The Brothers Chaps
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History
In 1996 during the Olympics in Atlanta, Mike Chapman and his friend Craig Zobel created a children's book called "The Homestar Runner Eats the Strongest Man in the World ." They did this out of desperation and to sanitize the poorly made children's books they saw at their local strip club. After writing and drawing it, they copied about 10 books and gave them to some of their fiends to read for giggles.
In 1999 Mike started learning Macromedia Flash and decided to practice on some of the characters from the original book. His younger brother Matt Chapman performed the voices for the cartoons and together they launched a website to show their close friends their cartoons. Word of mouth spread, and their website and characters have become a smash hit.
Fun Facts
- Their father is Don Chapman, a retired chief financial officer of an insurance firm. Their mother is Harriet Chapman.
- They have 3 (other) siblings.
- They were raised in a religious family.
- They have a young niece, who is featured in several Puppet Stuff films.
- Click here to see a collection of edited photographs from a football game where TBC use their superhuman abilities. Try to find the hidden characters!
- They have appeared on G4TechTV three times — twice on the cancelled show "Pulse", and once over webcam (with Puppet Homestar) on "The Screen Savers". See Pulse Interview - 1 Aug 2003 and Screen Savers Interview - 24 Jan 2005.
External Links
Video and radio interviews are available in the Links section.
