So what's up with the Japanese Sesame movie?

[Buck-Beaver]

Hey Jamie,

I just checked out your site and your work is awesome - I especially love the graphite Muppet sketches. What are you doing these days? Besides those snazzy MuppetCentral menus....

 

[frogboy4]

Looking for work! LOL! Thanks. So glad you like my work. I'm trying to increase my client base right now. I am also continuing to put work into my web comic. When you see it you'll understand the yearlong delay. I have put an immense amount of work into it already. I'm hoping to launch it several months from now. I can't put an exact date on it yet.

I wish stores would create the same sort of cross-company promotions like in Japan. Comic book stores just dont' cut it IMHO. I'd like to see one store with mini Disney, Henson and WB themed sections. Not like a cluttered novelty shop, but a cleaner, more polished look. Is that kind of what Japan has?

 

[Buck-Beaver]

That's pretty much the idea. They're alot like the Disney or WB stores, fairly well-layed out and well-merchandised.

On the subject of web comics, I admire anyone who's dedicated to do one. I started one late last year after reading Scott McCloud's Reinventing Comics (a pretty cool book for anyone who's interested in webcomics) but didn't take it very far because I didn't have enough time.

The beginings of my efforts can be seen here.

 

[frogboy4]

That's some good stuff. Will there be more?

 

[Buck-Beaver]

Thanks - I'm hoping, but I started the webcomic because "Bear Town" was actually a film idea I was playing with for quite awhile and at the time it wasn't going anywhere. When I realized that the webcomic was almost as much work as making the film I decided to just to the film.

I'm currently recycling alot of the webcomic work as storyboards for the film. I'm in the process of starting to raise the $$ needed now. I've actually got one grant for it already, so 7k down and $243,000 to go lol (`ya got start somewhere).

 

[jeffkjoe]

I think that anything associated with SESAME STREET would have to have both the Henson Company and Sesame Workshop involved......

 

[muppet maniac]

I just found a site with some photos from the movie!!!!

here it is:

http://www.walkerplus.com/tokushu/200112181/