A while back I had a conversation with Adam and SJ, and this idea came to me, about a TV show whose theme would be super-children, the XO Kids.
Sort of Spy Kids 3 meets CJ7 meets Teletubbies, and all together in Sesame Street ... I kept going slowly. Providentially a nephew of mine and a couple of his fellows are published comic magazine authors with a name already, despite being only 14 years old ... They accepted to do a few drafts, available at http://xokids.com Publishing a comic is a lot cheaper to do than a TV show, but I am already in contact with a producer and great friend in Uruguay seeing possibilities for filming. I left total creative freedom to the artists, so I do not know exactly where they are going to carry the story (my sister tells me they're doing a couple of plates per week), but the storyline is basically about this group of children encountering some anthropomorphic XOs (we decided that these came from an underground civilization that had its origins when a spacecraft collided with the Earth many years ago). The children in this encounter gain super-powers and become friends with the XOs, and together live many adventures. (an obvious superpower is to be able to communicate using the mesh ... a fantasy world :-)) The adventures obviously have a strong educational component, with a special section in each magazine. Side note: my knowledge of hydroponics, which indirectly got me tenure in Montevideo years ago, began with a Donald Duck magazine where the nephews used this technology, so I can attest to the potential of comics to introduce valuable ideas. Another element that I want to add is interactivity, a website where children can not only find the stories, but live virtual adventures where kids themselves are the protagonists. Now seeking funding to publish the first issue, and to try out some ideas on the web, and ideally even support a pilot for television. If any of you have contact with any company or advertising, please connect us! Yamandu uncle to 'Plosko', one of the authors of XO Kids BTW, I had to wait until mid February to pick up xokids.com, as only then was it coming available. .net and .org are available now. Maybe someone friendly should fetch them. _______________________________________________ Grassroots mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/grassroots
