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QC as a show on Adult Swim.

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The Seldom Killer:

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If by "Fixed" you mean "I have no idea what would actually be successful on TV", then sure, go with that.

QC is funny in a "makes you chuckle occasionally" kind of way, but it is in no way capable of sustaining a TV show in a television environment that is post-Friends and currently runs stuff like (as Benji mentions) Mission Hill.

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Sorry, to my shame I imported an in joke from another forum. I really shouldn't have done that but I may have had a "rejuvenating" lunch yesterday.

I think you're wrong though. The underpinning scenario, quality of storytelling and depth of development for QC is more than capable of sustaining a TV show. I also think it would mix in well with other programming. It doesn't have to be the same to do well. Remember when Ren & Stimpy used to do well? There was sure as hell nothing else like that within a hundred viewing hours on any channel. Equally, The Simpsons in the UK sits between Deal or No Deal and Hollyoaks. Don't underestimate a receptive audience.

I'm not saying that QC should be made into a TV show, just speculating that if it were, it has the potential to succeed as a product that would be identifiable and relevant as QC. Although my initial reference to the Boondocks isn't entirely flawless. In creating the TV series, McGruder decided to discontinue the comic strip.

ZERO:
I'm hardcore into the traditional superhero comics. I only started reading QC because a friend showed it to me. I've been hooked ever since. I have not been a fan for very long, but I could see how the appeal of the strip could be translated into a successful animated series. It's just a matter of the right place and the right time. You can't dispute that, Jeph.

Besides, someone has got to stop Cartoon Network from becoming MTV. I'm seeing far too many people on the channel that AREN'T ANIMATED.

Sharp:
All I can add is that were I to create a successful comic or writing material, I would be MADDENED if I could not maintain creative control. Selfish as it may sound, I put the work into it, it's MY story. I remember Jeph saying (somewhere, I regretfully cannot source) that he would only relinquish the rights to QC if he was payed enough to never have to work again.  :roll: So, I can see how he would be happier just doing things as he does.

Besides, we would ALL be unhappy with at least one of the voice acting choices!

And in regards to doing animation himself, I think Jeph has mentioned an aversion to Flash in the "Ask Jeph" thread.

Insignificant:
Yes, but it's highly unlikely. And it would only be worth it if Jeph had serious creative control, or at least one hell of a writing/animation staff to fill in any gaps...

TheEvilDog:
QC as a show wouldn't work, not unless Jeph had absolute, 100% control of the show. Which wouldn't happen if it was picked up by any company, and if it did, the strip would suffer badly. Executive meddling would ruin the show, in fact I can just see it now, the guys-in-suits in their boardroom brainstorming, pitching ideas to Jeph, "Does Pintsize need to be so offensive? How about we make Dora a permanent blonde? Let's make Faye thinner. Does Marten's mother really need to be a fetish model? How about we make her a housewife and she's still together with Henry, and he isn't gay."

I can also see a news report about a webcomic writer going on a rampage targeting executives.

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