Twenty four strips. Excluding Sundays that's a month's worth of cartoons. Looking back at these original strips I still feel very strongly the series could work as a daily, seen in papers across America. Which brings us to the present and where we're yet to go.
Currently Rob Wrecks, founder of IndieComiX, has invited us to make his site a home for reaching more readers. I hope that while we're there it will encourage other cartoonists to bring their works to the site. Rob's focus is completely set on great independent comics and their creators. The site's byline "Where Independent Comics Matter" says it all. Rob really cares and it's a joy to watch his site grow.
As for the future of JOSEPH! you are already aware that we are currently seeking a publisher for "The Family Album". Future titles include "The Never Ending Sequel" and "Meet the Neighbors". But this begs the question, "Will JOSEPH! ever be a REAL animated cartoon?" My answer to that is a very solid maybe.
There are plans right now to adapt a segment of "The Family Album" as a sort of screen test. If this screen test is successful we can move forward with developing an animated series. Originally I had thought to adapt "The Family Album" as a feature short which could act as a pilot to sell to a producer or possibly a network. But with seeing the kinds of things that are possible that the creators of "Cyanide and Happiness" (for example) are doing we're now talking about making JOSEPH! a web series. Of course "Cyanide and Happiness" is already very successful. They have millions of readers! The leap to a web series is only natural. For us the leap will be monumental so all of this is only in the planning stages. I will say that I trust the animator. He's very talented.
As it is now, and being the series creator, I have to remain focused on story-telling. But that's never been easier. Every day I write it becomes more and more like peeking in on the life of Joseph and simply writing down what I see. And I love it!
