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WARNING, THIS POST MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS ME TO ACTUALLY CONTINUE MAKING THIS COMIC.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO READ BEFORE MAKING YOUR DECISION YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO! COMMENT OR MESSAGE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS COMIC/MANGA!

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Story/comic

Setting – void

Characters – ‘Reapers’

Explanation – the reapers are the ones who send the humans (trialers) through the trials. They audit the tests and trails and create new ones. They have special powers, including mind powers. They can teleport, and magic things out of the air.
The leader is the youngest, Luna. The title of ‘Demigod’ is given to the leader. The others are the reapers, and are second rank to the demigod. The crystal is Luna’s protector, she’s had him since she was a child. It can manipulate its own shape and size and also has different powers which make the ‘games’ as they call them, quite interesting.

Luna (+crystal)

Madison

Xero

Ridge

Characters – ‘Humans/trialers’

Explanation – the humans (trialers) are people who have died, and need to go through the trials in order to pass on into their next stage. Which can either be limbo for all eternity or it can be ‘haven’.
The humans are generally passed through to the next stage, but all reapers where human at one point, and became who they are because they exceeded the expectations of the moderator. Nobody knows who the moderator is. Most people say it’s just an omnipotent force that controls the universe.
The reapers get a say in who is turned into another reaper, in which case it’s usually people they know, or people they are intrigued or curious about.

Characters – ‘Fish/salmon’

Explanation – the fish/salmon are the rank under reapers, they’re the souls that the reapers found intriguing and turned into people again. Not human, but not immortal. They call these the fish because they inhabit the void and have no clear path of where they’re going. However there are some people who choose to stay and help the reapers with their work.

D

K

Elizabeth

Colton

Maxy and Mindie

Jason

Character descriptions –

Luna – Luna is the leader of the reapers, AKA the demigod. Her official title as set by the moderator is ‘the child of the universe’. She takes a lot of time off and tends to wonder round keeping everything in check. She’s sarcastic and sassy. She enjoys stories and likes to fuck with the universe in order to keep herself entertained.
Crystal – Luna’s protector, her friend since childhood. Her father made a shifting crystal, which could mould its shape to keep her entertained when she was a child. She originally wore him as a necklace, and still does when he’s dormant. He doesn’t speak but Luna and him appear to have a mental bond, and can communicate.
Madison – Madison is a bitch. She vindictive and cruel, and thinks herself higher than everyone else. However she is a good friend to Luna, she enjoys gossip and fancy clothes, but since becoming a reaper she’s settled down, becoming more plain then excessive and posh. Blonde, green eyes.
Xero – Xero is mysterious, he tends to be friendly to most people, even when he’s attempting to scare the humans. He has a darker side, hidden by a seal which keeps it in place, though he can still hear his voice inside his mind. Sometimes his other side can kick in and take over his body. Brunette/black hair, blue eyes. Not from the human world, but died traveling to it.
Ridge – Ridge is a joker, he’s always smirking and joking. He likes to not take things seriously and tends to annoy people through it. Luna and Ridge tend to argue a lot, once all the reapers used to be Demigods, but the moderator changed that and Ridge got his rank taken away and is now a reaper, because he would go to earth and talk with a group of the humans. He thinks himself quite high, and is nicknamed ‘posh boy’ and things along those lines.

