Sollum September 2024 update

  Hello folks Marcus s (trash panda here)

I don't know if you'll read this or not i am using a Starbucks Wi-Fi signal that's weak in town. I won't lie...i can't work on ep5 or ep6 or ep7 right now. My home/apartment was struck bad by Hurricane Helena and now we are without power, running water or gas. Me and my partner have stood in line for several hours to get food with cash only at the grocery store that had some power running, we got one 24 pack of water for free as Sam's club was handing them out. Luckily we're packing lightly to get out of town now and head to my partners parents home if we can get out of north Carolina.

And to make matters worse on this my lease for my apartment i mentioned i was moving out of this month. The lease for it is over next friday So I will have to find a way to move my stuff if I can find a place with rent trucks still working that hasn't been washed out. All while knowing there's a strong chance there could be another hurricane that will come that same path to hit us like Helena did which would flood out everything again this weekend into next week and make recovering anything in said apartment impossible...

But as of now i can no longer promise if or when any comics, full episodes or any work on madtown will occur. Im sorry if this upsets you i hate this too espically with all the kind support from you all lately with the recent New episode clips and stuff I've posted it means alot but I have no way to work on it and I am sorry. I whole hearted promise the second i can i will SO DO SO! You all mean the world to me, madtown and it's characters mean the world me.

I will update you when and where i can and please if you're also effected by this stay safe, be safe and be kind. We've seen scary litteral fights breaking out from people getting food and what donations are going out, so please be kind and safe to one another and we will make it through this.

I love you all, stay safe, be good people and I'll talk to you guys later! - sincerely Marcus s (Trash panda animator) 

Hey there ho there hi there!

I hope you all are doing well! It's going to be a crazy month ahead for me with moving and stuff. But here's a little update on what's coming up! I know I promised many of you a Christmas special this year and 2 more episodes after to round out this first season but honestly I keep giving it thought and there are some days I'm tempted to do just the Christmas episode, the season finale and just let that be it for now. I'm not gonna lie things haven't been easy for me with this project some days but I'm not gonna up and quit because I want to at the very least cap off this story arc.

Basically what I'm saying is after the Christmas special episode there might just be one more episode and that'll be all from me for a while. I'm sorry I know that sucks to hear but i want to either A learn to do better animation and framing or B find a way to get help animating episodes to make them look as good as you guys deserve...because I read all the comments and i know not everyone thinks of my style as "good looking" for lack of a better term.

So i will either try to attempt enhancing my artwork and animation, assemble a team or if none of that works and i still feel this way I might retire this project. I say that because as i said i read all the comments, the questions and the feedback on all platforms and the "copycat" comments, the "this is trash/furry bait" comments and the "your animation sucks get the thumbnail artist to animate for you" comments hurt the most. Especially when it's just myself animating all of this for months on end in my spare time outside of work, spending time with my family, friends and my partner. It hurts to read that and know i spent so much time only for people to see it that way and hate what i made. I need and want to do better but I don't know if i can and it is on that somber note that i will say i cannot guarantee 2 episodes after Christmas any longer it might just be one and done after that.

I'm sorry

- Sincerely Marcus s (Trash panda Animator)

I just wanted to say a little something for those who follow me here as i feel perhaps you have more of a intrest in my art than others perhaps? Or at the very least it seems you like to know more of how things are going.

I won't lie i am currently taking a how many put it "much deserved and long over due" break for the next week or two from animating, drawing or doing anything on social media related to madtown stuff really. 

I NEVER stopped to take breaks between episodes since January...i animated ep3 with the devil then jumped straight into the love bugs one then ep4 and my parts for this year's big christmas episode and not once for more than a day or so did i break. Til now...with ep5 and how meaningful both it and the next episode will be for this story...I want to put my best foot forward and i couldn't do that in good faith with how i felt last week before i started this break. I could tell I was rushing and trying to move along quickly without enjoying it. i also was doing art prompts and forcing myself to post sketches and regular unimportant stuff on social media to keep my content relevant and while some of the prompts were fun it wasn't always the case.

