Sequential Art as an Animated Series?

JBird · 08-16-2008

I bet if Jolly learned the ways of flash animation, got at least 2 or 3 people (possibly close friends) to do voice-overs, and the time and money, he would probably do it himself. After all, who better than the man who knows his own work? But that would be false hope, wouldn't it?

Also, you'd have to consider who Jolly's fan base consists of. Not everyone who watches Adult Swim is a member of this site.

B-mage · 08-16-2008

Not bashing Jolly Jack but his strip is really only short jokes with a few 4 or 5 comic long story arcs aside from the 1 long story arc he did a while back and the new one he is starting up shortly it's not exactly a great basis for a 30 minute show (course with Adult Swim they could do a 15 minute run time). To do a show the format of the jokes and how the adventures work would have to drasticly change like Garfeild, Dilbert, and Baby Blues had to do to become shows and aside from Garfeild none of them lasted a very long time. So Far Boondocks is the only comic I've seen make a truely sucssesful jump to animation (I know Garfeild had a long run and more merchendice than you can shake a stick at but then again Garfield gets put on everything and they'll keep marketing Garfeild until the end of time no matter how sick people get of him). The problem any comic faces in the transition of strip to show is the popularity of the quick 3 or 4 panel jokes ending in a punchline on the last panel, just doesn't work for a show unless you do it like Robot Chicken and then it's just like having some 25 or so comics read to you over the course of 30 min.

Before Sequential Art became a show I'd rather see lackadaisy made into a show or even sluggy freelance

08-16-2008	#1
JBird Casual Artist Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Louisiana, USA Posts: 2,269	Re: Sequential Art as an Animated Series? I bet if Jolly learned the ways of flash animation, got at least 2 or 3 people (possibly close friends) to do voice-overs, and the time and money, he would probably do it himself. After all, who better than the man who knows his own work? But that would be false hope, wouldn't it? Also, you'd have to consider who Jolly's fan base consists of. Not everyone who watches Adult Swim is a member of this site.

08-16-2008	#2
B-mage Lurker... Zerg Lurker! Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 200	Re: Sequential Art as an Animated Series? Not bashing Jolly Jack but his strip is really only short jokes with a few 4 or 5 comic long story arcs aside from the 1 long story arc he did a while back and the new one he is starting up shortly it's not exactly a great basis for a 30 minute show (course with Adult Swim they could do a 15 minute run time). To do a show the format of the jokes and how the adventures work would have to drasticly change like Garfeild, Dilbert, and Baby Blues had to do to become shows and aside from Garfeild none of them lasted a very long time. So Far Boondocks is the only comic I've seen make a truely sucssesful jump to animation (I know Garfeild had a long run and more merchendice than you can shake a stick at but then again Garfield gets put on everything and they'll keep marketing Garfeild until the end of time no matter how sick people get of him). The problem any comic faces in the transition of strip to show is the popularity of the quick 3 or 4 panel jokes ending in a punchline on the last panel, just doesn't work for a show unless you do it like Robot Chicken and then it's just like having some 25 or so comics read to you over the course of 30 min. Before Sequential Art became a show I'd rather see lackadaisy made into a show or even sluggy freelance