A Big Milestone Before a Big Finale
Damn.
I have to admit, if I had known these milestone were going to come at us so fast I maybe would’ve waited for the bigger ones, but it’s too late now, I am a slave to the announcements.
About two years ago I drew this in a blank notebook:
That one page took over my entire life.
I used to say I only made three good decisions in my life: my son, my girlfriend, and gardening. Now that list is up to four. I can’t thank all of you enough for all the support and love that you’ve brought to the show. It’s been a dream come true and every day becomes more surreal than the last.
And now here we are careening toward the end of Season two, bringing all of you along with us. As it should be.
New Official Artwork!
If you’ve been to our website or socials you’ve probably noticed that the joint has been classed up by new art work. For a while now Jan Ma has been making incredible audiodrama-inspired artwork and when she created THIS amazing stuff we just had to get Instagram Official with her. If you would like to purchase some (or way too much like we did) merch with Jan’s amazing art, it’s now up in the Midnight Merch store and it is looking fabulous.
The TikTokers Have Arrived
I suppose it’s inevitable for anything that’s popular for it to arrive on TikTok in one form or another. Some intrepid cosplayers have begun to do a sort-of performance art inspired by the characters of the diner and it is really weird and great. Here are some highlights:
First up is townes.or.something with their rendition of Zebulon:
Here’s r_c0splay who has grabbed onto Ava’s vibe and will not be shook off:
Then wanderlustraven likes to move past playing a character and use random clips to comment on the show at large:
It’s very fun stuff and we love them all.
Fan Art Round Up
One of our beloved patrons and tattoo artist Existentially Exhausted Bean made some really great show-inspired stickers that we’re loving and an adorable take on a young Effie and Zebulon:
🍔🚨🍔🚨 STICKERS!! 🚨🍔🚨🍔
Folks we are truly blessed to have @BeanExhausted as a fan of the show who graces us with fan art, AND NOW BEAN HAS A STORE and the diner has its own little section. Get some things to stick on things! redbubble.com/people/haikuli…— Midnight Burger (@weopenat6)
5:08 PM • Jun 15, 2022
Young Effie & Zebulon Mucklewain with a happy Pansy! From @weopenat6’s Midnight Burger! Inspired by a Norman Rockwell painting #weopenat6#MidnightBurgerpod
— ExistentiallyExhaustedBean (@BeanExhausted)
9:25 PM • Jul 29, 2022
Here’s fin once again with a hilarious take on Chapter 17 and 18:
finally got around to listening to chapter 17 of @weopenat6 and had to draw what i imagined the resulting scene would look like lol
— fin (they/them) (@Fin46992193)
10:48 PM • Jun 5, 2022
… they look like wind chimes. @weopenat6
— fin (they/them) (@Fin46992193)
2:25 AM • Jul 26, 2022
Robyn gave life to Caspar and The Ex again:
Bestieeeesssss (a super depressed guy who makes everything he touches miserable and a newly enlightened robot with no murderous intent but will murder you anyway) @weopenat6#casparmidnightburger#fanart#midnightburger#midnightburgerfanart
— robyn (@Officiallyme55)
7:25 PM • Jul 25, 2022
Here’s whisperdann bringing WAY more sexy to the show than we deserve:
time to kiss and make up and drink vodka in the parking lot @weopenat6
— W Dandy 🍸🚬 (@whisperdann)
4:07 PM • Jul 6, 2022
i was not expecting zeb and effie to be the hot ones @weopenat6
— W Dandy 🍸🚬 (@whisperdann)
2:57 PM • Jul 11, 2022
So I set up camp at the bar and waited for Mr. Predictable here to make a run for his stash. @weopenat6#midnightburger
— W Dandy 🍸🚬 (@whisperdann)
8:31 PM • Jul 17, 2022
Jesus Christ, you guys. @weopenat6
— W Dandy 🍸🚬 (@whisperdann)
1:34 PM • Jul 27, 2022
And then whisperdann decided to blow up the internet with THIS:
this is giving me #midnightburger gang vibes. i think i need to make this. what do you think @weopenat6?
— W Dandy 🍸🚬 (@whisperdann)
2:22 PM • Jul 28, 2022
WE THINK YES!
AMAZING.
One Last Push to the End (of Season Two)
For me it seems like a 10 years ago that I wrote Dru’s opening monologue in Chapter 11. Since then the show has exploded, we joined a network, and we got to meet all of our wonderful subscribers. You never know how things are going to play out when you launch yourself into a project like this. The last thing I expected was for it to go exactly the way I wanted it to: telling the story I want to tell, however I want to tell it, and telling it to wonderful people like all of you.
I hope everyone enjoys the Season Finale on Monday. Stay tuned to this newsletter and our socials for things to look out for during the hiatus and for announcements on our new season coming this Fall.
We’ll be out there, somewhere, lookin’ for ya’.
-Joe