![]() ![]() Enochs says that a visit to see the latest restored version of Fritz Lang's Metropolis film was a key touchpoint. Those influences are interesting, at a time when it can be easy for app developers to get sucked into the mindset of just being influenced by other apps. The success of the Morris Lessmore app put a certain degree of pressure on Moonbot's team – creative rather than commercial – to come up with something even better next time round. We all grew up among really talented people in small towns, who all had something they should definitely share with the rest of the world, but there was a wall due to technology or publishing and distribution. "It really comes down to the creative now. "For a long time, it has only been the privileged few who had access to the distribution means or the right gear, but now it's all around us and in the palms of our hands," says Oldenburg. Oldenburg and Enochs remain awestruck by the way it spread globally, which is unsurprising given their previous experience in industries where worldwide distribution involved considerably more friction and middlemen. ![]() Thus was born the Morris Lessmore app, which became a critical and commercial hit on the App Store. A new thing with the grand potential that those had." This feels like the invention of radio, television or the movie cinema. "It was a way to deliver these mediums in one place in such an approachable way, we knew we had to be part of it out of the gate. "We were halfway through production on a short film when the iPad was announced, and we were fascinated," says Oldenburg. Moonbot was founded by two people with a background in animation and filmmaking – Brandon Oldenburg and Lampton Enochs – together with author and illustrator William Joyce. It returns the focus to storytelling – the origins of the alphabet – with an equally diverse palette of influences: King Kong, Metropolis, Flash Gordon, the Marx Brothers and the 1939 New York World's Fair. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.Now the company has released its third app, Numberlys. And when the letters entered the world, something truly wondrous began to happen.Pizza! Jelly beans! Colour! Books! Based on the award-winning app, this is William Joyce and Moonbot's Metropolis-inspired homage to everyone who knows there is more to life than shades of black and gray. Exactly what our heroes didn't even know they were missing. Twenty-six letters-and they were beautiful. But the five kept at it, and soon it was.artful! One letter after another emerged, until there were twenty-six. So they broke out hard hats and welders, hammers and glue guns, and they started knocking some numbers together. But our five jaunty heroes weren't willing to accept that this was all there could be. Once upon a time there was no alphabet, only numbers.Life was.fine. Joyce, William Ellis, Christina (illustrator). "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.īook Description Hardcover. She lives in Shreveport, Louisiana, and The Numberlys is her picture book debut. Christina joined the legion of Moonbots after studying illustration at Ringling College of Art and Design. Talk to William Joyce and look at upcoming work at on Twitter and Instagram.Ĭhristina Ellis is an illustrator, telling fantastic stories through her characters and their worlds. Morris Lessmore, which is also his Academy Award–winning short film, to name a few). William Joyce does a lot of stuff but children’s books are his true bailiwick ( The Guardians, Dinosaur Bob, George Shrinks, and the #1 New York Times bestselling The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Exactly what our heroes didn’t even know they were missing.Īnd when the letters entered the world, something truly wondrous began to happen.Pizza! Jelly beans! Color! Books!īased on the award-winning app, this is William Joyce and Moonbot’s Metropolis-inspired homage to everyone who knows there is more to life than shades of black and gray. But our five jaunty heroes weren’t willing to accept that this was all there could be. Once upon a time there was no alphabet, only numbers. Morris Lessmore comes an alphabet tale extraordinaire! From the team who brought you The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. ![]()
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