of women), and moderate offensive language. Production on the episode was officially completed in October 2001 with animation handled by Tama Production in Tokyo, Japan. The pilot was based on Dorkin's time as a comic book store employee at Jim Hanley's Universe in Eltingville, Staten Island. The pilot's story line was partially based upon the comic story of the same name and the pilot's theme opening and closing themes were written and performed by The Aquabats. Dorkin took a large role in the pilot's creation and has since stated that if he could have re-done the episode, he would have chosen to delegate more work and to choose an Eltingville story that would show off more of the series' potential and characters. If the series had been picked up for further episodes or a miniseries, potential plot lines for episodes would have included a "Klingon vs. Elf war" between a local Klingon camp and a Renaissance fair, as well as the club members digging through the Staten Island landfill for a collectible item that was mistakenly thrown out. The pilot episode was originally aired in the United States on Cartoon Network's late night programming block Adult Swim on March 3, 2002, and was originally promoted by "special" by Adult Swim. It has since been re-aired periodically on Adult Swim since its original premiere, including twice on Halloween night, October 31, 2008, as part of an advertised "Halloween Stunt" night. Cast Jason Harris as Bill Dickey, President of the Eltingville Club Troy Metcalf as Josh Levy, a member of the club who frequently fights with Bill Larc Spies as Pete DiNunzio, a horror movie addict Corey Brill as Jerry Stokes, a fantasy fan and the group's Dungeon Master Tara Sands as Jane Dickey, Bill's sister Christopher Ward as Ward Willoughby, an unlucky boy Glenn Jones as Joe, the owner of a comic book store Alicia Sedwick as Mrs. Dickey and Mrs. Levy, the unseen mothers of Bill and Jane Dickey and Josh Levy, respectively Evan Dorkin as Ironjaw, a red head with braces who annoys the Eltingville Club with his spit talking Reception Animation World Network and Ain't It Cool News both praised the pilot episode, and Ain't It Cool News complimented the show on its geek humor, which they considered to be fairly accurate and funny. See also List of television series canceled before airing an episode References External links