Hey folks, your pal Dave, El Cosmico here, with more info about Nickelodeon's, or rather Jhonen Vasquez' excellent animated series, INVADER ZIM

Someone who's associated with the show was kind enough to pass along some more info to us, and here, I share it with you. I remind you, INVADER ZIM is on Nickelodeon, every Friday evening, at 8PM Central. Here's our man, Agent Darkbootie with more info:

Greetings Señor Cosmico,

I'm one of the doomed souls living inside the bowels of "Invader ZIM" here at Nick, and I have some information to pass on to the ZIM fans out there. Nothing earth-rending, just a few things I would have posted on the Talkback if it hadn't scrolled off so quickly.

1. For those flocking to the San Diego Comic-Con, ZIM is being paired on a panel with "Fairly Oddparents" for no other reason than Nickelodeon's lazy publicity department. Hapless hearts torn between Jhonen Vasquez and the simultaneously-running Kevin Smith panel should know that the "Oddparents" half of the Nickstravaganza is slated to run first, so they can discretely sneak away from Kevin after half an hour and make the ZIM Shindig of Love. I'm sure Kevin won't be hurt.

2. They will be screening one, possibly two new episodes of ZIM -- which episodes are not yet determined -- after which, Jhonen will pretend to answer questions from the audience.

3. Yes, the accursed streak of reruns will end in August, and a whole slew of new epsiodes are slated to come down the pipe. Among them are such titles as "Bad, Bad Rubber Piggy," "Invasion of the Idiot Dogbrain," "A Room With a Moose," "Hamstergeddon," "Bloaty's Pizza Hog," "A Plague of Babies," and others. Could one ask for more? One could, but one would be ignored.

4. The total number of episodes this season will be 20. (That's 14 new ones still to come.) And Nick has picked us up for a second season of 20 more. Season two is in the script stage right now, while season one cartoons are still in production. It takes much, much longer to make a cartoon than to watch it, you see.

5. In the upcoming episodes, ZIM at no point falls in love, learns a lesson in life, adopts a lovable orphan boy, or discovers the true meaning of Christmas. He does, however, do battle with the fearsome Hogulus.

6. The Almighty Tallest will be in more stuff.

If you could pass this info on to those in need, I'd sleep much better at night.

Many Thanks,

Agent Darkbootie

Many thanks to YOU, Agent Darkbootie.

Readers, I exhort you to watch this show if you have any inclination to wacky animated shows. I'm sure you will be satisfied on some level.