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"The mostly wordless comic is a fantastic voyage inside yet another incredible world of a creative genius."--"Comics Alliance"
"This is one of the most beautiful books I've ever held in my hands."--"Newsarama"
"It's a book that not only stays with you, but compels you to go back to it multiple times."--"Secret Identity Podcast"
"Perez did an admirable job of bringing the script to life in a way that pays homage to Henson's own imagination."--"IGN"
"If you're a big Henson fan, "Tale of Sand" should open the doors to a jaw-dropping new world."--"Complex"
"This is one of the most beautiful books I've ever held in my hands."--"Newsarama"
"It's a book that not only stays with you, but compels you to go back to it multiple times."--"Secret Identity Podcast"
"Perez did an admirable job of bringing the script to life in a way that pays homage to Henson's own imagination."--"IGN"
"If you're a big Henson fan, "Tale of Sand" should open the doors to a jaw-dropping new world."--"Complex"
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Discovered in the archives of The Jim Henson Company, Tale of Sand is an original graphic novel adaptation of an unproduced screenplay written by Henson and Jerry Juhl. Tale of Sand follows Mac, who wakes up in an unfamiliar town and is chased across the desert by all manners of man and beast.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book has been on my shopping list for a while. It's only until there was a major discount at a local bookstore that I decided to buy it. Don't be like me. If you're into comic books, buy it now.
This is a comic book based on the lost screenplay of Jim Henson and writing partner Jerry Juhl.
Tale of Sand is a fascinating tale of imagination. The story starts out with a man at a desert town. Without much explanation, he was told to cross a line somewhere in the desert. That's when we start to follow him to the end point and along the way see unexplainable things and events. In the middle of the desert, there's a man running with a huge ice cube that melts until it's small enough to be dropped into the wine glass of a lady sitting by a swimming pool with a shark in it. Then the scene cuts to another unbelievable one. That's the kind of experience you'll be getting throughout.
The storytelling style reminds me instantly of the Japanese animated film Paprika. Everything is unexpected and the imagery changes constantly as the story flows along.
The art from Ramon Perez is mesmerizing. The paneling and layout are fantastic. The drawings are great and the colour palette is used appropriately to create the psychedelic mood of the story.
This is a screenplay that's wonderfully realized in comic form. Actually, I can't see how it can be shot as a live action when Jim Henson wrote it.
Highly recommended if you want to read a comic book that's quite different. It's an enjoyable read.
This is a comic book based on the lost screenplay of Jim Henson and writing partner Jerry Juhl.
Tale of Sand is a fascinating tale of imagination. The story starts out with a man at a desert town. Without much explanation, he was told to cross a line somewhere in the desert. That's when we start to follow him to the end point and along the way see unexplainable things and events. In the middle of the desert, there's a man running with a huge ice cube that melts until it's small enough to be dropped into the wine glass of a lady sitting by a swimming pool with a shark in it. Then the scene cuts to another unbelievable one. That's the kind of experience you'll be getting throughout.
The storytelling style reminds me instantly of the Japanese animated film Paprika. Everything is unexpected and the imagery changes constantly as the story flows along.
The art from Ramon Perez is mesmerizing. The paneling and layout are fantastic. The drawings are great and the colour palette is used appropriately to create the psychedelic mood of the story.
This is a screenplay that's wonderfully realized in comic form. Actually, I can't see how it can be shot as a live action when Jim Henson wrote it.
Highly recommended if you want to read a comic book that's quite different. It's an enjoyable read.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
The sexiest graphic novel of 2011
7 Feb 2012
Format:Hardcover
Archaia has been afforded some rather spectacular opportunities because of their relationship with The Jim Henson Company, and they've knocked every one of them out of the park. Anthologies like Fraggle Rock and The Storyteller have captured the essence of each franchise while also adding to them. Tale of Sand is a different beast though. Rather than collected stories from a variety of writers and artists, it's a graphic novel translation of a lost screenplay by Jim Henson and Jerry Juhl (head writer on The Muppets). The feature length screenplay was written before Sesame Street and Muppets and represents other facets of Henson's creative talents.
The screenplay isn't interpreted in the way you'd expect. In fact, it's best if you don't open the book with any expectations. If you flip through the book first (which I did because I was hungry to see the art), you'll notice the lack of word balloons. This a story that unfolds in images more so than words and oh, what images. Artist Ramón Pérez has brought Henson and Juhl's work to vivid life. He tells the story of a man who is sent off to the desert on an apparent race. He doesn't know why he's there, only that he has a ten minute head start. He dashes off into the desert and soon he finds himself being pursued. He walks from empty, parched vistas into wacky situations like a football game. Part of the joy of this book is experiencing the race, and it's most effective if the bizarre twists hit you by surprise page after page. I won't tell you what happens or what he runs into or much else at all about the actual story because I don't want to rob you of potential reactions.
Pérez makes the sandy landscape leap off the page. You feel immersed. You feel there. Though the screenplay is incorporated into the tale in the background and in actual in-panel words (in a font based on Henson's handwriting), the interpretation landed squarely on Pérez's shoulders. He made it work, and he did so with such style. Given the nature of the screenplay and the fact that it wasn't a standard narrative, it could have easily turned into a jumbled wreck. It walks the tight rope. The character design, the palette, the layout, the way the story flows smoothly from one panel to the next - not a beat is missed. Just please don't open this book expecting cute puppets. Go in with an open mind and drink up the art. Tale of Sand is ambitious, surreal, and glorious.
