Human Bullet,
Dyna-Mole and Sewer Urchin.
Finally, there is a board game featuring the Tick and the
villains that he has fought, The Tick: Hip Deep in Evil.
8.14 What about other Tick merchandise?
New t-shirts, caps and posters have popped up in stores that
sell movie, tv or comic book related merchandise. I've even seen a
Tick bandana. NEC will send a catalog of merchandise that they carry
to anyone that writes them at the snail mail or e-mail addresses above.
NEC also has a catalog on the web page above.
Recently, Fox Kids Network has produced a set of trading cards
for their Saturday morning cartoons. Of the 150 cards in the regular set,
the Tick and the supporting cast make up a 62-card subset. Of the 24
pop-up cards appearing in this set, The first ten are Tick cards. Ten
animated cel cards also appeared in this set in about 1 of every 6 packs.
The first two cel cards were of the Tick and Dinosaur Neil.
A Tick CD will be coming out that contains music from the show.
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9.0: Who wrote the Tick FAQ?
9.1 Who wrote the Tick FAQ?
I wrote and now maintain the FAQ, along with the help of a
number of people (see Q9.2).
9.2 Who has contributed to the Tick FAQ?
I would like to thank the following people for assistance (direct
and indirect) with this FAQ:
David T. Chappell (davidc@leland.stanford.edu), whose Superman
FAQ inspired this one and acted as a model for it.
"Roxy" Meinhold (khleyr@leland.stanford.edu), who was the first
person to really help out with the FAQ.
"Bigshot" (bigshot@cipsinc.com) and _The Tick Page_ (see WWW
pages above) for providing up-to-date information on certain aspects of
the television show and merchandising.
Randy Matthews (randym@aloha.com) and _The Action Figure Web
Page_ (see WWW pages above) for providing info about the action figures.
Kenneth Willey, who gave some good comments and suggestions.
Eric Benchimol (ericben@io.org) and _The Hype! Comic Cafe_
(http://www.hype.com/comics/cafe/comicafe.htm) for current information.
Also contributing:
Dane Johnson (klaatu@halcyon.com)
David Filip (grimlock@u.washington.edu)
Alex Hart (alhart@ucdavis.edu)
David Llewellyn (dwbl@ix.netcom.com)
Jeffrey Kreth (jkreth@ConnectI.com)
Matthew Hubbard (leofosse@crl.com)
Scott Purdy (spurdy@pomona.edu)
Jonathan Steckelberg (cujs7@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu)
Also thank you to all the people who have helped out by writing and by
asking questions. If I have neglected to mention your name, please let
me know. Thanks.
9.3 Can I help with the Tick FAQ?
Yes! Please let me know if you have any questions needing
answers or if you have any suggestions/corrections/flames. I can be
reached at chester@ren.psy.jhu.edu.
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DISCLAIMER#2: The Tick and related characters are copyrighted and are
registered trademarks of Ben Edlund. Related materials are copyrighted
by New England Comics. The Tick Animated Series is copyrighted by Fox
Kid's Network, Inc. Mention of the characters and materials in this
document is without permission of Ben Edlund, NEC or Fox Kids Network,
but this use is not intended to challenge Mr. Edlund's, NEC's or Fox
Kids Network's trademark rights or copyrights. Readers who want to learn
more about The Tick are encouraged to purchase the comic books and watch
the animated series. Permission is granted for non-profit distribution
of this document, provided it remains intact and the original authorship
is acknowledged. Any other use requires the written permission of the
author.
Copyright 1996 by James Manchester
--
Jim Manchester
chester@ren.psy.jhu.edu
"Rugged, self-assured, adult...these are the words that
describe the man who wears a moustache." -The Tick
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