Hey everyone! First off, before the post, I’m sorry I haven’t been active really at all – life has been a bit rough, so bear with me in this tough time! Anyway, Poptropica recently tweeted that they have an Official Tumblr page for the creators!
From looking at their Tumblr, I see some really cool stuff! I see the creators re-blog a lot of stuff on Tumblr, like how they also retweet a lot of stuff over on Twitter. I just hope the creators don’t re-blog any inappropriate language that people post on Tumblr, as they did on Twitter.
Big Hero 6: Baymax Follower Ad
The creators have this ad you can watch on any Main Streets. To get the Baymax Follower (from the movie Big Hero 6, Which was released into theaters toady!) you have to watch the video and boom you get the cool follower below!
LOL! Is it just me or the Baymax Follower kinda looks like the Michelin Man or the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man xD
Interview with Poptropica comic writer Paul Gilligan
Remember the recent post where Slippery Raptor showed Poptropica’s Comic Artist: Kory Merritt being interviewed by L’Idea Magazine? Well, the magazine did another interview with another Poptropica employee! This one was with Paul Gilligan; Poptropica’s Comic Writer. Although he didn’t give away any important details like Kory did, he said some pretty interesting stuff in a tidbit of the interview below!
L’IDEA MAGAZINE: In June of this year you debuted with another comic strip, Poptropica. Could you tell us how it came about and what is the storyline?
PAUL GILLIGAN: Poptropica is a popular website where players can create avatars and travel through a plethora of interesting islands. The website’s creator, Jeff Kinney (of “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” fame) wanted a comic strip to go with it, and so he hired me to do the writing. There were pre-existing templates for the two main characters of Oliver and Jorge. I fleshed them out and gave them the motivation that they’re searching for a way out of Poptropica by traveling from island to island, kinda like that show “Quantum Leap”, like each time they hop to the next island it will be the one that leads them home.
L’IDEA MAGAZINE: In Poptropica you share the credits with Kory Merritt. How do you operate in the creation of the strip with him?
PAUL GILLIGAN: I do the writing, accompanied by thumbnails if necessary, and Kory pencils out the strips and runs them by me. I bring up any alterations that might be necessary for clarity, etc, and then he inks and colors the work. It’s been a fairly seamless collaboration thus far; Kory’s a great artist and super easy to work with.
Wow! I never thought from jumping island-to-island as a Quantum Leap! Anyway, that’s it for this long post! Have a great day!
~SW5~
