What's New On The Buckaroo Banzai FAQ Web Site?
August 31st, 2023
- It's the latest issue! In this edition of World Watch
One we celebrate the amazing breadth and depth of Buckaroo
Banzai's African American cast and crew. Highlights
include special cover art, tributes to Rosalind Cash,
Jessie Lawrence Ferguson, and Bill Henderson--the later
written by none other than Billy "Pinky Carruthers" Vera
himself, and interviews with Scooter Lindley actor Dr.
Damon Hines and John Parker actor Carl Lumbly!
Added the latest issue of the World Watch One newsletter to Was there an official Buckaroo Banzai newsletter?
Download here: https://www.figmentfly.com/bb/newsletters/world_watch_one_august_31st_2023.pdf
July 16, 2023
- Updated the Blue Blaze Bulletin fanzine page with six more issues - 1 thru 4 as well as 6 and 7 -that are now available for download from the 1987 time period. That means we may have the complete run of the fanzine, assuming it ended with issue 7. Special thanks to Matthew "Wolf" Hood for making the issue available. If you have any additional issues, me us know.
October 31st, 2022
- Trick or treat! The latest issue of the Buckaroo Banzai
newsletter, World Watch One, is a Halloween Spooktacular!
All sorts of fun size goodness awaits in the latest issue.
Cultists. Crew Stories about the making of the docudrama.
Orson Welles's The War of the Worlds, and the list goes on
and on.
Added the latest issue of the World Watch One newsletter to Was there an official Buckaroo Banzai newsletter?
Download here: https://www.figmentfly.com/bb/newsletters/world_watch_one_october_31st_2022.pdf
August 18th, 2022
- The audio book of the Buckaroo Banzai Against the
World Crime League novel is now available at Audiobookstore.com
and Audible.com!
Added this information to Where is
the sequel "Buckaroo Banzai against the World Crime
League"?.
March 9th, 2022
- Added a new question What
podcasts did Director W. D. "Rick" Richter and Writer
Earl Mac Rauch appear on?
- Updated the number of podcasts to 212 in What podcasts episodes are
available that dedicate an episode to Buckaroo Banzai?
- Updated What information is there
about the Buckaroo Banzai TV show helmed by Kevin Smith?
with the latest news from Kevin Smith about the fact that
the BB TV project moved from Amazon to Apple, changed from
a live action show to an animated show, and is now
apparently dead.
January 25th, 2022
- World Watch One is proud to present the issue you’ve all
been waiting for, celebrating the long awaited BUCKAROO
BANZAI AGAINST THE WORLD CRIME LEAGUE! Take a deep dive
into the making of the new novel, the fan response to it,
and as many other bits-o-Banzai as we could cram into a
single issue. Also featured are interviews with
actor Pepe Serna, writer Earl Mac Rauch, musician Tommy
Mack, and filmmaker Jonathan Lawrence, as well as
extensive coverage of Buckaroo Banzai podcasts and a look
back at the Samurai Errant Banzai fanzine, including an
exciting announcement about its future!
Added the latest issue of the World Watch One newsletter to Was there an official Buckaroo Banzai newsletter?
Download here: http://www.figmentfly.com/bb/newsletters/world_watch_one_january_25th_2022.pdf
November 14th, 2021
- Updated Are there other Buckaroo Banzai web sites? to include Buckaroo Banzai on Fanlore: https://fanlore.org/wiki/Buckaroo_Banzai and World Watch One on fanlore: https://fanlore.org/wiki/World_Watch_One as well as cleaning up the other links on the page.
October 3rd, 2021
- There is a brand new book called The Buckaroo Banzai Collectors' Compendium: A Marketing and Promotional Odyssey by DeWayne Todd and you can order from Amazon now! Learn more about the book in the question What information is there about The Buckaroo Banzai Collectors' Compendium book?.
October 2nd, 2021
- Added the new question What podcasts episodes are available that dedicate an episode to Buckaroo Banzai?
June 21st, 2021
- On this, the 40th anniversary month of Dr. B Banzai's
unprecedented transit through solid matter, we present to
you World Watch One's Jet Car issue! Also of note are an
interview with Denise and Michael Okuda regarding their
work on the Apple TV+ series FOR ALL MANKIND, as well as
extensive coverage on the making of special features for
Buckaroo's 2002 DVD and the 2016 SHOUT! Factory Blu-ray,
sundry bits of assorted Banzai goodness, and related
subjects of note.
