Welcome, Dicks!

Dicks Retirement Trailer Park is an exceedingly quirky animated series about a tiny retirement trailer park community. Conceived in 2023, it utilizes a primitive animation style to tell brief (only one minute) stories about the members of the park. As the show progressed, the stories became more sophisticated and adult. Consequently, better animation was needed.

The problem was one of consistency: placed side-by-side with the later seasons, the earliest seasons looked as if they were done by someone else. Had I known the series would turn darker and more serious, I'd have done it that way from the outset. But the show grew and changed organically, so now I'm stuck with a massive shift in style, and the only way to fix it is to start over.

REMASTERING SAGA

1 July 2025

At first I was going to remaster the episodes ten at a time into new, longer shows. But partway into that project, it hit me: I could get more storytelling mileage by making three feature-length (one-plus hour long) movies instead. I'd be free to tell hour-long jokes if the opportunity arose.

But, as appealing as that project sounded, I had to face the reality of the practicality. Work moves along very slowly, and grows slower with each day. I completed a rough outline of the three films, then began scripting the first movie. Once finished, I recorded the voice tracks for the whole film, and then, finally, started to work on the first of 12 chapter for film 1. And after completing Chapter 1, I did some quick math... and realized completing all three movies might take well over a year, and that assumes a consistent work pace, which is unlikely. And that also assumes I live that long (I'm already living on borrowed time).

I will probably fiddle with it on and off as the mood moves me; in particular, I may create Season 15, since it neatly ties up all of the loose ends, but finishing all three films seems iffy. Unless I come up with some magical new approach to animation (which I am attempting), I would not hold your breath waiting for the day they all drop.

But, despite all of the doom and gloom, work continues. At this writing, I have half of the first of three movies complete. The nice thing about the new format is that I can dwell on certain points, and give certain scenes the attention they deserve. Not to mention creating all-new content that dovetails into the original story to provide more context for some characters' behaviors. Consequently some parts are funnier, while others are more serious. I am enjoying this aspect of the process the most.

THE COMPLETE ORIGINAL SERIES

Each season has ten one-minute episodes, for a total of 140 episodes. I never did finish Season 15, and I likely won't bother, assuming I live to see the third film in production, at which point I can wrap up the entire show in style. It all depends on how many ticks are left in the old ticker. If there aren't enough, I'll write a synopsis of the last season so the three people who care can finally find out how it all ends.

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DEDICATION

Dicks is dedicated to my friends Scott and Caro, who actually looked forward to seeing more dicks every time they came to visit. They gave me many great ideas, and helped me maintain my interest. I love you guys.

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