Within the last day or so, the idea of a pop-up came back into the picture. I was thinking that the hard-cover book might have a single pop-up in the center as a bonus. But doing that will cause further delays in releasing the books. At this point I am convinced we need to release four versions of the book simultaneously; the Gnome-sized and the Big People's, in both soft & hard cover editions. For both of those releases, there will be both unlimited general release and the signed & numbered collectable editions.
Well, now it is clear to me that a pop-up edition is also quite appropriate. After some thought on the subject, I've concluded that the pop-up will be a companion to the full collection of Zach and Zebby's Grand Adventure. That means that the pop-up will essentially be a cyclorama of points in the story. I like that because one aspect of the larger show is to create a cyclorama with animatronic puppets. The pop-up book will be like a mini-version/test run.
Golly, with all this I hope we actually get around to producing the stage musical !
I welcome partnering with anyone interested in being involved, especially financial and production management persons. We do need to fund all this and manage the affairs.
AG
