Comics We Love: Jim Henson's 'Tale of Sand'
, Jim Henson was a veritable Jack-of-all-trades in the artistic field. During the '60s, Henson was not only a master puppeteer; he was a photographer, made television commercials, dabbled in music, created at-home animated movies, and crafted screenplays with writer and friend Jerry Juhl. Towards the end of the pair's experimental period, Henson and Juhl developed a feature-length film project titled Tale of Sand if there is one, is of a young man on a strange quest in the desert of the American Southwest. It's a tale that makes the reader emote more than reflect, and unlike a standard exposition-to-dénouement narrative format, there is no conclusion in the book, no spiritual growth of the cast, only an experience that the audience must interpret as the main character continues on his journey.Perfect World Emotes - News
Thankfully, Pérez's style in Tale of Sand is a perfect match for Henson and Juhl's script. Cartoonish, yet grounded in realistic ratios and features, Pérez has captured the absurdist humor Henson would have likely used in a movie that called for real
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