''Chadam'' is an animated web series by artist

Alex Pardee Alex Pardee is an American freelance artist, apparel designer, and comics creator writer, best known for illustrating the Used's album artwork. Career He has also done works for Hurley International, Twenty Twenty Skateboards, Bay Area rapper T ...

based on characters he created for a number of

The Used The Used is an American rock band from Orem, Utah, that formed in 2001. The group consists of vocalist Bert McCracken, bassist Jeph Howard, drummer Dan Whitesides, and guitarist Joey Bradford. Former members include Quinn Allman, Branden Stei ...

's album artwork and distributed by

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and Eye Suck Ink. ''Chadam'' is produced by Jason "Jace" Hall of HDFILMS Inc. The short series premiered June 15, 2010 on TheWB.com.

and its children's network,

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is closed, but the website is still open. ''Chadam'' appeared on the cover of ''

Lies for the Liars ''Lies for the Liars'' is the third studio album by American rock band the Used. It was released on May 22, 2007, and was certified gold by the RIAA on February 28, 2019. Background On September 12, 2006, it was announced that drummer Branden Stei ...

''. The episodes are nearly 4 to 5 minutes long.

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has the episodes in a collection called ''Chadam, the Complete Series''.

episodes are nearly the 13 minute mark because two short episodes are built into one, for example, "Cut from Cardboard" and "Ripley, Believe It or Not" are put together as "The Awakening". Hall pushed the boundaries of traditional filmmaking by using a computer game engine,

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, in order to meet the challenge of animating Pardee's surreal work.

List of episodes

*Cut from Cardboard *Ripley, Believe It or Not *Repressed Memories *Under Pressure *The Unsung and Undeveloped Hero *Little Orphan Viceroy *Sometimes The Strong Don't Survive *The Grave Escape *No Time to Say Hello, Goodbye *Dying is a Part of Life

References

External links

Chadam episodes on TheWB.com

Alex Pardee's official website "Eye Suck Ink "
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