{ "id": "ep782mk0cd", "slug": "dick-figures", "title": "Dick Figures", "updated": "2026-11-01", "topic_path": [ { "id": "culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture" }, { "id": "culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series", "label": "Series and fictional screen worlds", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_unscripted", "label": "Unscripted, reality, and web-native series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_unscripted" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_web_native", "label": "Web-native and streaming-original series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_web_native" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_web_native.comedy_general_webseries", "label": "Comedy, drama, and general-genre web series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_web_native.comedy_general_webseries" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_web_native.comedy_general_webseries.yr-1999-2016", "label": "Premiered 1999 to 2016", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_web_native.comedy_general_webseries.yr-1999-2016" } ], "geo": [ { "id": "geo.us.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_web_native.comedy_general_webseries.yr-1999-2016", "label": "United States · 2001 to 2020: Premiered 1999 to 2016", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_web_native.comedy_general_webseries.yr-1999-2016", "path": [ { "id": "geo.us", "label": "United States", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us" }, { "id": "geo.us.t2001", "label": "United States · 2001 to 2020", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.t2001" }, { "id": "geo.us.t2001.culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.t2001.culture" }, { "id": "geo.us.t2001.culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.t2001.culture.performance" }, { "id": "geo.us.t2001.culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.t2001.culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "geo.us.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series", "label": "Series and fictional screen worlds", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series" }, { "id": "geo.us.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_unscripted", "label": "Unscripted, reality, and web-native series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_unscripted" }, { "id": "geo.us.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_web_native", "label": "Web-native and streaming-original series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_web_native" }, { "id": "geo.us.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_web_native.comedy_general_webseries", "label": "Comedy, drama, and general-genre web series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_web_native.comedy_general_webseries" }, { "id": "geo.us.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_web_native.comedy_general_webseries.yr-1999-2016", "label": "Premiered 1999 to 2016", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_web_native.comedy_general_webseries.yr-1999-2016" } ] } ], "excerpt": "Dick Figures is a 2010-2014 flash-animated YouTube comedy web series by Ed Skudder and Zack Keller about stick figures Red and Blue, produced by Six Point Harness with Mondo Media, spanning five seasons and a Kickstarter-record 2013 feature film.", "snippet": "Dick Figures is a 2010-2014 flash-animated YouTube comedy web series by Ed Skudder and Zack Keller about stick figures Red and Blue, produced by Six Point Harness with Mondo Media, spanning five seasons and a Kickstarter-record 2013 feature film.", "node": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_web_native.comedy_general_webseries.yr-1999-2016", "markdown": "# Dick Figures\n\n**Dick Figures** is an American flash-animated comedy web series about two stick-figure friends, Red and Blue, created by Ed Skudder and Zack Keller, produced at the Los Angeles studio Six Point Harness, and distributed by Mondo Media on YouTube. The pilot, *A Bee or Something*, launched in 2010, and the series ran through 2014, producing five seasons, 50 episodes, and a 73-minute feature film.