{"id":4536,"date":"2011-04-07T11:49:27","date_gmt":"2011-04-07T15:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/?p=4536"},"modified":"2016-10-14T13:07:56","modified_gmt":"2016-10-14T17:07:56","slug":"planetjune-stories-jeff-mcclelland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/planetjune-stories-jeff-mcclelland\/","title":{"rendered":"PlanetJune Stories: Jeff McClelland"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s PlanetJune Story<\/strong> is from Jeff McClelland. Jeff is the author of the comic book series Teddy and the Yeti<\/a>, and he contacted me about a year ago to ask about a special pattern commission…<\/p>\n

Jeff writes:<\/p>\n

The worlds of comic books and amigurumi crochet probably don’t come together very often, but after discovering PlanetJune.com<\/a>, I knew it was time for an old fashioned team up.<\/p>\n

I write the comic Teddy and the Yeti and knew, as convention season crept up on me, that I’d want to take some material to shows beyond just the comics themselves – something that could catch someone’s eye as they walked by my booth. June’s patterns were just what I was looking for in terms of their unique, adorable appeal, so I contacted her about creating a new pattern based on the Yeti character from my book.<\/p>\n

The final result was a pattern that was easy to crochet and cuter than I could have hoped for – the pictures don’t do the real thing justice. Now I have a Yeti doll – an official Yeti doll at that! – that brings people to my table at conventions; I’ve even had the pleasant experience of someone who might not be interested in comics liking the doll so much that he or she picks up the book as well.<\/p>\n

Comic books are collaborative in nature: each creator brings along a different skill that results in a distinct final product. I like to think that the work I did in Teddy and the Yeti influenced PlanetJune’s Yeti crochet pattern ever so slightly to create a similar effect.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thanks for sharing your story, Jeff. Your commission was an interesting challenge – definitely a departure from my usual subject matter, but I think we nailed it! For our collaboration I used colours inspired by the comic book yeti and added some of my trademark cuteness to the design. <\/p>\n

Fellow geeks, you’ll love these pics Jeff sent from the 2010 New York Comic-Con:<\/p>\n

\"PlanetJune
\nYeti takes over Comic-Con…<\/em><\/p>\n

\"PlanetJune
\nI know a Jayne<\/a> hat when I see one, Jeff – very nice!
\n<\/em>
\n\"PlanetJune
\nYeti meets Thundercats’ Lion-O<\/a>!
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

Story links:
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