LAST KIDS ON EARTH to Launch Interactive Special and Graphic Novel This April
The Last Kids on Earth is a fun animated series on Netflix from Atomic Cartoons based on the book series by Max Brallier. On April 6, the series is going to have some fun as they release the interactive special, Happy Apocalypse to You.
The 70-minute special sees Jack, Dirk, and Quint trying to throw June a birthday party that turns out to be more than they bargained for and you’ll get to help the team make decisions with your remote control.
In the interactive special, titled “Happy Apocalypse to You,” when Jack, Dirk and Quint try to throw June a birthday party, it turns into an action-packed thrill ride. Viewers will use their remote controls to decide what the gang will do as they encounter angry wretches, ferocious maulers, fearsome octogrutes, zombies and more, on the way to the birthday extravaganza. This is a chance for fans of the series to help make June’s birthday a blast, but not get eaten in the process. To produce the interactive episode, Atomic leveraged interactive Netflix technology that requires viewers to make choices using their remote control to advance the story.
Matthew Berkowitz of Atomic Cartoons said:
With audiences calling the shots, we can’t wait to see what kind of adventures – and calamities – they’ll cook up for Jack, June, Quint and Dirk in this thrilling interactive special episode of The Last Kids on Earth. We have been so honored by the response our series has received so far, and we’re excited to see how fans of The Last Kids on Earth enjoy having the power – and responsibility – of deciding the fates of their favorite characters on screen!
In addition, Brallier will be releasing the first graphic novel of the franchise, Thrilling Tales from the Tree House, also on April 6. The kids are exchanging stories and trying to one-up each other. Fans will be able to read six brand new short stories from Brallier with art by Anoosha Syed, Xavier Bonet, Lorena Alvarez, Jay Cooper, Christopher Mitten, and Douglas Holgate. To top it all off, there’s a special double-length feature at the end to reveal the whereabouts of two villains before readers get to read the seventh book this fall.
In its latest book installment, Thrilling Tales from the Treehouse, fans get their first chance to experience The Last Kids on Earth in the form of a graphic novel. The kids and their monster buddies are hanging out in their tree house, when Jack launches into an epic, totally-heroic, super-rad story of one of his many post-apocalyptic adventures. Of course, after he’s finished, everyone’s eager to one-up his tale with a story of their own. Soon, Quint, Dirk, June and Skaelka, and even Globlet, regale the group with sometimes outrageous, often hilarious details of their action-packed escapades during the Monster-Zombie Apocalypse.
Sharing his excitement for both of these projects with the world, Brallier said:
The behind-the-scenes journey that brought The Last Kids on Earth to life on screen has been incredible. And now, together with Atomic Cartoons, we’re taking another exciting step forward, giving viewers the power to control the destiny of their favourite characters. And being able to time the streaming premiere of our new interactive episode with the launch of the next book in the series, means we’re able to offer fans a double whammy of excitement, laughter and – of course – zombies and monsters.