June 19, 2004
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The Super Dog!
Via the Flat Earth blog - we found press images of WBA’s new pre-school Krypto animated series!If you’ve seen Krypto on our website, I guess we should do some explaining…
Over a year ago, when Krypto was in early stages of development (of which there were several), Eddie and I were hired to design the characters and Paul Dini to write the Bible/Pitch. Our brief was to aim for a Golden Book-type illustration style. The stories were to be very much set in an all-animal world, with no human characters, no Superman references, no “Where did Krypto come from?” back story. Krypto was to be like the Littlest Hobo – a wandering superdog who does good deeds and “saves small animals and puppies… “.
Then the brief changed, and new artists and writers came on board to revise what Paul, Eddie and I had started. It’s interesting to see how the final version of Krypto (which I think is very sweet) still follows the original brief but has also evolved a long way from our original efforts… which we are posting right here.
Our Krypto designs -
We also experimented with designs for Krypto‘s love interest…
(We tried Terriers, Borzois, Spaniels, Huskies etc. aaarrggh…)
…..and for Krypto‘s little sidekick.
(The Pug remains our favorite)
At one point he was also a tubby tabby cat…
Anyway, we have no idea what the new Krypto series is like. We can’t wait to see it when it launches on Cartoon Network in Spring 2005.
Designs by Eddie & Lili (Flash)
© 2001 – WB Animation
Comments (5)
Great cartoons! Your version of Krypto, even though it didn’t get to see the light of day, is very adorable.
Thanks Horahkti! It was a very confusing experience!
-Eddie
I like your Krypto. Will you two be making an appearance at the SD Comic-Con? – kwc
hi kwc- Yes, it will be our first time at comic-con this year. As for whether we’re making an “appearance”, I don’t think so. Are you going? - lili
This will be my second trip to comic-con. Still working out the final details, but I’ll at least be there for Friday and the insane Saturday.My first year there is best described as sleep-deprived sensory overload; I’m probably going to try and get some more sleep this year
.You all should get a booth sometime so I could get a sketch 
, though perhaps hand-cramps from endless sketches isn’t the greatest encouragement. – kwc