High Noon was created by Ryan Johnston and Jack Jerz.
Back in 2006, Ryan and Jack attended the screenwriting program at the Vancouver Film School, where they created High Noon. At the time, it was called Pot Smoking Cowboys - a little on the nose if you ask me - and the idea spurred from a smoke session outside their favorite bar in downtown Vancouver called The Cambie. Ryan passed Jack the joint and said, "Dude, wouldn't it be fucking cool just to get baked all day and, like, ride horses and shit? " To which Jack replied, "Dude, then we'd become besties with Bigfoot!" To which Ryan replied, "Fuck yeah! And then he would have a magic green thumb that grew the best weed that we'd sell." A few days later, Pot Smoking Cowboys was created.
Fast forward 14 years, and the pandemic broke out, prompting humanity to reflect on what they've done with their lives up to this point. That's when Jack and Ryan reconnected, went over the pilot and found the idea still had legs to stand on - outside of a couple of jokes that didn't age so well, of course. So they cleaned it up and hit the virtual streets of Hollywood, where Producers, Executives, and Agents alike told them it was hilarious and unlike any idea they had seen. Still, they continued to let them down gently, explaining that Hollywood was looking for Intellectual Property (IP), which they didn't have. That's when Ryan said, "Fuck it. If they want IP, then let's give them IP."
In one year, Jack and Ryan had written, drawn, produced, and self-published a graphic novel known as High Noon: Vol. 1 - The Deadman's Mustache. Ryan hit the streets with the book, but ran into many obstacles due to its pot-smoking, gun-toting, raunchy nature. Outside of being shadowbanned on social media and unable to utilize the usual marketing outlets, they were at a standstill until a good friend that Ryan met while foraging through Hollywood put it in front of Keenan Thompson. Keenan loved the concept and the book. For one year, they were in a shopping agreement with Keenan's production company, AFA. Unfortunately, nothing came of the agreement, and they decided to take back their IP and leave when the agreement expired. After that, the same friend took them under his wing as a producer and found a showrunner. As a team, they hit the streets with High Noon and found that they were met with the same issue. They didn't have much for book sales due to the marketing issues, so the IP wasn't worth anything. Roughly three years went by, and that's when Ryan decided to say, Fuck it, yet again. "If they want a following and proof that this idea is hilarious and the next best animated series, then let's do it ourselves."
So here they are, asking for your help to continue building this series to its fullest potential. This is their chance to create a series that everyone will come to know and love. All the money raised will go straight back into producing the series. Ryan and Jack will not be taking a salary. Animation costs roughly four thousand dollars per minute, so they will continue to make one-minute vertical shorts until they get to a point of being able to afford three to five-minute horizontal episodes.... or bust! lol
Please help make High Noon ours!
Below you'll find the first known image in existence of High Noon circa 2006.
