Toons After Dark: The Head (1994)

 With the success of Beavis & Butt-Head, MTV expanded its animation roster with the adventurous Oddities, which was supposed to be an anthology series with two series sharing the half hour space.

Unfortunately, Sam Kieth, creator of Image Comics' The Maxx, didn't play ball, and his segment was delayed several months due to the process of adapting the printed page to animation.

That meant that The Head, an original concept by animator Eric Fogel, would have the half-hour all alone to start the series, with two chapters per week. Viewers liked what they saw, and Head was given a 2nd season, in which he was joined by others with bizarre infirmities for what amounted to a Super Friends parody. The series was repurposed on Saturday mornings during its two season run. After Head ended, Fogel topped himself with the claymation Celebrity Deathmatch.

Let's take a look at the opener.

Believe it or not, there was a hardcover trade of original material spinning out of the series. I actually thought about getting it as a Christmas present for my brother, but never followed up on the thought. That book is now a collector's item.

Rating: B.