[Groop]groo flash cartoon?

[Mark Evanier]

On Tue, 13 Feb 2001 09:25:51 -0800 (PST), Chad Riden
<chadmriden@yahoo.com> wrote:

>On the lines of a Groo cartoon.. Mark, you've said that the one thing that
>really stands in the way of producing a cartoon is that you and Sergio
>would have to have complete control and ownership.. I was thinking, what
>about a flash cartoon? Sergio could cash in on the internet thing and set
>up a really cool website with flash cartoons and other stuff. He'd have
>complete control over it and it could be a promotional tool for selling
>comics and merchandise on his site. It can also be used as an "I told you
>so" type thing to show tv-executive-types (not to mention comics
>retailers) Groo's appeal. Something to think about..

ME: "Cash in?"  You obviously haven't been looking at the financial
figures for Internet sites, especially those featuring flash
animation.  To give you two examples: I worked briefly last year for
Stan Lee Media, which was operating what had been touted as the most
successful of them all.  It lost 40 million dollars and is now close
to bankrupt.  Sergio and I were also actively courted by Icebox, which
was the second-biggest and which closed down last week.

If there's money to be made doing animation for the web, no one's yet
figured out how to do it.
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