[HYPE] Sunnyville Stories Episodes 3 and 4
Max West
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TRAINS AND BANDITS AND SQUABBLES, OH MY!
Two new episodes of Sunnyville comic announced
Comics writer-creator Max West has announced two more episodes of his
independent comic series, Sunnyville Stories, will be put into
production in the coming weeks.
Sunnyville Stories, an independent comics series, is a slice-of-life
comic centered around the small idyllic hamlet of Sunnyville. The
town is home to families of anthropomorphic animals dressed in
traditional clothing - males wear suits and females wear dresses. The
series itself revolves around two feline teenagers: a silver tabby
recently moved into town named Rusty Duncan and a butter cream furred
country girl named Samantha “Sam” Macgregor. Already having seen two
individual stories (tagged by the term “episode”), two new stories are
in development.
The third episode of Sunnyville Stories, titled “the Train Robbers”,
involves two local bandits stealing a special laundry detergent from
the incoming train. Rusty and Sam need that detergent to clean family
heirlooms and promptly engage the bandits in an attempt to recover
it. Can our two heroes regain the detergent? Or will the robbers
make a clean getaway?
The fourth episode of Sunnyville Stories, titled “Don’t Answer Me”, is
an emotional story dealing with an elderly badger, Mr. Jakes. Mr.
Jakes runs the local repair shop but has fallen behind in fixing the
townspeople’s appliances. Rusty and Sam learn that he’s had a quarrel
with his nephew, Roger, and can’t work anymore. It’s up to the two of
them to fix the badger’s relationship with his nephew so he can get
back to fixing the town’s appliances.
The creator of the series, Max West, resides in New York and holds a
degree in creative writing from Baruch College. He also has trained
at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. The clean,
straightforward line art of Max West evoke the feel of traditional
newspaper comic strips and Expressionist draftsman/painter Paul Klee -
both of which Mr. West has cited as influences.
“The challenges in creating these two episodes involve both the story
and the art,” Mr. West explains, “And I’m testing myself to get better
by continuing to work on my storytelling and bringing in new artistic
influences such as Heinrich Kley and Richard Scarry.”
The third episode is expected to be finished in December 2010 with the
fourth episode possibly seeing completion in the first quarter of
2011. A deal is still being negotiated to have Sunnyville Stories
professionally published and distributed.
For more information and weekly updates, be sure to check out the
official Sunnyville blog at http://www.sunnyvillestories.com