An original animated world · In development
Nest County
A hundred hungry snakes. One very nervous blue jay. The biggest egg hunt in snake history.
An original animated feature, now seeking executive producers, studios and creative collaborators to take it from the page to the screen.
The logline
When a migration of starving snakes slithers toward Nest County to reclaim their ancestral Caverns before the rainy season, Fleo, a blue jay interceptor who loses feathers at the mere mention of a hawk, must warn a perfectly organized bird town before the egg hunt begins.
The world
Fifty thousand flops from anywhere.
The humans are long gone, and the birds have built something remarkable in their absence: skyscraper trees in The Woods, air-traffic control from the highest branch in Tower Square, interceptors who welcome visitors or chase them away, and a gossip hub on the telephone wires at Nest County Road and Las Huevas Boulevard. Eat at the Hungry Eagle, stay at the Tree Top, and bring seeds: they are the only currency accepted.
The Tower
Four cardinals watch north, south, east and west. One blue jay gets sent to say hello.
The Tower
The highest branch in Tower Square spots bad weather and incoming flights. Air Marshal Landy dispatches Fleo, the interceptor, to welcome visitors or chase them away.
Flops, Curls & Seeds
Birds measure distance in flops and pay in seeds.
Flops, Curls & Seeds
Snakes measure distance in curls and don’t pay. They take. Two species, two economies, zero agreement on how far anything is.
The Caverns
The snakes’ old hunting grounds, until the humans drove them out.
The Caverns
Sneako wants them back before the rainy season, and he’s bringing a hundred hungry snakes for the biggest egg hunt in snake history.
The characters
Feathers, fangs and the
occasional practical joke.
- Blue jay
Fleo
Interceptor
Fearless at a thousand feet, right up until someone says “snake”.
“Couldn’t it be elephants? Polar bears?”
- Robin
Landy
Air Marshal
Runs the Tower with precision and the occasional prank at Fleo’s expense.
“Just kidding. They are just seagulls.”
- Snake
Sneako
Leader of Serpen Town
Royal pride, a deep voice and a human-shaped scar on his tail. He doesn’t hunt eggs. He has people for that.
- Snake
Crawly
Right-hand snake
Professional yes-man, permanently one compliment away from a tail across the face.
“You make my skin crawl at times.”
Also on the wire: Uncle Jayson & Flappy, the storyteller and his wide-eyed nephew · Easberd, the eagle-eyed cardinal · Gullie, the seagull with insurance concerns · Clawdio · Tummy & Tailor, the grumbling back row.
Why animation, why now
It was always meant to move.
- Built for the cameraInterceptor flights into sunrises and a town stacked vertically in the trees.
- A villain with a woundSneako’s hunger and his scar give the stakes real weight.
- Jokes for two audiencesPun-dense dialogue (“Thanks for the wingvitation!”) that lands with kids and parents.
- A franchise, not a one-offAn ensemble on both sides of the food chain, book two underway and a series after the film.
THE COMPTop Gun with feathers meets Chicken Run
The lineage
Forty years in development.
Most studios call that pre-production.
- 1985
Begins as a comic strip, drawn for national syndication with the screen already in mind.
- 2004
The strip becomes the book Nest County, available now on Amazon ↗
- Now
Book two is being written, so the world keeps growing.
- Next
An animated feature film, followed by an animated series.
The creator
One creator. Several
unreasonable skill sets.
- Inventor of BackPage, US Patent 6,539,406 (2003): every web page deserves a back side
- Composer of Latin jazz and electronic music, so Nest County comes with a composer attached
- Digital painter and screenwriter (Small Big Deal)
- Software engineer by trade, from Miami
He can build the world, score it and ship it on schedule.
The ask
The nest is built.
Now we need the flock.
I’m looking for collaborators to bring Nest County to the screen, starting with an animated feature film and continuing as a series. Wing by and land for a while.
- Executive producers
- Animation studios
- Directors
- Writers
- Voice talent
Manuscript, character bible and original 1985 strips available on request.