Dick Figures
Dick Figures is an American adult animated web series created by Ed Skudder and written, directed, and produced by Skudder and Zack Keller. The series, featuring two humanlike stick figures named Red and Blue who are best friends, aired for the first time on November 18, 2010. Episodes, which are typically under 4-minutes in length, are distributed on YouTube by Mondo Media. The series is aimed at mature audiences. In 2012, Keller was nominated for an Annie Award for Directing in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production for the episode titled "Kung Fu Winners".
| Dick Figures | |
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Red and Blue in the episode "Losing Streakers" | |
| Genre | |
| Created by | Ed Skudder |
| Written by | Ed Skudder Zack Keller |
| Directed by | Ed Skudder Zack Keller |
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| Theme music composer | Ed Skudder |
| Opening theme | "Dick Figures Theme" (performed by Ed Skudder) |
| Composers | Nick Keller Ed Skudder Nick Ainsworth |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 54 (List of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Chapman Maddox |
| Producers | Ed Skudder (uncredited) Zack Keller (uncredited) Andy Fiedler (uncredited) |
| Animators |
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| Editor | Zack Keller |
| Running time | 2–5 minutes |
| Production companies | 6 Point Harness Remochoso YouTube Studio |
| Original release | |
| Network | YouTube |
| Release | November 18, 2010 – November 8, 2015 |
The series, comprising over 50 episodes, has been viewed over 250 million times.
After raising $313,411 on Kickstarter, Dick Figures was eventually given a feature-length comedy adventure film, titled Dick Figures: The Movie. The 73-minute film became available on all major digital platforms on September 17, 2013.
Although some spin-off material was produced in 2015, the original run ended with the final episode of Season 5, "Figured Out", in July 2014.