D – ‘D’ is a mad scientist, nobody really knows what D stands for - when people are turned to fish they get the first letter of their name and have to figure out the rest themselves. He makes experiments and weapons for the reapers to use on their trials, and he’s involved sometimes himself. He has a robotic eye and arm, always wears goggles, and he also has a darker side, called ‘L’, who likes to seep through and intrude his mind. Whenever he is taken over by ‘L’, his experiments get ten times as crazy and killy.
K – ‘K’ is ‘D’s assistant, she is insane. She enjoys the dark and is often found talking to someone she calls ‘mother’ that no one else can see. She likes to paint and draw on her arms and is always inviting herself to get involved with the games and trials. She is very athletic and has good gymnastic skills. Most humans who see her are very scared, and she has a very creepy smile.
Elizabeth – Elizabeth was a human who doesn’t remember why she died. She tends to be clad in a steampunk style dress or outfit. But tends to always wear something crazy or over the top. She seems to be confused about who she is, struggling with keeping in one mind-set at a time. She tends to switch personalities, she has multiple darker sides, but seems to handle it well without a seal. She’s best friends with Xero, and everyone else knows they like each other, except for themselves.
Colton – Colton doesn’t really know what he’s doing, he hangs around and talks to everyone, and he likes to take part in some of the games/trials, but other than that nobody really knows what he does. He tends to take the position of the barman after hours, which is any point in the day most of the time. He tends to like to test ‘D’s experiments (mostly the weapons). Luna tends to get him to do janitorial work seen as he doesn’t seem to do a lot. She figured he might be good as an engineer, and so he fixed the things that break around the place. Black, yellow eyes.
Maxy + Mindie – The twins, boy and girl. They are very over the top, they run around the place and like to pull pranks on the humans sent to them. About 6-8 years old. Like to speak at the same time, which is quite creepy. Tricksters. They don’t like to take things seriously and can teleport around the place or ‘jump’. Blonde, brown eyes.
Jason – Jason is an older gentlemen, he is also known as ‘the grandfather’. He keeps everyone in line when they’re getting out of it and he is in charge of the fish/salmon. He likes to drink tea and play pool with Luna. Him and Luna get along quite well, and tend to play a lot of different board games together. Old, grey hear, beard, grey eyes.

Chapter one – SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-First person, walking into elevator, looks to elevator room number thing, hands in braces.
-steps out elevator at bar, where everyone’s sat.
- Luna walks over.
-Talk with others about trials that day.
-Check in with D and K and ask about new experiments and weapons
-come back to room where there’s a group of people.
-Explain maze game
-send humans into maze game.
-Observe and jump at them every so often, using powers.
-Luna observing, gets involved near end.
-humans sent to different places
-End of day everyone sat in bar when Jason comes in.
-Kids run around and he has a go at them.
-Elizabeth comes in and sits down.
-talk about stuff.
-Crystal comes out and hugs Luna in protective way.
-Luna tells him to go back into his necklace form and he does, but he flashes.
-Luna leaves and goes to pool room with Jason
-Talk about stuff, play pool.
-Luna goes back to room and lays down on bed
-Explains whole process about the trials

Design document

Title page(s) –

This is the first design for my cover, there are four versions because of the characters, if anything these pictures would be posters/advertisements.

These four are the four reapers in my comic, and this is the first cover design I made.

There is also non-colour versions as well. (see comic cover 1)

This is the second design, these characters are the ‘fish/salmon’.

‘L’, is D’s darker side, that’s why he’s in the shadows behind him.

I wanted the stances of the characters to symbolise their personalities. K is childish and always messing around, so I had her swinging her arms and legs while walking. D is smart and a crazy scientist, so I drew him following K, and looking at some work. (see comic cover 2)

This is the third design, I figured that in the void there would be people from different time periods. So people who have been turned to Fish would be from different times, and Elizabeth is from Victorian times.

Colton is modern and likes to fix things, he also likes to try out ‘D’s experiments with him.

I did two different versions of this one, where Elizabeth was in the brown dress, and the other is a blue dress. (see comic cover 3)

　

Jason is in charge of the fish and tends to have to look after the kids a lot.
The twins like to run around and make a mess. Hence why their characters are running and chasing each other.

The logo for my designs was something I wanted to be simple, but a bit messy. I decided to add the X to the middle of the O, I don’t quite remember my thought process, but it could show the symbolism of death after life? (see comic cover 4)

My comic will be 16+, it will contain blood, smoking, drinking, and of course death. It will also have swearing involved and may have some things that children might not be allowed to read.
I may change this rating at some point if I decide to make this into an actual comic.

Description –

The reapers control the void. It’s their job to put people who have died through trials, they reside in the void which is where the dead come through. The trials can vary depending how the reapers are feeling.
The fish are people who the reapers saw as different and unique, and kept behind. Most of them have been sent out into the void, all wondering aimlessly, hence the nickname ‘fish’. The salmon are the fish who decide to stay with the reapers, and help out where needed.

The moderator – though no one knows who they are – controls ‘life’ in the void, and is in charge of who is reaper, who is demigod.

But what is the point in the reapers? The void? That’s what they’re trying to figure out. Why do games decide who goes to Haven or to Limbo. Why have they been sent here to reap on the dead?
Well… that’s what they have to find out…

Concept and outline –

Initial sketches –

　

　

　

　

　

　

Initial plans –

(See ‘Comic plans’ word document in OneDrive folder)

Target audience –

My target audience is older teens and adults. I would like it to be for everyone, but the themes involved might not be suitable for children or younger teens. I think with this comic I’m aiming for a 16-20 average age.

