Good news: you no longer need the approval of a massive corporation to make a hit cartoon! The indie animation movement is growing, with shows like The Amazing Digital Circus, Lackadaisy, and I Don’t Want To Be a Magical Girl generating big buzz. Dave Capdevielle and Ashley Nichols, two people who have worked on those projects, have just announced their own: Far-Fetched, which they pitch as “Scooby-Doo meets Resident Evil, but for people who shop at Hot Topic.”
Far-Fetched weaves the tale of Sesamoid, a late 2000s rock band made up of misfits and freaks who are just looking for their big break. There’s Rue, described as “a walking quarter-life crisis,” her ego-filled childhood friend Quinn, energetic cosplay enthisuast Piper, easily agitated Warren, airhead Griff, and some kind of dog-bat hybrid thing named Kira.
Sesamoid was in the process of filming their first music video at an abandoned summer camp…you don’t need me to finish that sentence, do you? Sure enough, abandoned summer camps remain as dangerous as they ever were. Hideous monsters emerge from the woods, sending them on a high-speed race for their lives in a beat-up ice cream truck. That’s just the beginning, as they soon figure out their hometown of Veilport was hiding a lot of supernatural secrets that picked now to emerge.
Dave and Ashley have been working slowly on Far-Fetched for a few years in their off-hours between Lackadaisy and other projects. According to them the pilot is half-complete, but needs public funding to push it further and make it as spiffy as possible.
“Ashley and I became friends during the production of Hazbin Hotel and knew we had a lot of shared creative interests,” says Capdevielle. “She had ideas for some of the characters for what would become Far-Fetched since 6th grade, and always wanted to do something with them. So one day, she approached me about writing an animated short starring the two main characters, Rue and her dog Kira, that became the show’s proof of concept.”
“We’ve already successfully produced a two-minute proof of concept short animation and plan on funding the full pilot episode on our own, so that we may create a show that isn’t limited by the expectations of some business suit named Frank,” adds Nichols. “If we don’t screw this up and people actually like it, then we plan on funding an entire series, in order to fully bring to life the story we want to tell. Sure, this is a little uncertain and risky, but it’s a lot better than working with Frank. Screw you, Frank!”
There are many ways to support Far-Fetched. Getting your name in the credits costs just $5. Early access to the completed pilot costs a $20 pledge, and you’ll also receive 20 unique pieces of background art. Up your contribution to $25 and they’ll throw in a digital artbook full of comics, sketches and concepts from behind the scenes. Many other prizes and levels of access can be had at higher tiers.
The Far-Fetched Kickstarter will be open until May 7. It’s still too early to provide an estimation on when the pilot could be completed, but we’ll keep you posted on any additional news.
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