[1](https://www.edskudder.com/dick-figures-old) • [2](https://www.zackkeller.com/home/dickfiguresseries)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Created by | Ed Skudder; written, directed, and produced with Zack Keller[1](https://www.edskudder.com/dick-figures-old) |\n| First episode | *A Bee or Something*, 2010; first aired November 18, 2010[1](https://www.edskudder.com/dick-figures-old) • [3](https://www.moviefone.com/tv-shows/dick-figures/XKl35xPTfI1gS0OyuK9PM2/) |\n| Run | 2010–2014, five seasons, 50 episodes[2](https://www.zackkeller.com/home/dickfiguresseries) • [1](https://www.edskudder.com/dick-figures-old) |\n| Production | Six Point Harness, in association with Mondo Media[1](https://www.edskudder.com/dick-figures-old) |\n| Feature film | *Dick Figures: The Movie* (2013), 73 minutes, funded by a record $314,411 Kickstarter campaign[4](https://www.edskudder.com/dickfigures) • [5](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-youtube-stick-figure-cartoon-series-to-become-fulllength-film-20130730-story.html) |\n| Audience | 99% positive rating and roughly 1 billion views during its 2010–2014 run, per co-creator Zack Keller[2](https://www.zackkeller.com/home/dickfiguresseries) |\n| Recognition | Nominations for Annie, Streamy, Webby, and International Academy of Web & Television awards[2](https://www.zackkeller.com/home/dickfiguresseries) |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Premise and characters\n\nThe series follows two dysfunctional friends, Red and Blue, who, in the show's own tagline, make up for what they lack in smarts and sex appeal with a long string of bad decisions.[2](https://www.zackkeller.com/home/dickfiguresseries) Red is voiced by Ed Skudder and Blue by Zack Keller; the recurring cast includes Lauren K. Sokolov as Stacy, Shea Logsdon as Pink, Austin Madison as Earl Grey, and Ben Tuller as Lord Tourettes.[6](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/dick-figures/season-1) • [7](https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/dick-figures-the-movie) The humor is crude and built on internet culture: episode titles include *Chug-A-Chug-A-Brew-Brew* and *The Fart Knight Rises*, and the characters emote with the memetic \"rage faces\" common on message boards.[5](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-youtube-stick-figure-cartoon-series-to-become-fulllength-film-20130730-story.html) • [8](https://www.cinemablography.org/blog/flash-animations-other-champions) The show carries mature ratings in most territories, TV-MA in the United States and R for the film.[9](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1901983/parentalguide/) • [7](https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/dick-figures-the-movie)\n\n## Origin and production\n\nThe show grew out of an internal development project at Six Point Harness, where Skudder animated a short about two stick figures named Red and Blue. Studio development director Chapman Maddox saw the short and proposed developing it for the web, and Six Point partnered with Mondo Media, which distributed the series on its Mondo Mini Shows YouTube channel.[10](https://www.awn.com/news/dick-figures-web-series-launches-second-season) Skudder and Keller, who met at the [University of Southern California](https://www.edgepedia.org/university-of-southern-california)'s School of Cinematic Arts, wrote, directed, animated, and voiced the show themselves; Keller had previously worked as an editor at Pixar on *Ratatouille*, *WALL-E*, and *Up*.[10](https://www.awn.com/news/dick-figures-web-series-launches-second-season)\n\nGrowth was rapid. By June 2011, when the second season launched, the series had passed 17 million views on YouTube.[10](https://www.awn.com/news/dick-figures-web-series-launches-second-season) By July 2012, near the end of its fourth season, it had accumulated 135 million views in 18 months, averaged over four million unique views a week, and held a 99 percent positive rating; its first t-shirt order sold out in eight hours.[11](https://www.awn.com/news/dick-figures-breaks-kickstarter-record) The Los Angeles Times reported 350 million views in the series' first three years.[5](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-youtube-stick-figure-cartoon-series-to-become-fulllength-film-20130730-story.html) Keller's own site puts the total at roughly one billion views across the 2010–2014 run, and Skudder's site cites almost half a billion cross-platform views; the figures differ because they were measured at different times and scopes.[2](https://www.zackkeller.com/home/dickfiguresseries) • [1](https://www.edskudder.com/dick-figures-old)\n\n## Dick Figures: The Movie\n\nIn May 2012, Skudder and Keller launched a [Kickstarter](https://www.edgepedia.org/kickstarter) campaign to finance a feature film. It became the highest-funded animation project on Kickstarter at the time, and finished at $314,411, breaking the record for the most money raised for an animated project.