Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared’s darkly surreal puppet world is like a children’s television show infused with your deepest fears and insecurities. Produced with the help of over 3,500 Kickstarter backers, its six episodes were viewed over 115 million times, spawning cosplay, live-action recreations, and elaborate conspiracy theories. London-based directors Becky Sloan and Joseph Pelling join us at XOXO to screen the complete series and answer your questions.

2016 Patrons

Special thanks to Asana, BackerKit, Dropbox, Figma, GitHub, Instrument, Intel, Intercom, Knight Foundation, MailChimp, Next Draft, Slack, and WordPress.com for their support. XOXO would not be possible without them.

Community Patrons

We’d also like to thank Cotton Bureau, Scout Books, Seamless, and Stephouse for extending their generosity to us this year in producing XOXO.