Flickerama

When someone asks me what inspired Flicker, I generally answer that I drew inspiration from the many stories of humans who are spirited away by faeries and return to the human realm years--sometimes even centuries--later, as well as from similar stories, like "Rip van Winkle" and the Japanese folktale about Urashima Taro. I've been fascinated by the idea of a person who finds themselves removed from their own time and stuck in another for about as long as I can remember.

It was only recently--last night, in fact--that I realized where that initial fascination probably came from...

My sisters are rewatching the series, and the more I think about it, the more intrigued (and distantly horrified) I am by the fact that Futurama--a show I watched religiously as a child, when it first aired--probably informed and influenced my later work more than I ever realized before.

At first glance, Flicker and Futurama don't seem to be anything alike... but think of it this way:

After awakening from a state of suspended animation, a redheaded protagonist must learn to get along with a group of strange new friends and cope with living in a world that is no longer familiar.

I mean, that's where the similarities end. But it's sort of surreal to think about. Futurama... what else might you have subconsciously caused me to create?