[11](https://www.awn.com/news/dick-figures-breaks-kickstarter-record) • [4](https://www.edskudder.com/dickfigures) The 73-minute film was produced at Six Point Harness by a small team in under a year and set for digital release on September 17, 2013, through a partnership with YouTube, distributor Mondo Media, digital distribution company Cinedigm, and video-on-demand technology company Yekra.[4](https://www.edskudder.com/dickfigures) • [5](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-youtube-stick-figure-cartoon-series-to-become-fulllength-film-20130730-story.html) The plot sends Red and Blue around the world to find a powerful artifact.[12](https://www.netflix.com/title/70295156)\n\n**Release model.** To reward the fan funding, the film was released for free on YouTube in twelve chapters, with the option to buy the complete film from Mondo Media's website. Six Point Harness recouped its investment in three weeks, and YouTube dubbed the strategy the \"Dick Figures model\".[4](https://www.edskudder.com/dickfigures) The film was later drawn frame by frame in Flash, a rarity for feature-length animation; a survey of the medium identified it as one of only two such features.[8](https://www.cinemablography.org/blog/flash-animations-other-champions) It holds an R rating and a 6.5/10 IMDb score.[7](https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/dick-figures-the-movie)\n\n## Music and merchandise\n\nSoundtracks covering all five seasons and the film feature music and score by Nick Keller, with guest artists including the comedy-music duo [Ninja Sex Party](https://www.edgepedia.org/ninja-sex-party), who also performed *Dick Figures: The Movie - The Song*.[1](https://www.edskudder.com/dick-figures-old) • [4](https://www.edskudder.com/dickfigures) Merchandise demand grew alongside the audience, with soundtracks, apparel, and other products sold online.[11](https://www.awn.com/news/dick-figures-breaks-kickstarter-record)\n\n## Reception and legacy\n\nThe series drew award nominations for [Annie Awards](https://www.edgepedia.org/annie-awards) directing, International Academy of Web & Television Best Animated Series, Streamy Awards Best Animated Series, and Webby Awards Best Writing.[2](https://www.zackkeller.com/home/dickfiguresseries) On IMDb it holds a 7.7/10 rating from 743 user votes.[13](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1901983/ratings/) Six Point Harness CEO Brendan Burch credited Mondo Media with building the show into the number-one animated series on YouTube within a year of launch.[14](https://www.cartoonbrew.com/biz/call-for-submissions-new-animated-series-for-mondo-media-52669.html) The trademark registration for the name, filed by Six Point Harness in 2011, records a first use in commerce of November 1, 2010.[15](https://www.uspto.gov/web/trademarks/tmog/20120131_OG.pdf) Skudder's site describes the series as a cult hit of what it calls the internet's golden age of animation.[4](https://www.edskudder.com/dickfigures)\n\n## References\n\n1. [Dick Figures, Ed Skudder (official site)](https://www.edskudder.com/dick-figures-old)\n2. [Dick Figures The Series, Zack Keller (official site)](https://www.zackkeller.com/home/dickfiguresseries)\n3. [Dick Figures, Moviefone](https://www.moviefone.com/tv-shows/dick-figures/XKl35xPTfI1gS0OyuK9PM2/)\n4. [Dick Figures, Ed Skudder (official site, film page)](https://www.edskudder.com/dickfigures)\n5. [YouTube stick figure cartoon series to be full-length film, Los Angeles Times (July 30, 2013)](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-youtube-stick-figure-cartoon-series-to-become-fulllength-film-20130730-story.html)\n6. [Dick Figures Season 1, JustWatch](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/dick-figures/season-1)\n7. [Dick Figures: The Movie, JustWatch](https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/dick-figures-the-movie)\n8. [Flash Animation's Other Champions, Cinemablography](https://www.cinemablography.org/blog/flash-animations-other-champions)\n9. [Dick Figures Parents Guide, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1901983/parentalguide/)\n10. [Dick Figures Web Series Launches Second Season, Animation World Network (June 10, 2011)](https://www.awn.com/news/dick-figures-web-series-launches-second-season)\n11. ['Dick Figures' Breaks Kickstarter Record, Animation World Network (July 12, 2012)](https://www.awn.com/news/dick-figures-breaks-kickstarter-record)\n12. [Dick Figures the Movie, Netflix](https://www.netflix.com/title/70295156)\n13. [Dick Figures Ratings, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1901983/ratings/)\n14. [Call For Submissions: New Animated Series for Mondo Media, Cartoon Brew (November 14, 2011)](https://www.cartoonbrew.com/biz/call-for-submissions-new-animated-series-for-mondo-media-52669.html)\n15. 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