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Halloween Breaking News

2009-10-23T09:46:00.000-07:00

It's almost Halloween. The Gloomers are getting all dressed up to appear in their first Halloween special. It will be so cool because famous Horror Director Scott Spiegel will be joining the Gloomers in this extended episode. Spiegel is most famous for his work on Evil Dead II along with his close friend Sam Raimi, now of Spiderman fame. Spiegel did an amazing job with his voice over work..making his character really come alive for Halloween. Scott is a real character in real life. Very funny and animated in his own right. So it was extra easy to animate him for Halloween. The episode airs on Tuesday, October 27th.

Here is more on Scott Spiegel.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Spiegel

Here is a great blog post from the wonderful folks from Aniboom.com about our upcoming Gloomers episode:

http://blog.aniboom.com/post/2009/10/19/The-Gloomers-Halloween-Special.aspx

See you soon!
Love, The Gloomers

Breaking News!

2009-07-19T16:38:00.000-07:00

Wow, what a time for the Gloomers! We head to Comic Con in San Diego this coming week with a real tailwind. So much news to report:

1) We signed an equity deal to have Hollywood powerhouse Jetset Studios to help produce, write, and edit the Gloomers weekly animated series. They worked with the major movie studios and have worked with stars like WIll Farrell, Seth Rogan and director Judd Apatow. We also hired a fantastic new animation team of Seth Johnson and Scott Leeds, also headquartered in LA. We hope to turn up the funny with Jetset and the new animation team. You can check out the new cartoons on our Facebook Group, YouTube (or check out the videos on The Gloomers)

2) We are unveiling our weekly Gloomers comic strip at Comic Con later this week. Written by DC Comics veteran Kelley Puckett and illustrator extraordinaire Scotland Barnes.

3) We retooled The Gloomers Gloom Rooms so you can upload your own Gloom Room images, post your own links, and make the space more intimate and personal for you to vent and talk with your friends.

There is a great deal of other activity as well. Time and time again, our fans tell us they love the look and feel of The Gloomers family. The vintage Hanna Barbera look and feel makes people happy, and offers a whiff of nostalgia, though the family is clearly at home in their own dysfunctional way in the 21st century. You can buy Gloomers character merchandise at our Gloomingdales online store.

We hope to make you laugh. And remember, no matter how bad your day has been, The Gloomers day is always worse!

Cheers. The Management

New Gloomer Features!

2009-06-08T08:27:00.000-07:00

Dear fellow Gloomers; we are so glad you like our cartoons. Every day we feel so animated. But now we are adding new, fun features to the Gloomer community!

We just added a new community front page to the gloomers.com. The new page includes

The Daily Gloom: Top Glooms, Crazy Glooms and an Uber Gloomer profile
Gloomingdale's: our new online merchandise store
Gloomer ECards
Visit the Gloomers character Gloom Rooms
Several areas allow you to click to: visit the Gloomers character Gloom Rooms, make you own Gloom Room and join
You can learn more about what thegloomers.com is all about with a detailed explanation of The Gloomers experience

Please let us know what you think of the new changes. I gotta go get my gloom out, see you soon.

Regards. Dooman Gloomer

New Site Features Added!

2009-05-26T18:38:00.000-07:00

Based on input from numerous humanoids and Gloomers, we implemented a number of important new features to the Enter The Community section of our website. Many people said they want to see what their friends are glooming about, and "get inside" the gloomoments we are stimulating and creating. You can see these changes after you log on to thegloomers.com with your username and password, click on My Gloom Room above. Then you will see these new features below the flash on your room.

