For a while now, J and I have been having a debate about what age to wait for various movies. We're both keen to show the character building classics to them, but we can't pull the trigger too early. They need to be exactly the same degree of traumatized that we were as kids!
The news of the Dark Crystal show being cancelled (BOO!!) got the cogs turning in my head for this script. I wrote the 1st three panels and Fran popping up merrily in the background to saying "Artax! We must'n forget Artax!" was going to be the punchline. I showed it to J and he wrote the final panel and the bonus. I knew we were on to a winner -well, for those exactly the right age! :)