Set in St. Louis during the height of prohibition, Lackadaisy focuses on the titular speakeasy and its employees as they struggle to keep their business afloat (and stay alive) amid conflicts with dangerous gangsters and deadly rivals. Created by Tracy J. Butler in 2006 as a webcomic, the Eisner-nominated Lackadaisy fuses, fuses a period crime-thriller with a charming and beautifully illustrated sense of style. Embracing an anamorphic design that recalls the work of Walt Disney and Don Bluth, the comic is a stunning piece — and has only increased in notoriety thanks to an animated pilot that went online earlier in March 2023.Directed by Fable Siegel (The Midnight Gospel), the pilot — used to garner attention for crowdfunding aimed at funding a full season — was a rousing success upon release. At the time of this writing, it’s already earned over $1,000,000 from online backers, with a full season now in the works. During an interview with CBR ahead of the first public screening for Lackadaisy’s pilot, Tracy J. Butler and Fable Siegel discussed the artistic balance of the series, infusing the comic’s original style with a Don Bluth influence, and bringing a DeviantArt legacy to the modern day.CBR: First off, congrats to you both on Lackadaisy! It’s been blowing up since the pilot went online. I’ve been a fan of the web series for a while, so this interview was one I got really excited for when it came across my desk.RELATED: Strange Planet’s Nathan Pyle Brings Fans Into a ‘Slightly Better’ World
Set in St. Louis during the height of prohibition, Lackadaisy focuses on the titular speakeasy and its employees as they struggle to keep their business afloat (and stay alive) amid conflicts with dangerous gangsters and deadly rivals. Created by Tracy J. Butler in 2006 as a webcomic, the Eisner-nominated Lackadaisy fuses, fuses a period crime-thriller with a charming and beautifully illustrated sense of style. Embracing an anamorphic design that recalls the work of Walt Disney and Don Bluth, the comic is a stunning piece — and has only increased in notoriety thanks to an animated pilot that went online earlier in March 2023.
Directed by Fable Siegel (The Midnight Gospel), the pilot — used to garner attention for crowdfunding aimed at funding a full season — was a rousing success upon release. At the time of this writing, it’s already earned over $1,000,000 from online backers, with a full season now in the works. During an interview with CBR ahead of the first public screening for Lackadaisy’s pilot, Tracy J. Butler and Fable Siegel discussed the artistic balance of the series, infusing the comic’s original style with a Don Bluth influence, and bringing a DeviantArt legacy to the modern day.
CBR: First off, congrats to you both on Lackadaisy! It’s been blowing up since the pilot went online. I’ve been a fan of the web series for a while, so this interview was one I got really excited for when it came across my desk.
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