So, in a tab format, we have rolled out the following new features:

GloomFeed (what your friends are glooming about)
Most Popular (Best of the worst glooms, top gloom rooms, top gloomer tv segments)
Live Glooms (most recent glooms on our site)
My Glooms (your glooming area, where you can gloom and see your past glooms)
Gloomer TV (our comedian rants/video gloom section)
Webisodes (you click on this to go to the new Gloomers family microsite to view Gloomers family webisodes and more)

Next up: we will soon have a new landing page after you click on Enter The Community that will include he Daily Gloom: Top Gloomers, UberGloomer of the week and the Best of the Worst. This will be the gateway into the Gloomers community, and include contest and Gloomer merchandise from our new store Gloomingdale's.

Cheers. Dan

The Gloomers Launch Party Update

2009-05-12T10:57:00.000-07:00

We had an ultra fabulous Gloomers cartoon launch party at the House of Blues on Friday night. We had a great turnout. Gloomy drinks, and everyone seemed to love the cartoon and atmosphere. Thanks to all who made it in person. For those of you who could not be with us, we felt your spirit. We are off and running, and have high hopes for the Gloomers!

We debuted the Worst Day Ever Gloomers cartoon, you can enjoy it now on our website, or go to thegloomers.com/youtube to check it out.

You can also check out some of the photos of our party on this page.

Love, The Gloomers Family.

You're Invited - The Gloomers Launch Party At House Of Blues In LA

2009-05-04T09:28:00.000-07:00

An historic event will be taking place on Friday, May 8^th. A new cartoon family, The Gloomers, will come to life before your very eyes. Taken from the rib of some of the early pioneers of Hanna Barbera, The Gloomers will make you laugh. No matter how bad your day has been, The Gloomers day is always worse.

Meet the Gloomers family: Dooman, Lotta, Junior, Notta, and Moses. Watch their “Worst Day Ever” new cartoon at the opening bash, enjoy funny rants from our GloomerTV comedians, and compete for gloomy prizes.

House of Blues in LA is the home for The Gloomers launch party. How appropriate! Come one, come all. And be sure to check us out at www.thegloomers.com.

Party details:

Where:

House of Blues
8430 Sunset Blvd

West Hollywood, CA 90069
Info & Directions: http://www.houseofblues.com/venues/clubvenues/sunsetstrip/

When:

Friday, May 8^th from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Meet The Gloomers

2009-04-15T08:56:00.000-07:00

Hi, we’re The Gloomers family. Every week we have a family cartoon webisode. Sometimes we also show up on the Gloomers website, unannounced.

Our webisodes show The Gloomers are we really are, and if you happen to laugh at us, that’s fine. Some people tell us we remind them of the way cartoons used to be in the Hanna Barbara days, the Looneytunes days. People say our cartoon webisodes have heart and soul, just like then. Cool.

Most people laugh at us, not with us. We hope that you will grow to like or even love us.

We live in Seattle, where it always rains. Don’t let anyone convince you otherwise. It always rains. And now, let us tell you a bit about our family:

Dooman: I’m the dad in The Gloomers. For some reason, it almost always rains no matter wherever I go., even when it is sunny outside, some black could always follows me. I am short, and somewhat rotund around the middle. If I do screw things up all of the time, it’s not my fault. It appears to be a genetic trait, a long-standing Gloomers family gene. In fact I remember my Grandfather said he was cursed. I work at an insurance company and prepare actuarial tables. I tried Rogaine to cure my baldness, but it did not work, instead it grew hair on my toes. My son Junior still lives at home in the basement even though he is 23. It makes me so mad. He needs to get a job.

Lotta: I’m the Mother of The Gloomers: I’m smart, tough, and all about fashion. Don’t mess with me. I am a Fashionista. Dooman and I have, shall we say, a curious relationship. It needs work, suffice it to say. And if he tells you he never screws up, don’t believe it! The best part of my day is when I leave our crazy home and go to work. I love the kids and everything, but, whenever I get home, I get pulled into that crazy vortex of gloom. Something always goes wrong! Oh, by the way, my son Junior says he has his own apartment, but actually he lives in our basement. Kind of a dungeon, but he likes it down there except when it floods. He has a pet spider, Cunape. God knows what else lives down there.

