This was a truly strange book - I had never heard of it, in fact it was a total surprise when I read about it in the back of the Archaia press printing of Labyrinth.That said what I read about it totally gripped me - a lost manuscript of a project abandoned by Jim Henson in his early days in favour of following the path that led to his famous (and I assume fortune he amassed in his career before his untimely death) films and shows Not only that but the manuscript has been revitalised and illustr...

I think this is actually a 4-star story but the fact that it's Juhl and Henson's work and I'm so starved for their sense of humor and outlook on life, that the fifth star showed up for relief's sake. For those that are familiar with Henson's Timework and Cube, and have watched enough classic material to recognize Jerry's humor, this work will feel like a warm fluffy blanket. The art and interpretation of the material lends itself well to what could have been another Henson film. The motion is th...

Prior to reading A Tale of Sand, my knowledge of Jim Henson began and ended with The Muppets. It turns out that before he made his name with that show he was an avant-garde filmmaker who produced a couple of award-winning short films, Time Piece and The Cube, before writing the script for a feature, A Tale of Sand, with his collaborator Jerry Juhl.The screenplay was never produced despite numerous revisions and the script lay hidden in Henson’s many belongings for years after his death. Then it

I love Jim Henson, as a rule. I totally respect his work as an artist, and I grew up adoring his creatures and his soul.And this is really beautifully executed. Perez's illustrations are gorgeous, the color work by Ian Herring is great. But, for me, this is a classic example of the difference between a good screenplay and a good graphic novel. I mean, the plot of this is pretty wacky in the first place. It feels like a surreal fever dream. An unbelievable adventure with no context or background....

I just cant stop compare it to uncharted games, its feels like the main character and story was take from some of the games.the art is great ,the story is fine.The book is worth to read just because the art.

What do the desert, a football team, a group of Arabians, a hippopotamus, and a truck full of nitroglycerine have in common? NOTHING AT FRIGGIN ALL.So, this book was originally a screen play written by Jim Henson before he started creating the Muppets show, and has been lost in the Henson archives for years until it was recently found. Random things just happen, for not particular reason, and nothing serves a purpose. Why is there a light switch in the desert, and then why do people get angry wh...

I bought this a couple years ago when it came out, and only now have managed to get around to reading it.It's a comic adaptation of a screenplay that Jim Henson worked on in the late 60's and early seventies. A project that he left behind as Sesame Street and the Muppet Show took more and more of his time.Did I enjoy it? Yes. But I should mention that I enjoyed it primarily as a heretofore lost piece of Jim Henson's storytelling. If I had read this as a straight-up indie comic... I probably woul...

Words cannot describe the marvel that is this story, the story of that story (it being a long buried script) and the accompanying art. Tale of Sand is something that must be experienced on one's own, all in one go.I especially liked how the original script was used as a background for some of the panels and the introduction and postscript (the latter by his daughter, who has a Harvard degree in Mythology and Folklore!!!), which were a lovely tribute to Henson. I was not aware of Henson's early w...

I’ve heard great things about Jim Henson’s lost story, Tale of Sand. I read a few rave reviews and couldn’t wait to check it out for myself.I came to the story expecting something akin to Jim Henson classics like Dark Crystal or Labyrinth, but for an adult audience. Well, was I in for a surprise.I’m not even sure where to begin. For one, the story is actually a collaboration between Jim Henson and Jerry Juhl. It’s based off of a script they wrote years before Sesame Street and The Muppet Show ma...

This book was super trippy and had some very brilliant artwork.

One of my favorite musicians is Buckethead. The depth, variety and volume of his works are what attract me. Artists have to have an ever flowing flow of creativity. No doubt I'm juxtaposing Buckethead side by side with Jim Henson. Its not really a comparison, because the point I'm trying to make here is that artists like these tend to create a lot of noise. Even if it is experimentation, and sometimes that's the same as getting it out there which is how I largely feel about a Tale of Sand. Now,...

An inaccessible Everyman gets caught in a surreal causality loop for no explicable reason. Is it commentary on the banality of Hollywood or popular culture in general? Or just a stream of consciousness play? Pilgrim's Progress without the morality? My problem is that there are no characters in this book. The figures react, but do not act. There is little redeeming about any of them to identify with. The villain (consumerism? the devil?) makes no demands but simply chases, and the blank hero runs...

Reading this was a roller coster of analysis. The first glance grabbed my attention because it was Jim Henson and I freaking love that guy. The art was the clincher and as soon as I read the forward and the word "surreal" popped up, well, I couldn't help but neglect my 3 year old child for an hour as I poured through this journey. The opening scene of music and celebration tickled my curiosity like the first sweating minutes of a mushroom trip and the world of the public library melted away into...

Sometimes the legacy of a creator is too great. Sometimes the lifetime of achievements by a single imaginative voice is so overbearing that it will forever eclipse that creator’s exterior works, making it impossible to view those works for what they are. But maybe that’s okay and maybe that’s how it ought to be. After all, a painter’s landscape cannot simply be a landscape on its own; it will always be a part of the painter, an extension of that artist’s life. The fourth book of an author exists...

Dream? Hallucination? Hell? Twisted Twilight Zone?We're never actually told what or where we actually are in this far out there story. Who the haiche-ee-double-hockey-sticks are all theses people?I liked that there was so little dialog, even when there seemed to be too much. Henson and the artist manage to do in a Graphic Novel what should only be able to be accomplished in a movie, add background noise which you aren't really supposed to hear, or better yet, that you do hear but just tend to co...

This is like The Wizard of Oz but with no characters. A man is given a map and told to 'run'. He's chased by a guy and a lot of zany stuff happens on the journey. Things like finding a small, dirty outhouse that has a huge fancy restaurant on the inside (reminded me of the Doctor Who police box). After a while he starts to get chased by a few arab guys straight out of an Aladdin movie and a team of american football players.It's strange that this book is supposed to be about Jim Henson's script

The audience Jim Henson’s lost screen play, Tale of the Sand is going to be fans of the comic book, mood capturing art work of Ramon Perez and the diehard “I must have it all” Jim Henson fan. The content is just adult enough that parents may not want it for their kids. Absent those few images, the mostly likely response from a youngster, though maybe not a YA will be: “Huh?” Mine was only slightly better. This is from a Jim Henson fan. One who even liked The Dark Crystal. I know him from his mor...

Jim Henson`s Tale of Sand felt like it depicted the crazy, insane and mad story of the circle of life:uncertain, unpredictable, unexpected, twists and turns, never normal and always unusual andof course on-going and never-ending...The storyline reminded of The Hunger Games, The Truman Show, Inception and also Blake Crouch`s Dark Matter.The bottomline is to keep going on forward despite all the hurdles, keep swimming and one fine day you shall find land...

First, Archaia is putting out some freaking gorgeous books. Five stars to whomever is running that outfit, even if the editorial department clearly values art over narrative.I thought this one might be an exception. I mean, Jim Henson. Show me someone in my age group who doesn't adore that man, and I will show you a human being without a soul. Tale of Sand is based on an unproduced screenplay from the early 60's, and... ok, it's not terrible, but it is very much meant as a showcase for the sort