Top Shelf’s Chris Staros tells us that Andy Runton‘s wonderful Owly comics characters (solid favourites with a number of us here) has been animated by Sprite Animation Studios and the cartoon will debut at the San Diego Comic Con later this month, where fans will be able to drop by the Top Shelf booth to see it and also to get Owly books signed by Andy who will also be there. The animated Owly is directed by Moto Sakakibara, from storyboards created by Andy, and features Andy’s ‘Pictomation’ , which is a method of expressing his character’s thoughts and emotions using icons and images rather than text, which makes them especially good for younger fans and also means they can travel rather well since there is no language barrier. Top Shelf also announced they were working with Simon & Schuster to create some new Owly picture books due to appear in 2011.
“I’m absolutely overjoyed to be working with the entire Sprite team. Over the past months, we’ve worked very closely to make sure Owly was faithfully translated to 3D. Every little detail was important to them, and the end result blows me away! They’ve created an animation that captures the pure essence of Owly in ways I never thought possible. It’s amazing to see Owly and Wormy come to life like this. The level of artistry at Sprite is incredible,” Andy Runton.
July 27th, 2009 at 2:46 am
I bought an Owly T-shirt and saw the animated version at your booth during Comic-Con on Friday. Too cute!