That's not how I did things when i started this project and I'm not going to let it continue down that path. So please know I'm going to take this much needed break then I'll go back to swinging at ep5. But after that and even between now and then don't exspect to much. There might be the odd drawing or two but that's gonna be about it and if that's upsetting i do understand but that's not how i want to be with my project anymore. 

Thank you for your time and have a pleasant rest of your day friends

- sincerely Marcus s (Trash Panda Animator) 

So this is my little monthly report so all can know what's going on with the show and what not ! As well as get a sense of what to exspect! 

As of now main animation is done for this year's big christmas episode. However it will take time for my guest animators and artists to do their pieces for the episodes "jumping from universe to universe"/changing art styles as they beat up Santa thing. Buy i foreseen this would happen so that's why i went and did all my artwork and animation i could do on my end to make sure the others had all their refrences and art to go off of for their segments. 

That being said! It's still going to be ready for Christmas this year. As for what I'm working on now as you may have seen from the recent "ep5 clip - meet robbie" video i am currently starting to animate episode 5 of madtown season 1. As far as progress i would say im maaaaaaybe 10 or 15 percent done with animating it. I would love to say I'll have it done for a release on halloween but unfortunately given ill have to move in the coming months and ill be dealing with that fun...sooo unfortunately as of now unless there is a miracle in the next two months. i don't think that a halloween release would be do able. 

Rest assured I will continue to work on it when and where i can. I will take all the time i need to make it look and sound the best i can. But again Just know it might come out later than October or maybe even next year if it has too. But.when it is finished and I've done all i can to make sure all the animation, sound and music composing is as good as i can make it then i will upload it. 

Also fun fact! 

Me and my friend Wiley just finished writing, editing and composing the song Maxine and her band will preform in episode 5. It was SO much fun to write a actual song of our own for the show like that with lyrics, metal guitar solos and all that! It's awesome ! And i cannot wait for you all to see her performance of it in the episode! 

Lastly i know the channel reached 15k subscribers i did gather the questions me and the show's characters will anwser. They have been sent off to said actors for those characters and i can say i think given the fun their having improving anwsers to your questions and all that. You're all in for a real treat when it comes out trust me! It might take some time though given a couple of the actors have personal life stuff of their own going on as well. But please know it will happen once i get all the lines and have time to animate it after ep5 probably. I know that'll probably upset some of you but please be patient and understand that the people i work with mean alot to me and i don't want to rush them along for my silly show lol itll come eventually it just might be a tad late is all lol.

Anyways! That's all for now though folks, in the meantime exspect any updates or cute art prompts or webcomics to maybe pop up here or on Twitter, deviantart or YouTube in the meantime. Til we meet again i thank you all for your kind words, your love and your support for this series, it's characters and it's story. I cannot tell you how much me and my team love reading your theories, seeing your fanart or even seeing your supporting kind comments and words. It means alot to all of us ❤

Til next time i hope you all have a great rest of your week, take care of yourself and have a awesome day friends 

- sincerly TRASH PANDA ANIMATOR 

Marcus s 

CONGRATULATIONS EVERYONE!!!!

YOU GUYS REACHED IT!!! The 15k subscriber milestone has been reached and thus i will be making a Q&A for you all! You may ask me or any of the madtown characters who have appeared in the show thus far any question you'd like! HOWEVER !

there are 3 rules you should know !

1 There will be 20 questions chosen at random across deviantart, x/Twitter, furrafinity, newgrounds amd youtube.

2 any graphic questions will be ignored be default. Questions must be sfw and not nsfw.

3 some will be ignored if they break cannon and acknowledge outside franchises

That being said have fun and have fun! I cannot wait! Also we all at the madtown crew want to say we have loved your madtown fanart, fan theories and your over all love and support! It means alot to us and we are eternally greatful for you awesome fans!

Due to recent events it's become clear newgrounds doesn't approve of the madtown minute long shorts and they are being continually flagged. Thus from now on them and the comics i sometimes do here will be only on my deviant, YouTube and Twitter pages respectfully.

Sorry for the inconvenience