Angus Oblong
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Angus Oblong is an American author and artist. He is best known as the creator of the short-lived cult television series The Oblongs, and the author of Creepy Susie & 13 Other Tragic Tales for Troubled Children (1999).
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[edit] Background
Oblong attended the University of California, Berkeley. He resides in Los Angeles, California with his pet pig named The Countess.
Angus Oblong likes to live a life of secrecy, so when people ask him about his personal information, he usually provides false information. He mentioned in one interview that he lies in every interview. He provides a false age in interviews, claiming to be from 20-110. After mentioning his age he often adds that he plans on dying soon. According the Oblongs DVD Commentary, Bruce Helford, The Oblongs director, mentions that his company found a young artist in San Francisco.
[edit] Books
His books are often written to resemble children's stories, but are geared towards adults, and are usually about bizarre situations, including people with "freakish" deformities, demonic possession and murder, among other topics. The stories almost always end in gruesome or bizarre deaths to at least one character.
He has one nationally published book, "Creepy Susie & 13 Other Tragic Tales For Troubled Children." It consists of 13 short stories of adult-oriented humor. Many of the characters from his TV Series "The Oblongs" appear in this book, including Milo and Creepy Susie.
He sells individual stories on his website. He named the book "13 More Tragic Tales for Ugly Children" (As Opposed to Troubled).
He also sells books that contain some of the art he has created over the years. He has 3 books, Angus Oblong Random Drawings Book One, Book Two and Book Three. He sells them on his website.
[edit] The Oblongs
His short-lived cult TV series, The Oblongs, airing as originals on The WB and in syndication on TBS, continues the strangeness of his books, but in a somewhat less gruesome way.
It was released on DVD in 2004, it includes the whole series plus interviews with Angus Oblong and more of the shows staff.
[edit] Art
Angus Oblong sells original pieces artwork online. They are usually politically incorrect and geared for adults. He often sells pieces of characters from the Oblongs, sometimes more adult than the show. Another kind of picture he sells is the Evil Woman series. This also includes Evil Kitty and Evil Cherubs.
[edit] Other work
Oblong wrote, directed, and produced Deliriously Jen, a television pilot that aired on Comedy Central and was shown at several film festivals in 2005.
The Victorian Hotel, a play written by Oblong, and created in association with Rogue Artists Ensemble, featuring many of his characters as puppets, played October thru December 2006 in Santa Monica at the Powerhouse Theatre.
[edit] Trivia
Oblong says that the Milo which appeared in his book, Creepy Susie & 13 Other Tragic Tales for Troubled Children, was based off of a young form of himself. He also said that the Milo that appeared on the television show, The Oblongs was a watered down version of his creation.
