The Misfits of Publicity Stunt Isle

The Misfits of Publicity Stunt Isle is an American children's webtoon created by Ash Eskeldson.

Development

The Misfits of Publicity Stunt Isle was created out of a desire for more wholesome children's videos. The idea was first created in the early 2000's as Stretchy Lizards, where the main star was Danny (then called Stretchy) and the show centered around the adventures of him and his friends in their laundry basket boat. It was later redesigned in 2012 as LPS Adventures, which focused on the author's Littlest Pet Shop figures and their antics. The show went through one final redesign in 2017, and this version is its current state. A comic strip called Sooney and Danny: The Misunderstood Best Friends was developed, but never published, prior to creation of the web series. Other 2010's redesigns were Guinea Pig-ville (which starred Sweetpea and her sisters, and Rusty was completely absent due to not having been conceptualized yet) and William and Friends, which was basically a Christian version of the PBS program ''Arthur. ''This redesign starred William the elephant and his friends from a Bible club that they all met at.

Production

Production of each short is done with a program called CyberLink PowerDirector 14, while the graphics are done with Microsoft's Paint (sometimes Paint 3D) and the voices "Voice Record". The voices used to be done with Microsoft's Voice Recorder, but that app started having technical difficulties. Therefore, it was substituted with Voice Record, a third-party app. Ash Eskeldson, creator of the series, does all of the characters' voices. In Bible Club Bonanza, her mother did a voiceover. Ash's mother is the chief story editor, and Ash Eskeldson is the executive producer. Starting in the season two finale, however, Voice Recorder has been fixed and is being used again.

Plot

Most of these webisodes have three or four sketches that are unrelated to the first sketch, but some episodes have one sketch interspersed with jokes. This format was inspired by ''MAD. Animation on the Fly ''is a related web series that uses the "experiments with characters" idea. The Stay Up Too Late Show, a deuterocanonical web series, was planned to operate on a Disney's House of Mouse-style format by throwing in characters from every show Ash Eskeldson has made, but it was cancelled due to time restraints. Some webisodes will feature the Misfits fighting against Mike Stuntington.