Dear Russ & Brad,
Have you had time to begin your "wish list"?
I have completed my list of other features being
offered on the other sites.
Have you also ever discussed a "mythology" of any
kind?
I am referring not just to Disney's "Magic Kingdom"
but to the "Middle Earth" of Tolkien, the "Marvel
Universe" of Stan Lee -- you are wll aware of the
"Acme Toon Town" of Warner Bros. Looney Tunes.
I ask now because all of the current conglomerates
have either built theirs from scratch over the last
century -- or acquired the rights to those developed
by others.
I'm not talking about last minute spin-offs like the
current Lunatics.
(I'm afraid I may have offended you Russ when I
mentioned my short-term estimation of such properties)
I didn't mean to -- they have been good to me and I
have supported both the classics:
http://www.wonder-books.com/funnypaperz/looney.htm
as well as the later spin-offs:
http://www.wonder-books.com/funnypaperz/duck5.gif
I'm stealing my own thunder now as much of this will
be repeated in my official log.
The more I dig into what I consider the foundation of
these other entertainment empires, the more I am
convinced I should be mounting a more emphatic sell to
you of JIMMY JET.
Disneyland did not spring forth like Athena, fully
formed from Zeuss' head -- even from such a prodigious
one as Walter Elias Disney.
As a matter of act he was already an old man by the
time the parks gates opened for the first time. It is
part of the charming trivia in retrospect that the
water foundtains were not working and the fresh
asphalt was still uncured that women in high heels
were becoming stuck like the Tar Pit Mammoths.
What few think about is the deliberate planning,
bone-aching delays and constant ingenuity that lead to
that ribbon cutting ceremony below the castle
drawbridge.
Pls. see image 1
(from the library of this author)
The public payoff was a souvineer keepsake map.
Pls. see image 2
(from the library of this author)
The enduring symbol of all this wonder has been cast
in a statue that captures not only the creator and his
creation -- but the loving relationship between "Uncle
Walt" and the child holding his hand.
Pls. see image 3
The message is undiluted by the simpler logo derived
from the statue:
Pls. see image 4
I have been striving for something similar in my own
promotions featuring CDR Page Turner & Jimmy Jet.
Pls. see image 5
The maps of fantasy worlds owe a deep debt to even
earlier forerunners like JRR Tolkien whose personal
illustrations of the land, notes on Elfin languages
and even hefty Old-Testatment prehistoric backstory
like the "Silmarillion"
Pls. see images 6, 7, 8
So I return ot the subject of what shall be our
central myth -- the story glue that holds all your
varied interests together.
In the news last night, NASA has announced it's return
to the Moon. An 18 year, hundred-billion dollar epic
mission. It stands to overshadow the lives of this
succeeding generation of children as it did those of
us from the '50s and '60s.
I was a bit prophetic in my graphic novel, "Men From
Earth" -- the subtitle was "Moon Race II". That was
almost 14 years ago.
Pls. see image 9
I believe Jimmy Jet to be the perfect mascot for
anyone wishing to exploit the next 14 years of Space.
Best!
Joe King
"That Joe Guy"
Making the world a funnier place...
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