After reading the story of 15 year old Felicia Garcia, Khamicom Entertainment was motivated to create a new team of heroes. Not invincible characters with superhuman ability from another world, but a group of multiracial fictional teens that are just like everyday teens, teens that face bullying and function in a society where they see their peers bullied regularly, teens that experience the pain of bullying with no one to stand up for them, teens with feelings like Felicia.
The group cleverly labels themselves as the MOB, a label packed with a double meaning in that there is more strength for victims of bullying when they have support but also because this group of heroes uses MIND OVER BULLIES to stand up for themselves and other bullying victims. The series takes place in a typical city in America. Like most high schools the teens attend a school where there are social groups within the school; the jocks, the preps, the pretty girls, the mean girls, the pretty boys, the rich crew, the average everyday kids, the thugs and then there are the outcasts. The kids that are just outside of average everyday kids are usually the outcasts, some truly are nerds, and others just don’t fit a mainstream group because they just don’t and so they get picked on.
Some have test answers extorted, others have money taken, and some are taunted by gossip and rumors while some suffer physical violence. Cyber bullying, exploitation and sheer mean are the norm for anyone not part of one of the main groups (which leaves a lot of kids in all age groups open to bullying of some sort). The first issue in the series shows how the group forms after one of them (Margo) gets bullied. Margo is utterly humiliated by one of her former friends from the in crowd. She is photographed as she undresses to take a shower in the locker room. The photos are spread all over school along with vicious rumors about her. She feels so helpless and worn out from all of the constant taunts the she attempts suicide.
The goals for this project are to:
1) Create a movement that encourages bullying victims to think of alternative ways to handle bullying other than suicide.
2) Promote a positive image for teen girls as the majority of teen bullying victims are female.
3) Create a pilot episode of the animated version to present to Cartoon Network.
To find out more about the Kickstarter campaign to help bring this film to the masses click HERE.
