WhirlGirl, the cult Web animation that made its way to cable TV is seeking a broader TV niche beyond cyberspace.
WhirlGirl creator Visionary Media will try to sell a package of 26 half-hour episodes at MIP through Branscome International.
WhirlGirl, the continuing story of Kia Cross, a late 21st century, 20-something, superheroine leading a rebel movement against an evil empire debuted on the Web in 1997. is a pacesetter. It became the first independently-produced Web animation to be licensed to a major network, when it went on Showtime Networks' website, SHO.com, in January 1999. Its debut was simulcast on Showtime, which has used it for interstitials.
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Visionary has produced 100 episodes of "WhirlGirl" for the Web.
- Richard Tedesco