Added the latest issue of the World Watch One newsletter to Was there an official Buckaroo Banzai newsletter?
Download here: http://www.figmentfly.com/bb/newsletters/world_watch_one_june_21st_2021.pdf
May 22nd, 2021
- Added the new question What is
the Deep Cuts Podcast episode about Buckaroo Banzai,
with a script by Earl Mac Rauch and read by Pepe Serna
(Reno) and Billy Vera (Pinky Carruthers)?).
Dan Berger, the editor of World
Watch One, was interviewed on the Deep Cuts podcast
and talks about Buckaroo Banzai with podcast hosts Andrew
and Dave.
One of the coolest features of this podcast is at the end
where a special audio drama can be found called "Andrew
& Dave meet Pinky Carruthers & The Reno Kid." Not
only was this written by Buckaroo Banzai author Earl Mac
Rauch specially for the podcast, but it features the
original actors Pepe Serna as The Reno Kid and Billy Vera as
Pinky Carruthers!
January 12th, 2021
- Added the following information to the Is there a Buckaroo Banzai Against the
World Crime League novel? and Where
is the sequel "Buckaroo Banzai against the World Crime
League"? questions.
On January 12th, The Nerdist website announced Dark Horse Announces BUCKAROO BANZAI Sequel Novel! You can order the novel on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or wherever you buy your books.
DARK HORSE PRESENTS THE RETURN OF BUCKAROO BANZAI
01/12/2021 11:11am
The Cult Classic Recieves its Long-Awaited Sequel From 'Buckaroo Banzai' Creator E.M. Rauch
The long-anticipated sequel to the sci-fi novel and motion picture The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension is finally here! As told by the Reno Kid to Buckaroo Banzai chronicler E.M. Rauch (Buckaroo Banzai novelist and screenwriter), this novel reintroduces everyone’s favorite scientist-surgeon-entertainer-daredevil as he sets off on a brand-new hair-raising adventure in Buckaroo Banzai Against the World Crime League, et al: A Compendium of Evils!
Still mourning the losses of his beloved Penny Priddy and his surrogate father Professor Hikita, Buckaroo Banzai must also contend with the constant threat of attack from his immortal nemesis Hanoi Xan, ruthless leader of the World Crime League. To make matters worse, Planet 10 warrior queen John Emdall has sent her Lectroid legions against Earth with a brutal ultimatum. Or is her true target Buckaroo Banzai? As the apocalyptic threats continue to mount, only Buckaroo and his Hong Kong Cavaliers stand in the way of global destruction—or in the words of one of the movie’s iconic lines: “Laugh-a while you can, monkey boy!”
Buckaroo Banzai Against the World Crime League is a 544-page hardcover prose novel and will retail for $29.99. It will be available everywhere books are sold August 10, 2021. It is available for pre-order on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and at your local comic shop and bookstore.
Praise for Buckaroo Banzai and Earl Mac Rauch:
“At [The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension’s] best, which it frequently is, it's a lunatic ball, an extremely genial, witty example of what is becoming a movie genre all its own.”–The New York Times
“The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension has become a movie that is the embodiment of ‘nerd’ culture.”–Minty Comedic Arts
“From the moment you open The Hardest of the Hard, writer Earl Mac Rauch hooks you and keeps you reading page after page.”–Comics Bulletin
January 10th, 2021
- Added the latest issue of the World Watch One newsletter to Was there an official Buckaroo Banzai newsletter?
Download here: http://www.figmentfly.com/bb/newsletters/world_watch_one_january_10th_2021.pdf
August 10th, 2020
- Added the latest issue of the World Watch One newsletter to Was there an official Buckaroo Banzai newsletter?
Download here: http://www.figmentfly.com/bb/newsletters/world_watch_one_august_10th_2020.pdf
May 25th, 2020
- Added a new question called What
is the document called "A Buckaroo Banzai Sampler"?
- Added 22 pages about the Buckaroo Banzai Special Edition
DVD, starting with the Buckaroo
Banzai DVD Special Edition Files Overview page:
May 10th, 2020
- Added three brand new Buckaroo Soundtrack pages:
- Added five brand new pages about the Buckaroo Banzai
Production Binders:
April 6th, 2020
- Added a brand new page called What images did Doug Drexler create for the proposed TV show Buckaroo Banzai: Ancient Secrets and New Mysteries?
