The Amazing World of Gumball lost Watterson blog (2011)
Nov 8, 2024 4:50:45 GMT
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Post by imaginationstudios8 on Nov 8, 2024 4:50:45 GMT
Hello everyone, so for brief context. I've been doing extensive research on early material for the show, The Amazing World of Gumball. With my efforts, I found a lost blog dating back to 2011. To sum it up, when the show was going to premiere, Cartoon Network ran this online promotion where character-based social medias were set up based on the cartoon. All of them are preserved, except for this one.
On the previously known Cartoon Network Philippines site, now known as Cartoon Network Asia, though that's also since been taken down, there was a character-based blog on the Gumball page, dating back to mid-to-late 2011, right when the show was new. The creator of show Ben Bocquelet mentioned the blog on a Toonzone interview, saying
There's also a Blogspot with a direct link to the blog, however it no longer functions, and is not archived on the Wayback machine when directed as the Asia site. There is one piece of it that is viewable besides the link itself, being its image from the Gumball page, dating back to at least October 15th, 2011 and disappearing by November or December of the same year. The blog contents itself are lost, and this where I come to my point.
I've been trying my best to locate this blog's content as much as I can, but it's not something I can do on my own so easily compared to discovering its existence. I'm looking for help on finding this lost blog, not just for me, but for the Gumball community, as it's a piece of the show's history that deserves being archived. Even if it's something lame like recounts of episodes, I feel it's important regardless. Knowing how this wiki has found many things before, I decided to come here to tell of my hunt, to hopefully get it attention and hopefully, get it found.
Help is very much appreciated for this search if you can.
sources/evidence:
web.archive.org/web/20121018052342/http://www.toonzone.net/2011/04/toonzone-interviews-the-amazing-world-of-gumball-creator-ben-bocquelet/
manila-life.blogspot.com/2011/09/amazing-world-of-gumball.html
web.archive.org/web/20111015230743/http://www.cartoonnetworkasia.com/minisite/gumball/
On the previously known Cartoon Network Philippines site, now known as Cartoon Network Asia, though that's also since been taken down, there was a character-based blog on the Gumball page, dating back to mid-to-late 2011, right when the show was new. The creator of show Ben Bocquelet mentioned the blog on a Toonzone interview, saying
"We are creating bespoke content for various platforms like Twitter, Flickr, YouTube and I think we’re also making a blog."
There's also a Blogspot with a direct link to the blog, however it no longer functions, and is not archived on the Wayback machine when directed as the Asia site. There is one piece of it that is viewable besides the link itself, being its image from the Gumball page, dating back to at least October 15th, 2011 and disappearing by November or December of the same year. The blog contents itself are lost, and this where I come to my point.
I've been trying my best to locate this blog's content as much as I can, but it's not something I can do on my own so easily compared to discovering its existence. I'm looking for help on finding this lost blog, not just for me, but for the Gumball community, as it's a piece of the show's history that deserves being archived. Even if it's something lame like recounts of episodes, I feel it's important regardless. Knowing how this wiki has found many things before, I decided to come here to tell of my hunt, to hopefully get it attention and hopefully, get it found.
Help is very much appreciated for this search if you can.
sources/evidence:
web.archive.org/web/20121018052342/http://www.toonzone.net/2011/04/toonzone-interviews-the-amazing-world-of-gumball-creator-ben-bocquelet/
manila-life.blogspot.com/2011/09/amazing-world-of-gumball.html
web.archive.org/web/20111015230743/http://www.cartoonnetworkasia.com/minisite/gumball/
