At the time this bio was written, Cyanide & Happiness has amassed over 4.5 million YouTube subscribers, an archive of over 4 thousand comics, 10 million Facebook subscribers, five books, international appearances, their own line of merchandise, a beer, and even a free slice of pizza or two.

Even with the explosive growth of their comics, the guys grew restless and wanted to return to their animating roots. In 2009, C&H began releasing animated shorts on their YouTube channel ExplosmEntertainment.

By 2010, just one year after the Explosm Boys began releasing a handful of animated shorts, Hollywood was knocking at their door.

The Explosm boys then spent a few years going from meeting to meeting, getting the exact same offer from every television network they talked to. The networks wanted to buy C&H, all of it. No compromise. The Explosm boys decided that C&H wouldn't fit the model of traditional television without losing a big part of what makes C&H what it is.

So they decided to do things their way.

In February 2013, C&H launched a kickstarter to see if they could launch The Cyanide & Happiness Show all by themselves. They asked for $250,000 to launch season one and, lo and behold, their readers were amazing and raised over $770,000 to launch Season One of The Cyanide & Happiness Show. As a show of gratitude for achieving more than twice what they requested, the team committed to releasing animated shorts EVERY WEEK.

It was a big task, exaggerators even called it a "Suicide Mission" - but they managed to assemble a phenomenal team of talented artists, animators, and production staff entirely from scratch. Delivering on their promise, they haven't missed a week of animation since embarking on their 2013 kickstarter journey.

As every story goes, things change over time and take new shapes. In fact, the Explosm boys had grown up to be full-grown Explosm guys, and their new post-pubescent bodies were not the only sign of change. Dave left his homeland of Northern Ireland to commit himself entirely to work on cartoons, and thanks to a petition signed by hundreds of thousands, got to remain in the United States. Rob even went as far as to store merchandise in his own home. It was obvious that Rob, Dave, and Kris were fully committed to the animations and comics. The 3 of them managed to do a weekly comic, write, direct, animate, voice act, regularly attend conventions, AND assemble what they needed for an entire animated series. At first, Rob and Dave had to do a lot of the animation work themselves, Dave would also work on background art, Rob would moonlight as an editor and storyboard artist, while Kris managed audio and voice acting. It sure was a lot of hard work to keep all those productions going without a hitch!

Preferring to focus his talents in web design and project management, Matt very rarely worked on the animations. His comic production also scaled down, releasing only 3-4 per month, and his attention shifted to focus on more personal projects. Eventually Matt stepped down from project management, and in February 2014, left the C&H team entirely. The transition went smoothly, and the Cyanide & Happiness team was able to maintain momentum despite losing a member of the team.

The eleven episodes of The Cyanide & Happiness Show: Season 1 launched in November of 2014 and drew in over forty million views on their YouTube channel. With Season 1 under their belts, Cyanide & Happiness announced that they are currently working on their next big (currently unannounced) project, all while keeping up with conventions, daily comics, weekly shorts, and immaculate hair.