January 25th, 2020
- Added more information about the Samurai Errant fanzine, including an image of issue 3 and all new information about issue 5, to Samurai Errant
January 11th, 2020
- Added two issues of Voltage! the newsletter of the League of Lectroids for Lizardo to The League of Lectroids for Lizardo (The newsletter was called VOLTAGE!)
August 31st, 2019
- Added the latest issue of the World Watch One newsletter, the 35th Anniversary edition, to Was there an official Buckaroo Banzai newsletter?
March 26th, 2019
- Added the latest issue of the World Watch One newsletter
to Was there an official
Buckaroo Banzai newsletter?
March 5th, 2019
- Added a fan written sequel script by Stuffer Kolodny to the What information is there about the fan written sequel script by Stuffer Kolodny?.
October 14th, 2018
- Added a cover image of issue four of Samurai Errant and
other images to the Samurai Errant
fanzine page.
- Added a new fanzine called The Banzai Bulletin with
downloadable PDF to the The Banzai
Bulletin fanzine page.
- Added a new fanzine called The Banzai Bulletin with
downloadable PDF to the Blue Blaze
Bulletin fanzine page.
- Added the The
Case of the Double Dragon by BBI Mystik to Where can you find Buckaroo
Banzai fan fiction?
September 12th, 2018
- Added the latest issue of the World Watch One newsletter to Was there an official Buckaroo Banzai newsletter?
Download the latest issue here: http://www.figmentfly.com/bb/newsletters/ww1_sept18.pdf
This September, 2018 issue of World Watch One, brought to you by editor BBI's Big Shoulders and contributors Camelot, Rainbow Kitty, Buckaroo Trooper, and Figment. 28 pages of Banzai goodness
August 18th, 2018
- Added a cover image and PDF version of The Cavalier
issue to the The Cavalier page.
- Added cover images and PDF versions of The Penny Paradox
issues to the The Penny Paradox
page.
- Added a cover image and PDF version of one Banzine
issues to the Banzine page.
- Added cover images of World Watch Wire to The World Watch Wire page.
- Added cover images of Samurai Errant to Samurai Errant page.
- Added the rest of the list of the Five Minutes of Banzai podcasts released to What is the Five Minutes of Banzai Podcast?
May 6th, 2018
- Added four more names to Who
are all the Lectroids named John?
- Added PDF versions of the two World Watch Wire issues to
The World Watch Wire page.
- Added a list of the Five Minutes of Banzai podcast release so far to What is the Five Minutes of Banzai Podcast?
November 24th, 2017
- Added a new question What is the
Five Minutes of Banzai Podcast?
The Five Minutes of Banzai (http://5minutesofbanzai.com) is a podcast by Josh Horowitz and Brett Stillo that discusses the “The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension” 5 minutes at a time! This means that they talk about a five minute section of the film for up to 45 minutes until they've worked their way through the whole movie. They also created the http://5minutesoftrouble.com podcast that discusses Big Trouble in Little China.
They have released a preview episode that discusses the Buckaroo Banzai Trailer and will release new episodes on a weekly basis starting in December, 2017.
You can find more information in the following locations.
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/5minutesbanzai/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/5minutesbanzai
iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/5-minutes-of-banzai/id1309313813
Stitcher - https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/5-minutes-of-trouble-2/5-minutes-of-banzai?refid=stpr
December 27th, 2016
- Added additional information to What
information is there about Buckaroo Banzai rights
dispute? and What information is
there about the Buckaroo Banzai TV show helmed by Kevin
Smith?
October 15th, 2016
- Added a new question - What
information is there about Buckaroo Banzai rights
dispute?
October 8th, 2016
- Added a new Interviews section to the FAQ.
W.D. "Rick" Richter Interviews
W.D. Richter Interview: Catching Up and Looking Forward (Spring, 2006)
A Chat with Rick, Mac and Joe (Spring, 2008)
25 Years of Zen: An Interview with W. D. Richter (June, 2010)
Earl Mac Rauch Interviews
An Interview with Earl Mac Rauch (Fall 2004)
A Chat with Rick, Mac and Joe (Spring, 2008)
October 6th, 2016
- New Buckaroo Banzai newsletter is available! You can
download it here.
Or you can read about all the Buckaroo Banzai newsletters
here - Was there an official
Buckaroo Banzai newsletter?
June 10th, 2016
- Kevin Smith says that he has sold Buckaroo Banzai as a
TV series! - What information is there
about the Buckaroo Banzai TV show helmed by Kevin Smith?
