‘The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse’ Creator Charlie Mackesy Teases Possible Sequel, Reacts to Oscar Nomination

“The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse” harks back to an era of gentle storytelling and hand-drawn animation but its inception, by British illustrator Charlie Mackesy, was entirely modern: blossoming from social media to print to streaming. The book of the same name — based on Mackesy’s WhatsApp and Instagram illustrations — did gangbusters, selling over 250,000 copies in the U.S. when first published in 2019 and topping bestseller lists on both sides of the pond. Now the half-hour animated adaptation has been nominated for an Oscar for best animated short. “It was kind of unintentional,” Mackesy said… Read Full Article