#sitbc

25th BAAAH-nniversary for the sheep!

August 18th, is the 25th anniversary since the first airing of Sheep in the Big City’s pilot, “In the Baa-ginning”.

Although the series would properly begin on November 17th, the pilot is still important as it introduced thousands, if not millions, of people to SITBC; some of them would later become fans. Even Cartoon Network, who ended up cancelling the series around 2 years later, benefited from the pilot as it was the highest-rated premiere at the time and SITBC would become the first original series to release on the network in the early 2000s.

Here’s to another 25 years! - @anon-8518

was bored and saw someone posted sprites from an old shockwave sitbc game (@sitbc-archive thanks a million for posting those.)

so i decided to make a recolor of sheeps sprites to give it shading and show accurate colors, and i also did an x agent sprite because... idk x agents just cool buzz off pal.

UPDATE: @sheepinthebigcity just informed me that Gerard Way didn't claim that he made SITBC, but rather came up with an idea for his own show (The Breakfast Monkey) when he was working on SITBC. While my points against the claims that he made SITBC still stand, the ones that suggest that Gerard made the claims himself are not true and I will no longer stand by them. As a result, this post has been edited to take the blame off him. I would like to apologize for this fuck up and to Gerard Way personally.

Just today, I have saw some people on Twitter/X make the claim that Gerard Way had created Sheep in the Big City and Mo Willems stole the idea for it.

Note: The names had been covered because I DO NOT want them getting harassed.

These claims are false and I have evidence to disprove it:

Evidence #1 - The Pitch

Source (See Page 17):

If Gerard really made SITBC then why would he ask Mo Willems, of all people, to make a whole pitch for him to pitch to Cartoon Network, despite him claiming that he only pitched it to Mo? The only thing that ties this up is when Gerard says this in an interview for art school students:

"I pitched this to a single individual. Like I'm sitting there, doing all the voices and he's loving it, he's losing it. You know, he's just, you know, he really wants us get this thing made. So I agreed to allow them the rights to shop this thing around, which you often have to do because like I can't call Cartoon Network, like they can."

Source (See 19:02-19:26):

Even then, there is no evidence that backs up this claim. In addition, what evidence that does exist that involves Gerard was him helping to work on Sheep in the Big City as well as being an intern at Cartoon Network at the time. None of which said that he had the idea.

As an intern at Cartoon Network before starting his band, Way worked on the animated show “Sheep In The Big City,” earning $50 a week. “It was really hard to eat,” he says “I was working eight hours a day and I was the photocopy dude.”

Source:

Evidence #2 - Concepts

The concepts of the show, even without the pitch for it, disproves Gerard's whole claim about creating Sheep in the Big City and that Mo Willems stole it.

For one thing, there is a whole pile of concept art made back in 1998 drawn by Mo Willems, not a single one made by Gerard, that Mr. Warburton found and uploaded on his blog:

Secondly, in the interview, Gerard never explains any concept or actual ideas for Sheep in the Big City, not a single one, when he was making his claim. Mo Willems, on the other hand, did provide some concepts and ideas, not only the ones that made SITBC for what it is, but also ones that never made it, in various interviews back in the 2000s.

Not once did these interviews ever bring up Gerard Way creating or even having the idea of SITBC in any way.

"If only a few people on Twitter/X are talking about it, then why do you feel the need to make this post?"

You see, I cannot let this pile of misinformation spread around and get into Mo's personal life.

This was NOT made as a harassment campaign against Gerard Way nor the people who believe in these claims, but rather to prove that Mo Willems did create SITBC and is innocent.

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