At some point in time it had to happen. Somewhere during this epic journey full of monkeys you knew it was unavoidable, I would draw a “flying monkey” (not with a jet pack, I’ve already done that once, or twice).
I remember watching “The Wizard of Oz” with “i’ll get you my pretty…” as a kid. I remember Disney’s attempt to “Return to Oz”. That film actually got me to go back and actually READ (on paper) A few books in the series. Did you know that the books don’t have any song lyrics in them? Shocking I know.
Now While I still like imagining it all on my own, Eric Shanower & Skottie Young’s graphic novel adaptation (that I read as comic books) is faithful to the original source material and a wonderful read. Then again, Skottie Young’s drawing style is one of my favorites. In fact At C2E2 years ago I actually got there early enough to request that he sketch an flying monkey for me. His is much more artistic than mine, and well worth whatever I paid for it… which I don’t recall fortunately.
Somewhere over the rainbow… MINIons “ook!” Yes, I could have made this a flying monkey, but you would be expecting that wouldn’t you? All I can recommend is read the books, including Eric Shanower & Skottie Young’s graphic novel adaptations, they are wonderful. Although there is no singing in the books… maybe they’d be even better if they had one song.