Crazy Idea?

For a LONG time, I’ve been tinkering with the idea of taking Bloomin’ Faeries! to video (insane, right?). Ever since I saw a short movie (20 minutes?) named Mood Boobs done for a budget of about $6k, I’ve been toying with the idea of something similar. I just didn’t really know where to start or how to budget for it, and it just laid there as one of my 200 untouched projects.

Then, yesterday, I reached out to the director of Mood Boobs just to see if this would be something realistic/feasible/interesting–wasn’t even sure I had the right address. It was more of a whimsical attempt, I wasn’t really expecting a response, but suddenly, out of the blue, he wrote back and we exchanged several emails during the day. This helped me give more shape to that project, and here’s what it looks like right now.

  • This would be a collection of 5- to 10-minute long webisodes
  • All the webisodes would be connected to form a mini-series
  • Crowdfunding would be used to finance the project (specifics TBD)
  • The setting would be modern (like the blog, not the comic) to keep costs under control
    • Maybe Attitude would be involved?

If I were to go the crowdfunding route, I’d need to think about good rewards for backers, the kind of stuff that makes them feel like they’re on the inside, but also not stuff that creates tons of additional costs. Anyone has thoughts?

What do you think? Is this something worth doing or do I fold and move on?

–Jaycee
“I’m doing it.”

Format Change

Hi everyone,

A few weeks ago, I polled you to find out whether the comic should stick to the current 4-panel format, or go more “long-form.” I was originally thinking a “standard” comic book page, but seeing as this is online, some of you correctly pointed out I could do anything I wanted, perhaps using a format similar to 2/3rd of a page. The important part of the format change wasn’t so much the number of panels, but the kind of story and narrative style I’d be using. The long-form comic wouldn’t be about weekly punchlines, but rather advancing the storyline in a more fluid, entertaining manner.

Over 85% of you supported that choice.

So at some point in the coming months, once Wondollar and I have worked out the timeline, you can expect the format to change, and the narrative to be more about the story arc & less about the weekly gag (though there’ll still be a few).

Thanks everyone for voting. I’m hoping this will make Bloomin’ Faeries! more attractive to all of you.

–Jaycee
“I’m doing it.”

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