Kaboombee! Teaser storyboards

Some years ago I did some crude bee drawings and posted them on this blog (see here). For some reason, it's the most popular post I've ever made, at least according to Blogger's stats.

But interestingly, it prompted a fellow named Chris to get in touch. As a fellow Bee enthusiast, Chris wanted my help to develop a children's TV show about a group of exploding superhero honeybees called Kaboombee!. Needless to say, I was intrigued. So we met for some beers in London, and discovered we shared many other interests, including but not limited to a northern heritage and a borderline-obsession with The Beatles. Chris has now moved to New Zealand, but we have been developing Kaboombee! ever since, working on it here and there when time permits.

Currently we're working on a series of web shorts focusing on the villain characters, 'cause we like them the best. It's going to be called Wannabee: Behind The Schemes. I made the following storyboards into an animatic several months ago, and this little movie, though it wasn't animated, proved the genesis of Behind The Schemes, and hopefully this will see the light of day as part of a Kaboombee! teaser/trailer in the future.

I'll post more on the development of Wannabee: Behind The Schemes very soon. For now, just remember:

There's no such thing as a King Bee.