May 18th, 2016
- Added a new question - What
information is there about the Buckaroo Banzai TV show
helmed by Kevin Smith?
- There is going to be a collector's edition release of Buckaroo Banzai on Blu-Ray from Shout Factory with all new extras! There is more infomation under Is there a Buckaroo Banzai Blu-Ray, DVD, Laser Disc and Video?
February 23rd, 2016
- Added the new question to What information is there on the Buckaroo Banzai arcade game used in the movie?.
July 29th, 2015
- Added two new Buckaroo Banzai Blu-Ray releases from
Region 2 to Is there a Buckaroo Banzai
Blu-Ray, DVD, Laser Disc and Video?.
June 8th, 2015
- Added links to the Banzai Institute Facbook page (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Banzai-Institute/119214478147645)
and the MonkeyBoyBoox facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/Monkeyboyboox).
- You can puchase W.D. Richter's new ebook Don't
Even
Think About It at Amazon.
May 27th, 2014
- Added the Buckaroo Banzai fan fiction story The
Dead
Sleep Lightly by BBI Mystik to question Where can you find Buckaroo Banzai fan
fiction? The story can be downloaded here: http://www.figmentfly.com/bb/Images/thedeadsleeplightly.doc
January 17th, 2014
- Added a translation for the symbol on Buckaroo's suitcase to What do the Japanese/Chinese symbols on Buckaroo's headband and at the end of the film stand for?
January 3rd, 2013
- Added the covers for the second comic to What information is there about the Buckaroo Banzai comic book called Tears of a Clone (2012)?
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Added the new question What information is there about the Buckaroo Banzai story called Buckaroo Banzai: Mysterium (2012)?
Added the new question What information is there about the Buckaroo Banzai Hard Cover comic collections (2012)?
March 24th, 2012
- Added the new question What was the
Smoviola showing of Buckaroo Banzai with Kevin Smith?
- Added the new question What
information is there about the Buckaroo Banzai Role
Playing Game?
- Added a link to Earnest Cline's Buckaroo Banzai sequel
script to What information is
there about the sequel script written by Ernest Cline?
- Totally revised and updated the comics section and added
the following questions:
What information is there about the comic book that appeared in the Buckaroo Banzai film?What information is there on the Marvel comic book adaption of Buckaroo Banzai (1984)?
What information is there about the Buckaroo Banzai comic book called Return of the Screw (2006)?
What information is there about the Buckaroo Banzai comic book called The Prequel (2008)?
What information is there about the Buckaroo Banzai comic book called Origins (2009)?
What information is there about the Buckaroo Banzai comic book called Big Size (2009)?
What information is there about the Buckaroo Banzai comic book called Hardest of the Hard (2010)?
What information is there about the Buckaroo Banzai comic book called Tears of a Clone (2012)?
- Added a Yoyodyne Billboard image created by a Buckaroo Banzai fan named Joe Giardino to What do Buckaroo Banzai and Thomas Pynchon's novel THE CRYING OF LOT 49 have in common?.
June 27th, 2010
- The 25.75th anniversary issue of World Watch
One, brought to you by the combined effort of both the
Underground Edition under the direction of BBI Dragon and
the Chicago Bureau team of BBI's Big Shoulders, Camelot,
Rainbow Kitty, and Figment. 128 pages of Banzai goodness
found at the World Watch Online site (http://www.worldwatchonline.com/library.htm)
- Added more sightings to Where have you seen or heard the quote "No matter where you go, there you are"?
November 3rd, 2007
- Added an image of a Beta version of The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension from the UK to Is there a Buckaroo Banzai DVD, Laser Disc and Video?
September 8th, 2007
- Totally updated and revised Was there an official Buckaroo
Banzai newsletter? to include newsletters published
more recently.
- Added the following information to Will there be more Buckaroo Banzai
comics from Moonstone in the future?:
In September, 2007 on Moonstone's site at http://www.moonstonebooks.com/banzai.asp the following information was posted about upcoming Buckaroo Banzai comics :
Watch this page for news on our NEW Banzai mini series, OF HUNAN BONDAGE which is a prequel to the film! - also written by Mac of course! This time with art by "Superman Returns" storyboard artist Chewie!
AND we also have a special oversize one-shot WILD ASSES OF THE KUSH, also written by Mac with art by Paul Hanley!
AND, in Dec '07, there will be a new Banzai comic story A CHRISTMAS CORRALL in the Moonstone Holiday Special, also written by Mac and drawn by Ken Wolak!