What was that old cartoon on MTV?

Cafe Society
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OK – First of all, as far as I can tell, I already posted this, and I don’t know what happened to it.

Back in about 1995, MTV aired a cartoon that was back-to-back, IIRC, with AeonFlux. (the recent commercials for AF made me think of it).

It was basically panels from a comic book with a voice over on each one. The only “movement” would be the camera zooming in or out on each still.

At least I assumed it was a comic book.

I liked it. I found it hypnotic and a little haunting. I think it was about a little girl or something.

Any idea what I’m talking about? Was it a comic book? Is it out in trade paperbacks?

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Heh… I bought a membership just to answer this… :smiley:

I even have the VHS tape.

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It wasn’t “The Maxx”, was it? (Probably not, but I figured I’d give it a shot.)

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Ding. SDMB owes Trunk $7.50.

Yup, that was it. And the name still doesn’t ring a bell, but that’s definitely it.

I’ll have to check out the local comic book store sometime soon.

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The Maxx pales in comparison to The Head.

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Wow. Bold statement. I can’t necessarily say I disagree, though. Maybe a thread discussing the relative merits of various and sundry Liquid TV shows is in order?

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I’m confused by the OP’s description—“The Maxx” was (very well) animated, not just panning over a bunch of stills.

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I’m dying for a DVD. There are used tapes selling on ebay for over $50.

sigh

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Well, it’s possible I’m misremembering what I saw.

Or, it’s possible that my question HASN’T been answered but that I said “that’s it” because I’m conflating the two.

Or, is it possible the Maxx had a considerable amount of what I described?

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I remember the show using that device at times.

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Yup, I recall that the beginning of the show (and maybe exposition scenes) used the voice over and stills. Very cool.

Now I’m off to check VHS prices on eBay. I can always use a few extra bucks. :smiley:

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I have it all taped from MTV, waybackthen. I tried to order the official VHS from Amazon around 1999, and they took my order, but two months later told me they couldn’t get it.

Boo.