watz-0 & mason, For The Love of sci fi

Monopoly Events Universe - Case Study

‘‘In a distant future, a Detective is granted his wish by an Artificial Intelligence – but at what cost?’’

Damian Grehan – Creative Lead

An advanced robot called WATZ-0, an assistant to a failing Detective, called Mason. Set in the Comicspiration Universe WATZ-0 and Mason roam and adventure in a futuristic city. Our writer Damian, knew instantly what this story was, and that it was going to be massive!

1000

Issues printed

657

Issues sold

9

Total contributors

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Writer Damian is an enormous science fiction fan, Asimov, Philip K. Dick, basically anything with robots and artificial intelligence has me buzzing. We all love a great Detective story, especially those that require travel. For WATZ-0 Damian drew heavily on two of his favourite films; I-Robot and The Fugitive and when the draft script was wrapped, the Comicspiration team could feel the ‘Bladerunner and Enemy of the State vibes’.
There’s more to come from WATZ-0 and Mason, this story is a fragment within a kaleidoscope of interconnected moments of their journey together.  

Finished Comic

Our Process

Comic Design Process Overview

Step One
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Step One

The Web of Ideas

We kick off the process by creating a character description document, which includes personality type, wants, needs and fears and anxieties. We then create a story beat-sheet which is an outline of the story – we’ll visit this again in the script writing stage.

Step Two
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Step Two

Drawing Outside the Box

Our team of artists will develop the visual style and direction for the comic book, we create character designs, environment concepts and agree on a colour palette for the book too.

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Step Three

The Write Stuff

Our writers revisit the story beat-sheet and develop this into a detailed script that outlines the story, dialogue, and narration of the story. The script can include panel descriptions, page layouts and reference material.

Step Four
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Step Four

The Red Pen of Doom

Once we have client sign off, our artists create a storyboard of the comic from start to finish so we can review the visual delivery of the story in entirety

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Step Five

Pencil Me In

Using the storyboard, our artists create detailed pencil sketches that lay out the composition and detail of each panel of the comic.

Step Six
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Step Six

The Fine Line

Our artists then ink each of the sketched panels, creating the final line art.

Step Seven
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Step Seven

Colour Me Impressed

We apply colour to the line art, either digitally or by hand, to bring the comic to life based on the previously agreed colour palette.

Step Eight
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Step Eight

Let's Get Typographical

Our team adds dialogue, captions, and sound effects to the comic pages.

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Step Nine

The Final Countdown

Finally, we send the completed comic to our printers for production and agree delivery and distribution with our client.

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