by S.J. Borger Thrilling Adventure Hour and Night Vale, Back Together Again

They’re back!

Everyone’s favorite new-time podcast in the style of old-time radio is joining forces with the eerie alt-world radio dj this year at San Diego Comic-Con. That’s right…it’s the Thrilling Night Vale Hour. No. Wait. The Night Vale Adventure Hour! No, that’s not right either. The Thrilling Nightventure—you know what, we’re gonna stop with that now and get to the details.

The Thrilling Adventure Hour and Welcome to Night Vale are teaming up for a cross over show on Saturday, July 26th at 8 p.m. at the Spreckles Theatre in downtown San Diego. Tickets went on sale today–you can purchase them here–and for a little bit (well, a lot) more (and legal proof that you’re 21+) you can attend the VIP after-party with the cast of both shows. The best part–you don’t need a Comic Con badge! That’s right, all you need to do to see the show is buy a ticket and then bravely face the hordes of Cosplayers exiting the Convention Center, frantically in search of alcohol (attractiveness +2) and food (stamina +3).

For those of you who haven’t experienced the comic-genius that is Thrilling Adventure Hour or the spooky surrealism of Welcome to Night Vale, we recommend buying a ticket (they’ll be gone soon) and then catching up with the shows on their websites, here and here, or find them on your favorite podcast listening app.

Created by Ben Acker and Ben Blacker, The Thrilling Adventure Hour is a staged show and podcast on the Nerdist network, where actors you know, like Nathan Fillion, Patton Oswalt, Alan Tudyk, Neil Patrick Harris, and Patrick Warburton dress nicely and join the WorkJuice Players (including Marc Evan Jackson, Craig Cackowski, Hal Lublin, Marc Gagliardi and Annie Savage Cross) on stage in non-serialized thrilling adventures (of course!) like Sparks Nevada, Marshal of Mars or Beyond Belief. It’s recorded live, with limited rehearsal time–meaning anything can, and often does, happen.

The Thrilling Adventure Hour is currently launching a brand new web series on the Nerdist Network, and the graphic novel, released last year, was nominated for an Eisner award.

Welcome to Night Vale, created by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor, and featuring Cecil Baldwin as the voice of Night Vale, the podcast styles itself as a series of community updates for the small desert town of Night Vale–which exists in a Twilight Zone like world, filled with mysterious lights, hooded figures and secret police.

This is the second time Thrilling Adventure Hour and Welcome to Night Vale have joined forces for a live show. Last March they were live at the Moore Theatre in Seattle, to rave reviews.

Tickets are $15 for just the show, and $100 for the show and the VIP (21+ only) after party, and are available here.

For those of you who can’t wait, here’s a behind the scenes look at The Thrilling Adventure Hour:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of8w7KwdyHc

Let us know how excited you are in the comments!