Bobs Burgers: Burger Boss

Why is it that if you put anything in 8 bit it becomes so damn loveable?
It's kind of like a little artist trick that I try to practice.  You try to sketch something using as few lines as possible and reduce your subject to its core components. Some of the best art comes from it because it resonates on such a basic level- and you really learn the importance of silhouette in developing something iconic.

The 8-bit test is akin to the line test in the way that if you're some manner of cartoonist and you convert your character into 8 bit and its not hilarious adorable and completely recognizable, then you need to get back to the drawing board.

Bobs Burgers is a definite pass. A good cheat for cartoon recognizability is big silhouette enhancing accessories like Louise's hat, or Tina's square glasses.

http://www.it8bit.com/post/20266176793/bobs
unfortunately I'm writing this seconds after the original air and nobody's posted pictures of the 8-bit yet.

That being said there's few things I love more than super jazzed up cross- style interpretations of my favorite animations. My all time favorite is the DVD cover of the second season of Venture Bros

  Holy crap are these the greatest things ever? Unquestionably. I mean, now I dont' have to lie in bed awake at night thinking about how Venture Bros isn't graphic enough.  I mean the Brock Sampson body count on any given episode is at least 30 and now this. This show has been perfected.

Long story short: another great episode of Bob's Burgers- that being said anything with Jon Benjamin in it is automatic gold- probably to the point where it really carries the show. It seems like the Bob's Burgers's structure and pacing is a little bit of a throwback what with the shift that the Seth MacFarlane's cartoons flooding the public has brought to way people think about animation and follow plotlines.

I thought this might make people less susceptible to the show, but its back for another season so it looks like its working out.