Jenn Badua
Creator/Whistler
Jenn Badua
Jenn came up with the concept for Whistler during an extremely bumpy flight over the Pacific Ocean. She lives in Boston.
Macguffin Co. today announced the launch of Tearing Up the Pea Patch, a card game of baseball statistics played with the real career stats of major league players.
Designed as a quiet, ten-minute creative reset, Slow Fourier invites people to draw freely on a phone or computer screen. As they move, their gestures become symmetrical forms and musical tones. When they pause, the app reveals the mathematics hidden inside the line, reconstructing the drawing with a chain of spinning circles while playing its harmonic character as sound.
Somewhere in your phone is the most important room in your life. It has forty thousand unread messages, one member who has been "omw" since 2019, and the complete emotional history of everyone you love. It has legends. It has villains. What it doesn't have is a record. So we made a yearbook.
Macguffin Co. announces Inkling: a daily silhouette word puzzle by Macguffin Co. Ten crossword clues, none from the hidden work — the words you solve pour into a picture, and the picture is the final clue. Played on the web, on Kindle, and on paper.
Macguffin develops original multimedia concepts — story worlds designed from day one to live as books, animation, and games. But instead of pitching a publisher a manuscript, it pitches an option, and then it uses the option funding to do something publishers can't do themselves: put the concept in front of an audience before the book exists.
Macguffin Co. Welcomes Artist Walter Vasquez to the Creative Team for The Turnbuckle Brigade
Macguffin Co. is thrilled to announce that artist Brian Badgette is joining forces with writer Nia Soto on the creative team for our upcoming media franchise, “Helen 3000.” With their combined expertise and innovative storytelling prowess, we are confident that they will bring a new dimension to this project, which has been greenlit for creative development.
Macguffin Co. is thrilled to announce that writer Chris Tuff is joining forces with artist Natalie Baron on the creative team for our upcoming media franchise, “Infinite Monkeys.” With their combined expertise and innovative storytelling prowess, we are confident that they will bring a new dimension to this project, which has been greenlit for creative development.
Macguffin Co. today announced the addition of writers Bobby Henwood and Devin Nealy as the newest additions to its creative development team. Mr. Henwood and Mr. Nealy join creator Jason Baldwin and acclaimed comic artist Walter Vasquez on “The Turnbuckle Brigade”, a WWII historical action/comedy, set to begin creative development in January 2025.
Seattle, WA — [December 7, 2024] — Macguffin Co. today announced the newest additions to the writing team for its upcoming children’s media franchise, “PEANUT ZAPATA.” Writers Nicole Mazza and Morgan Lerner have joined the existing team of Jess Erion and Nia Soto to create an extraordinary narrative that promises to captivate audiences of all ages. Adding to the creative team, storyboard artist Justin Horn will also lend his artistic vision to the project.
Macguffin Co. today announced it has acquired publishing rights for “THE TURNBUCKLE BRIGADE,” by writer Jason Baldwin, and officially greenlit the World War II action/comedy synopsis for creative development. The project, which promises to blend the worlds of professional wrestling and historical adventure, will kick off creative development in January 2025.
Macguffin Co., a character franchise development studio, is thrilled to announce the addition of illustrator JP Roberts to the creative team for our upcoming franchise, “There’s a Monster Under the Bed of the Monster Under My Bed.” Joining lead writer Nicole Mazza, JP brings a wealth of artistic flair and a passion for storytelling that is sure to captivate young audiences everywhere.
Deal 'em. Draw 'em. Tear it up. A vintage card-math game of baseball statistics— build hands from real career stats and play for the pennant.
Slow Fourier is a meditative drawing instrument for people who can't draw. Ten minutes of active calm — drawn, seen, and heard — built on research linking art-making and paced breathing to a settled nervous system.
What began with an anteater who refuses to eat ants is growing into a children’s entertainment franchise. Meet The Anteaters—and see how Macguffin is expanding the characters from picture books into ancillary publishing, interactive experiences and future licensing opportunities.
