Jim Henson’s Tale of Sand
Creator: Jim Henson
Synopsis
Join us as we explore this missing piece of Jim Henson’s career in a celebration of his creative process. Discovered in the Archives of The Jim Henson Company, Tale of Sand is an original graphic novel adaptation of an unproduced, feature-length screenplay written by Jim Henson and his frequent writing partner, Jerry Juhl. Tale of Sand follows scruffy everyman Mac, who wakes up in an unfamiliar town, and is chased across the desert of the American Southwest by all manners of man and beast of unimaginable proportions. Produced under the complete supervision of Henson Company CEO Lisa Henson, Tale of Sand will allow Henson fans to recognize some of the inspirations and set pieces that appeared in later Henson Company productions.
Achievements
Winner, 2012 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, Best Graphic Album-New
Winner, 2012 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, Best Publication Design (Eric Skillman)
Winner, 2012 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, Best Penciller/Inker (Ramón Pérez)
Winner, Gold Award, ForeWord Reviews 2011 Book of the Year Awards
Nominee, 2012 Harvey Awards, Special Award for Excellence in Presentation
Nominee, 2012 Harvey Awards, Best Graphic Album Original
Nominee, 2012 Harvey Awards, Best Single Issue or Story
Reviews
- 12-13-2011 A Comic Book Blog – Tale of Sand
- 12-27-2011 CBR Pipeline – Tale of Sand
- 02-16-2012 Comic Book Daily – Tale of Sand
- 12-15-2011 Comic Book Resources – Tale of Sand
- 03-10-2012 Tale of Sand – Comic Impact
- 12-26-2012 Tale of Sand – Comics Alliance (Best of 2012)
- 01-24-2012 Comics Alliance – Tale of Sand
- 01-10-2012 Comics Bulletin – Tale of Sand
- 06-19-2012 Tale of Sand – g33kwatch
- 01-13-2012 Geek with Curves – Tale of Sand
- 01-30-2012 Geekadelphia – Tale of Sand
- 04-05-2012 Tale of Sand – Geeks of Doom
- 03-12-2012 Gonzobrarian – Tale of Sand
- 12-21-2012 Tale of Sand – iFanboy (Book of the Year 2012)
- 12-23-2011 iFanboy – Tale of Sand
- 02-06-2012 iFanboy Book of the Month – Tale of Sand
- 12-21-2011 IGN – Tale of Sand
- 12-21-2011 Las Vegas Weekly – Tale of Sand
- 03-15-2012 Library Journal – Tale of Sand
- 12-14-2011 Multiversity Comics – Tale of Sand
- 01-13-2012 Newsarama – Tale of Sand
- 02-13-2012 Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) – Tale of Sand
- 01-27-2012 Read About Comics – Tale of Sand
- 07-18-2012 Tale of Sand – Reading with Pictures
- 02-09-2012 Spandexless – Tale of Sand
- 02-22-2012 Totally Rad Show – Tale of Sand
- 01-09-2012 USA Today Pop Candy – Tale of Sand
- 12-23-2011 Wired.com – Tale of Sand
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