I think it's also important to note how the book looks. Archaia always publishes high quality books, but this one raises the bar. It's apparent every decision was made with care. The cover, the type of paper, the print quality - all top notch. It even comes with an elastic band (moleskine notebook style) to mark your place. Sure, they're small touches but together they make a statement. Presentation is important, and in this case it would make me pick up this book even if I knew nothing about Archaia or Jim Henson.
In sum, Tale of Sand is the sexiest graphic novel of 2011. If you aren't familiar with Henson's work outside of The Muppets (like Time Piece), you owe it to yourself to see a different side of his genius - this graphic novel exhibits it perfectly.
The screenplay isn't interpreted in the way you'd expect. In fact, it's best if you don't open the book with any expectations. If you flip through the book first (which I did because I was hungry to see the art), you'll notice the lack of word balloons. This a story that unfolds in images more so than words and oh, what images. Artist Ramón Pérez has brought Henson and Juhl's work to vivid life. He tells the story of a man who is sent off to the desert on an apparent race. He doesn't know why he's there, only that he has a ten minute head start. He dashes off into the desert and soon he finds himself being pursued. He walks from empty, parched vistas into wacky situations like a football game. Part of the joy of this book is experiencing the race, and it's most effective if the bizarre twists hit you by surprise page after page. I won't tell you what happens or what he runs into or much else at all about the actual story because I don't want to rob you of potential reactions.
Pérez makes the sandy landscape leap off the page. You feel immersed. You feel there. Though the screenplay is incorporated into the tale in the background and in actual in-panel words (in a font based on Henson's handwriting), the interpretation landed squarely on Pérez's shoulders. He made it work, and he did so with such style. Given the nature of the screenplay and the fact that it wasn't a standard narrative, it could have easily turned into a jumbled wreck. It walks the tight rope. The character design, the palette, the layout, the way the story flows smoothly from one panel to the next - not a beat is missed. Just please don't open this book expecting cute puppets. Go in with an open mind and drink up the art. Tale of Sand is ambitious, surreal, and glorious.
I think it's also important to note how the book looks. Archaia always publishes high quality books, but this one raises the bar. It's apparent every decision was made with care. The cover, the type of paper, the print quality - all top notch. It even comes with an elastic band (moleskine notebook style) to mark your place. Sure, they're small touches but together they make a statement. Presentation is important, and in this case it would make me pick up this book even if I knew nothing about Archaia or Jim Henson.
In sum, Tale of Sand is the sexiest graphic novel of 2011. If you aren't familiar with Henson's work outside of The Muppets (like Time Piece), you owe it to yourself to see a different side of his genius - this graphic novel exhibits it perfectly.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Jim Henson, I thought I knew you.
10 Mar 2012
Format:Hardcover
If you thought of Jim Henson as the creative genius behind The Muppets and Sesame Street than you still haven't seen all that he was capable of.
For those of you that didn't already know, "Tale of Sand" was a screen play that Jim Henson and Jerry Juhl wrote between 1967 and 1968. Over the next six to seven years it was shopped to various studios and rewritten with no takers. At that point Jim Henson and Jerry Juhl were in full swing developing the Muppet Show and Sesame Street so this project was tabled and later forgotten.
To say that the story itself is surrealistic is an understatement. It is downright confusing and you could debate the meaning or lack of in many parts of the story until you are blue in the face. None the less, the nearly epic artwork of Ramon Perez makes it all explode on the page. Story telling is a difficult art form where people run away when unless everything is explained to them like children. What Ramon Perez does is that he brings us that story and delivers it in a manner that is not only visually appealing but works with the naturally confusing and thought provoking story line. After reading this I am not sure who impressed me more. Henson and Juhl for writing this or Perez for reading a script, making sense of it and adapting it.
For those of you that didn't already know, "Tale of Sand" was a screen play that Jim Henson and Jerry Juhl wrote between 1967 and 1968. Over the next six to seven years it was shopped to various studios and rewritten with no takers. At that point Jim Henson and Jerry Juhl were in full swing developing the Muppet Show and Sesame Street so this project was tabled and later forgotten.
To say that the story itself is surrealistic is an understatement. It is downright confusing and you could debate the meaning or lack of in many parts of the story until you are blue in the face. None the less, the nearly epic artwork of Ramon Perez makes it all explode on the page. Story telling is a difficult art form where people run away when unless everything is explained to them like children. What Ramon Perez does is that he brings us that story and delivers it in a manner that is not only visually appealing but works with the naturally confusing and thought provoking story line. After reading this I am not sure who impressed me more. Henson and Juhl for writing this or Perez for reading a script, making sense of it and adapting it.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Pure Magic
7 Feb 2012
Format:Hardcover
Any fan of Jim Henson's needs to do themselves the honor of reading this book. It's a faithful and beautiful continuation of the man's legacy and offers insight not only into his storytelling abilities but his pure vision as an artist. The highest of recommendations. Another winner from Archaia.
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