(fwd) KatsEye News: Comix 'n' Stuff

From: Andy Hill <chance_at_unix.infoserve.net>
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 1995 18:03:23 -0700

From: chance_at_unix.infoserve.net (Andy Hill)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.swatkats
Subject: KatsEye News: Comix 'n' Stuff
Date: 27 Jun 1995 00:56:23 GMT

     Someone I know talked to Ellen Winkler at Antarctic press (you know,
all those creator-owned Furry titles) and evidently there _were_
discussions about bringing out a "SwatKats" title through them. Further
talks didn't happen however, because "Turner didn't seem too interested".
Dark Horse was also approached, but said "cat characters don't work".

     Next, I heard something else I haven't looked into, but perhaps
someone else knows more than I. It seems that when the Tremblays first
started working on SwatKats at H-B, Turner Entertainment hadn't yet
purchased it, so Turner inherited the 'Kats, and the Tremblays inherited
Turner. The plot sickens. Ms. Winkler at Antarctic mentioned that she
_also_ heard Tedco pulled the plug because of the violence aspect, and
this coupled with the fact that 'Kats wasn't originated in the Turner
universe helps explain a few things regarding the
marketing/cancellation. I'll have to ask Christian Tremblay about
at what stage Turner took over, and see if he noticed any immediate
"change in attitude" concerning the program.

 
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 "Sorry for staring..it's just that you looked so much like the Cheshire Cat
  for a minute there, and I was rather hoping bits of you would begin to
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 "Sorry for staring..it's just that you looked so much like the Cheshire Cat
  for a minute there, and I was rather hoping bits of you would begin to
  disappear..."
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