The Brothers Chaps
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The Brothers Chaps (Mike and Matt Chapman) are the creators of Homestar Runner. They create the cartoons using Macromedia Flash out of their home in Atlanta, Georgia. They are sometimes abriviated as TBC.
History
In 1996 during the Olympics in Atlanta, Mike Chapman and his friend Craig Zobel created a children's book called "The Homestar Runner Enters the Strongest Man in the World Contest." They did this out of boredom and to satirize the poorly made children's books they saw at their local mall. After writing and drawing it, they copied about 15 books and gave them to some of their friends to read for fun.
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. Since the website started, they have had several public appearances all over the country, including three appearances on G4TechTV] — twice on the cancelled show "Pulse", and once over webcam (with Puppet Homestar Runner) on "The Screen Savers". See Pulse Interview - 1 Aug 2003 and Screen Savers Interview - 24 Jan 2005.
Family
Their parents' names are Don and Harriet Chapman. Don is a retired chief financial officer of an insurance firm. 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.
External Links
Video and radio interviews are available in the Links section.
- Matt Chapman's IMDb page
- Mike Chapman's IMDb page
- Pictures on Flickr of their appearance at SXSW interactive 2005 in Austin, Texas
- The Football Game — A collection of edited photographs from a football game where The Brothers Chaps use their "superhuman abilities".
