Fan Friday Creator Spotlight: Natasha Allegri

A day late on this one, and that's a little frustrating as I had got all the pics and videos set up before hand and all I needed to do was write what I had to say. But here I am now and here I go. Natasha Allegri is the brains behind Bee and Puppycat a new animated TV series coming to Cartoon Hangover on YouTube she is also the creator of Fionna and Cake, gender swapped versions of Finn and Jake in Adventure Time. Not only that she is also a storyboard revisionist for Adventure Time itself. Well if that isn't enough credits to her name she has also dabbled in comics alongside animation but we will go more into that further on. But if you haven't heard of Bee and Puppycat make sure you check out the video for the first Bee and Puppcat animated episode, which spearheaded the new series to come later this year.

Not only did Natasha create the gender swapped characters for Adventure Time she has also written and illustrated a 6 issue limited series, "Adventure Time with Fionna & Cake". This was an incredibly popular book, I have struggled to find and back issue copies of this as unfortunately it wasn't until it had been out some time that I found both Adventure Time and the comics related to the programme. If like me you missed this limited issue run BOOM! Studios will be collecting all six issues into one of the fantastic Mathematical Editions, check out the cover below. I can't wait to get my hands on a copy and be able to read the adventures of Fionna & Cake, unfortunately due to not knowing about the programme until recently, or mainly watching it when it appeared on Netflix and couldn't stop watching,  I have only seen the one episode of the TV show containing these characters as I was able to get my hand on copies of Season 1 to 3 on Blu-Ray. This is Natasha Allegri's first comic work I am aware of and it is only earlier in this month that her new comic for her creator owned Bee and Puppycat came out.

After getting confirmed to be receiving a series on Cartoon Hangover, the same YouTube channel that brings us the brilliant Bravest Warriors, one of the first announcements was that Bee and Puppycat will be getting its own comic alongside other familiar Kaboom! imprints such as Adventure Time and Bravest Warriors. Bee and Puppycat pairs up a young female character who can't hold a steady job and has just been fired by her employer when she comes across this dog, cat thing, Puppycat of course. Now I don't want to say to much more in case you are still yet to check out the video at the beginning of the post. But if you are a fan of Adventure Time and also a fan of the likes of Bravest Warriors and other Cartoon Network, Cartoon Hangover animated works then I strongly suggest you check this out. Natasha brings the same humour and brilliant expressions to the comic as were in the first animated shorts for her characters. This comics also feature a back up that closer link into that first episode. So for me Natasha Allegri is certainly someone to be keeping an eye on, with her creator owned TV series still to come later this year and her comic just starting I can only imagine this is an exciting year for the young creator.