Dooman Gloomer Junior: I’m 23 years old and live in a killer basement apartment crib. Okay I am videogame addict, in particular I love Everquest. I designed and built a killer electronic helmet made of every electronic device from Bluetooth to Ipod. I live inside this amazing electronics world. It helps me to tune out the gloom and craziness of my family, some people think it makes me look like a Borg from Star Trek, but I think it’s a chick magnet..although I’ve never had a girlfriend. The best thing in my life is my pet spider Cunape. My mom and dad drive me crazy! I need a vacation from them.

Notta Gloomer: I love the stars and I love the light. It’s always sunny wherever I go even when my family is gloomy and going down the tubes, which is most of the time. I love music, and pets and fashion, like my Mom. Moses is my pet parrot, I got him when I was six from the Animal Shelter.. I want to save the world, save all of the animals that are supposedly going extinct. That is so sad. I love nature, and especially love the ocean. I can swim for days and days…. One time my aunt said she saw a halo over my head like an angel. I don’t know what she meant, but it sounded cool. I actually hope I do have a guardian angel.

Moses Gloomer: I am the family parrot. I have been to the mountain. I have seen great things. I have had considerable wisdom bestowed upon me about the human condition. Greatness has been thrust upon me, and with that I carry great responsibility.. My IQ is terribly high, I am not just smart, I am wise, there is a difference which I will teach you. I give The Gloomers family advice to keep them from slipping into the gloom vortex. Not an easy task when it comes to the Gloomers family. They are the very definition of dysfunctional. Notta adopted me at the animal shelter where I had a near death experience. I am forever in her debt.

Other characters:

Cuñape: Cuñape is Junior’s pet spider. Gorgeous female spider with long lashes and a swagger.

Grumpy Frankle MD: Grumpy Frankle MD is the Gloomers family doctor

Welcome To The Gloomers

2009-04-14T14:12:00.001-07:00

Dear Gloomers extended family:

The Gloomers are coming, The Gloomers are coming...The Gloomers are here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, we are excited. Why else would we add so many exclamation points on this subject line!!

After nearly 142 years of preparation and work, 16 different wars, numerous Presidents and Michael Jackson surgeries, TheGloomers.com launches today in public beta. Wow.

We think you will find The Gloomers to be a truly a special place. It is home to a new animated cartoon family: The Gloomers. We will have weekly cartoon "webisodes". These will hopefully graduate one day into being a TV show on traditional television. Meanwhile, we believe The Gloomers will have broad appeal and live quite comfortably on the internet. The Gloomers is also a social network where you can vent and "get your gloom out" about your girlfriend, taxes, French people, or whatever you want. You get your own animated "Gloom Room" where you gloom/vent with your friends in fun environment. Misery loves company, right? Finally, you can watch some very funny comedians on our Gloomer TV, and rate/comment on any content on the website.

If you think about it, there is no other site quite like TheGloomers.com on the web. Yes, that is quite a statement, quite a claim. But few sites have the blend of experience and interactivity that you will find on TheGloomers.com. You be the judge and check it out. Please invite your friends and enemies. :))

Oh and about the weather for today: Expect Gloom. Extended Forecast: More Gloom.

Cheers.

Dan Mechem
Chief Glooming Officer
The Gloomers.com

The Gloomers Help/FAQ

2009-04-14T09:45:00.000-07:00

Greetings Gloomers!

As we get ready for launch, here is a tip on how to customize your room:
1. Once in your room, click on settings in the upper right hand corner.
2. Scroll down to "change room theme"
3. Choose a room theme and click update
4. Go back to your gloom room and click customize
5. Currently you can customize your wall color, furniture color and rug style by repeatedly clicking on those items and cycling through the available colors.
6. Once satisfied with your color scheme, click save and your room is ready to present to the world.

Post Your Gloomback Here

2009-04-09T17:43:00.000-07:00

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