Bateman 365 is a project initiated by Scott Bateman

Scott Bateman

Scott Bateman is a left-leaning political cartoonist currently residing in New York City . For a number of years, his political cartoons were syndicated by King Features Syndicate. After his syndication deal ended, he began the Bateman 365 project to publish a flash animated short every day for...

 in August 2005 to emulate the idea presented by the 24 Hour Animation Contest on the scale of one year. It utilizes a number of characters Bateman developed for his syndicated political cartoons and other works, as well as snippets from life in New York City

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

 and audio commentaries from third parties.

Recurring characters (usually voiced by Scott Bateman)

• Blind Mango Jehosophat: a satirization of Blind Willie McTell
  Blind Willie McTell
  Blind Willie McTell , was an influential Piedmont and ragtime blues singer and guitarist. He played with a fluid, syncopated fingerstyle guitar technique, common among many exponents of Piedmont blues, although, unlike his contemporaries, he used exclusively a twelve-string guitar...
  
   and Blind Lemon Jefferson
  Blind Lemon Jefferson
  "Blind" Lemon Jefferson was an American blues singer and guitarist from Texas. He was one of the most popular blues singers of the 1920s, and has been titled "Father of the Texas Blues"....
  
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• Bobo the Bear: a "cute", nihilistic
  Nihilism
  Nihilism is the philosophical doctrine suggesting the negation of one or more putatively meaningful aspects of life. Most commonly, nihilism is presented in the form of existential nihilism which argues that life is without objective meaning, purpose, or intrinsic value...
  
   bear.
• Bob the Damn Bunny: a lewd bunny rabbit.
• Scurvy Steve, Pirate Accountant

Real life voices and subject sources

• George W. Bush
  George W. Bush
  George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
  
  : a number of speeches by Bush are satirized.
• Colleen AF Venable
• Laura Krafft
  Laura Krafft
  Laura Krafft is a comedic writer and actress. An ImprovOlympic and Second City alum, she is a former staff writer for The Colbert Report.- Writing assignments :*The Colbert Report Bust Magazine Columnist, "News from a Broad",...
  
  
• Terry Bain
  Terry Bain
  Terry Bain is an author from Spokane, Washington; as of 2006 he had two books on pets published from Random House. He has also contributed to Bateman 365, and writes on a number of blogs.He attended the University of Puget Sound.- Books :**...