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Join us as we explore this missing piece of Jim Henson's career in a celebration of his creative process. Discovered in the Archives of the The Jim Henson Company, A Tale of Sand is an original graphic novel adaptation of an unproduced, feature-length screenplay written by Jim Henson and his frequent writing partner, Jerry Juhl. A Tale of Sand follows scruffy everyman, Mac, who wakes up in an unfamiliar town, and is chased across the desert of the American Southwest by all manners of man and beast of unimaginable...
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Overview

Join us as we explore this missing piece of Jim Henson's career in a celebration of his creative process. Discovered in the Archives of the The Jim Henson Company, A Tale of Sand is an original graphic novel adaptation of an unproduced, feature-length screenplay written by Jim Henson and his frequent writing partner, Jerry Juhl. A Tale of Sand follows scruffy everyman, Mac, who wakes up in an unfamiliar town, and is chased across the desert of the American Southwest by all manners of man and beast of unimaginable proportions. Produced with the complete blessing of Lisa Henson, A Tale of Sand will allow Henson fans to recognize some of the inspirations and set pieces that appeared in later Henson Company productions.

Winner of the 2012 Eisner Awards for:
Best Graphic Album - New
Best Penciller/Inker
Best Publication Design

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Jim Henson died in 1990, but his fertile imagination lives on in The Muppets and his other creations. Not all his many projects had been completed by the time of his tragic death. One of them, the basis of this graphic novel, was an unproduced, feature-length screenplay by Henson and his frequent writing partner Jerry Juhl. A Tale of Sand follows the unplanned adventures and struggle to survive of a man marooned in the Great America Southwest.

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Based on an unproduced feature-length screenplay by legendary visionary Henson and Juhl, this graphic novel follows its hapless protagonist as he is cast out into the desert by the cheerful Sheriff Tate for reasons as baffling to the unnamed hero as the reader. The scruffy hero is a pawn in a game whose rules are concealed from him, pursued across a surrealistic southwest U.S. by an implacable hunter and hindered by the eccentric, bizarre inhabitants of the great desolation. The prize waiting for him at the end of the chase, should he survive to reach the end, is one he will never guess at. While best known as the creator of the Muppets, Henson was a man of multiple gifts. More than two decades after his untimely death, Pérez has brought to life a little-known side of Henson’s storytelling skill. The story eschews extensive dialogue, making events dependent on Pérez’s ability to convey Henson’s vision. Instead of trying to merely make a movie storyboard, Pérez chooses to make this pure comics, using an animated style somewhat reminiscent of Darwyn Cooke and stunning coloring that uses different palettes—muted pastels or striking duotone—to tell the story. An eccentric oddity, lovingly rendered into a haunting story. (Feb.)
Library Journal
It's not a new observation that life is simply an endless struggle with A) death and B) oneself, but here it is realized with graphic brilliance. A man named Mac enjoys an ebullient welcome from the populace of a small desert town until the sheriff sends him away with a knapsack, map, ten minutes' lead time, and two recommendations: if he can get to Eagle Mountain, he'll be safe; and don't trust the map. Clearly, Mac shouldn't trust anything else, either, since an avalanche of surrealistic, often comic near-disasters follows, e.g., knife-wielding Arabs, a football team, a lion, and explosions aplenty, all seemingly masterminded by a mysterious eye-patched fellow and his chilly blond friend. This adaptation of an unproduced screenplay by the late Henson and his writing parter Juhl (who died in 2005), combined with Perez's realistic art, entrains the eye with a beautiful, nearly wordless collage of colorful panels. Indeed, the trip is so fascinating that the destination may surprise, though it might be obvious in retrospect. VERDICT This startling glimpse into Henson's psyche draws on themes from his films (The Cube; Timepiece; Labyrinth) for a dramatic and existential reading experience. Recommended for adult and sophisticated teen fans of literary black humor.—M.C.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781936393091
  • Publisher: Archaia Entertainment
  • Publication date: 1/31/2012
  • Pages: 152
  • Product dimensions: 8.10 (w) x 11.51 (h) x 0.86 (d)

Meet the Author

Jim Henson (1936–1990) is responsible for creating puppet characters for Sesame Street, The Muppet Show, Fraggle Rock, and other programs. He directed The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth, two iconic movies featuring puppets and animatronics. Jerry Juhl was a TV and movie writer who became a major collaborator of Jim Henson’s. He has written for Sam and Friends, The Muppet Show, and Fraggle Rock, and wrote or cowrote all of the Muppet movies. He lives in San Francisco. Ramón K. Pérez lives in Toronto.

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  • Posted February 3, 2013

    Beautifully drawn surrealism

    Beautifully drawn surrealism

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