Nathan Pyle's 'Strange Planet' Comic Coming to Apple TV+ as Animated Series

[MacRumors]

Popular comic "Strange Planet" from Nathan Pyle is being turned into an animated television series that's set to premiere on Apple TV+, reports Deadline.

The "Strange Planet" comics and books feature blue aliens from an Earth-like planet who describe their Earth-like activities in new and unusual ways. Nathan Pyle has amassed millions of followers on Instagram with the webcomic, which debuted in 2019, and has published multiple books.

Nathan Pyle will be working with Dan Harmon to turn the comic into an animated TV show, and both will serve as executive producers. This will be Apple's second animated television show following "Central Park," from "Bob's Burgers" creator Loren Bouchard.

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[Think|Different]

Very cool! Will be interesting to see how this translates...TV+ is killing it.

 

[sirdir]

The second one reminds me of some of Douglas Adam's comments on tea.

 

[1262385]

I predict this will be as terrible as the Garfield cartoons.

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

Wow!!! That’s awesome. Pretty interesting to watch.

 

[WiseAJ]

Yet another show to add to my TV+ List, keep it up Apple.

 

[4jasontv]

Nathan Pyle had some of his art on Community.

 

[gravage]

I have never found this comic to be funny. I certainly don't see any way a TV show based on the content can be interesting.

 

[Apple_Robert]

If I still have Apple TV+ when this is released, I will give it a watch.

 

[gravage]

Very cool! Will be interesting to see how this translates...TV+ is killing it.

Really? The only thing they're "killing" by adopting stuff like this is any interest I might have in subscribing.

 

[dannys1]

I have never found this comic to be funny. I certainly don't see any way a TV show based on the content can be interesting.

Thanks for this informative opinion.

 

[4jasontv]

Thanks for this informative opinion.

I never found that statement informative. I certainly don’t see any way a comment based on the opinion could be interesting.

 

[CarpalMac]

I never found that statement informative. I certainly don’t see any way a comment based on the opinion could be interesting.

This forum is probably not the best place for you to spend your time then.

 

[james2538]

I've got high hopes for this with Dan Harmon attached. Community and Rick & Morty have been great.

 

[Exponent]

I'm a fan of "Strange Planet"…
…but to my limited imagination, I can only see this working as animated "shorts". And by "shorts" I mean 30 seconds apiece, including intro. Perhaps make 10 of those centered around a single theme, and you have a five minute show.

"Strange Planet" gives the reader the task of deciphering from the "alien form" of describing everyday actions and items into "plain English". Sometimes it takes me some head-scratching time to do that, and this may not work with the "real-time" nature of an animated product.

Nathan Pyle is a kind man and a smart cookie, I'm sure he'll figure it out, and keep it from becoming an animated verision of "The Coneheads".

 

[AngerDanger]

The "Strange Planet" comics and books feature blue aliens from an Earth-like planet who describe their Earth-like activities in new and unusual ways

They're a bit verbose and overly technical.

You could automatically generate this content if you had the option to use captions translated to and from Chinese.

 

[TheDailyApple]

I really enjoy these. I hope whatever Apple TV cooks up is good.

 

[vipergts2207]

I like his comics. I'll give the show a go when it comes out.

 

[Ar40]

OMG!! The hits keep coming!! Apple is killing it!!

I love Community and HARMONQUEST!! I would love if Apple got the rights to Harmonquest now that VRV is a shell of its former self.

I love this comic panel from Reddit - and will definitely watch with Harmon attached!

 

[tylerhbrown]

Awesome, I love this comic!

 

[Greenmeenie]

Kinda obvious humor, but amusing. Turning it into an animated series could work ....or it could be a total disaster like when they tried to turn the Geico Cavemen from the tv commercials into a sitcom. It suuuuuucked.

 

[MacOH21]

So... Third Rock from the Sun? (which you could argue was from Mork and Mindy, and on and on)

 

[supermoon]

Nathan Pyle will write a cute episode about how uteruses should not get healthcare

 

[A MacBook lover]

Lmao more junk from apple

 

[Ar40]

Kinda obvious humor, but amusing. Turning it into an animated series could work ....or it could be a total disaster like when they tried to turn the Geico Cavemen from the tv commercials into a sitcom. It suuuuuucked.

They had the exact literal same concern about Ted Lasso being an adaptation from a TV show. I heard that literally same concern about the Geico Caveman adaptation.

And we all know how well Ted Lasso turned out. Apple is doing well.