Created with comedian and cartoonist  Erik Bergstrom ,  Pizza the Barbarian  is a pitch for an animated series originally pitched at (and rejected by) Comedy Central. It features characters and a world created by Erik and Marty and Erik's illustrati

Pizza the Barbarian

Roles: Co-creator, Co-writer, Creative Producer

 Created with comedian and cartoonist  Erik Bergstrom ,  Pizza the Barbarian  is a pitch for an animated series originally pitched at (and rejected by) Comedy Central. It features characters and a world created by Erik and Marty and Erik's illustrati

Created with comedian and cartoonist Erik Bergstrom, Pizza the Barbarian is a pitch for an animated series originally pitched at (and rejected by) Comedy Central. It features characters and a world created by Erik and Marty and Erik's illustrations and designs.

And hey, if you find this and want to make it, we're always game, please reach out, we'd still love to. We tried to make it a video game, too!

Lord of the Rings meets a living slice of pizza.

Lord of the Rings meets a living slice of pizza.

Synospis:
A short-tempered slice of pizza and his plucky human companion must battle through the sinister plans of a cruel squirrel in order to navigate our world in order to return to Food Earth.

 In its original form, Erik and Marty scripted a full pilot and broke stories for a 22-episode season.

In its original form, Erik and Marty scripted a full pilot and broke stories for a 22-episode season.

 Each animated comedy adventure presents a new adventure for Pizza and Sonya to navigate, where surreal and funny problems are the backdrop for characters whose relationships we come to care about. As if  Conan the Barbarian  were a buddy-cop show in

Each animated comedy adventure presents a new adventure for Pizza and Sonya to navigate, where surreal and funny problems are the backdrop for characters whose relationships we come to care about. As if Conan the Barbarian were a buddy-cop show in the 90’s, starring a teenage goth girl and a living slice of pizza on an epic quest to fight a squirrel wizard.

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