Similar comic would be the anime ‘Death parade’, which is where I got my inspiration for the basis of the void and the games. I won’t be following the story exactly, I’ll be changing it quite substantially, adding more characters and adding different mysteries. I hope to make different parts revolve around different members, them trying to figure out their backstory and why they’re there.

I hope to be able to relate different characters to different people who may be reading, so that people have something familiar and possibly figure out who their favourite characters are that way. And even though these characters have powers etc., I still want the audience to see that they were once human.

　

　

　

Story and idea in detail - SPOLLLERRRRSSSSSS!!!!!!!!

Luna is in charge, she is the demigod of the group, even though being quite young. Her protector – the crystal -was given to her by her father. And she is dubbed ‘the child of the universe’. Nobody knows a lot about her, even the other reapers. The other reapers are Xero, Ridge and Madison. They’re also in charge of games, but have to do as Luna says. They all have very different personalities, but get along as well as they need to in order to do their job.

The fish don’t play a vital role, other than the salmon, D, K, Jason, the twins, Elizabeth and Colton. They help around the place, help with the games, and are trying to figure out their history, unlike the normal fish.

The trialers are the people who have died, who come through the void where all of these people work, and at the end get put into different places, either Haven – the heaven of this world – or Limbo. An endless blackness where they have to live for all eternity. (Sounds fun…)

My comic is going to be the story of these characters figuring out why they’re here. How they died, why they died and why they were kept here by the moderator or other reapers. Some characters will remain mysterious, i.e., Luna. She will be one of the characters where you don’t need her backstory, you’ll be left guessing how she died and what happened to her to make her who she is today.
I want to establish the different relationships between different characters, pairing some together, having arguments between others, etc. At the end of the day they get along because they’re stuck together. At some points that has to boil down. Dealing with the same people constantly.
I plan to have a deeper meaning to the story, something that’s going on that nobody knows about until one of them realises and they start to investigate. Hopefully leading to a big climatic ending.

Goal? -

The goal of this comic I guess will be to shed light on the fact that everybody dies. It is the one thing that’s always certain in life, at least for now. I want to focus on the fact that nobody knows what happens after you die, and while this isn’t exactly what I believe, I think that it’s an interesting way to portray it.
I may link the void to the normal world, have the characters be ‘ghosts’ in real life, if they visit a house in the void they can manipulate things in the real worlds etc.
I’m not fully sure of the story yet, but would like to include all of this. (Probably not by the end of the project…)

Main characters –

Reapers -

Luna
Xero
Ridge
Madison

Fish/Salmon –

D
K
Elizabeth
Colton
Jason
Maxy
Mindie

Other characters –

Crystal
Dead people

(For descriptions please look at ‘Comic ideas’ document in OneDrive)

Sketches –

　

　

　

Abilities –

Luna – mysterious abilities, nobody knows exactly what she’s capable of. She has all other reapers abilities (or most) because she’s the demigod. She can aperate (teleport around), she may have some slight psychic abilities. As far as she goes I want to keep her a mystery, showing odd powers here and there.

Xero – Doesn’t tend to try and find out his powers so doesn’t know quite what he’s capable of as a reaper. He does have some abilities like fire, and is able to manipulate the original world. He may also be able to read minds – with difficulty – and control objects with his mind. Again, with difficulty. He can also summon things form the air, like all reapers.

Ridge – Ridge can fly, teleport and summon things out of the air that he wants, he also has healing abilities and these can also turn and help him with fights. He knows his powers, he’s cocky like that, so figured them out a long time ago. He was pretty much destined to be a reaper and have these powers.

Madison – Madison can hurt people with her words, depending on her insults. She doesn’t have as many reaper abilities, she has a harder time feeling pain, so doesn’t understand fully when she hurts others. She can teleport short distances, and has slight Icey powers.

D – Very smart, though very crazy as well. Good with technology and is always making experiments, whether to use for trials or not.

K – K has a strange connection to someone called ‘mother’, though everyone suspects it’s not her mum. She’s also very good at gymnastics and is very flexible and nimble.

Elizabeth – Very smart, knows a lot about history, seen as she lived through a lot of it. Good at persuading people, needs to unlock and find out what her powers are.

Colton – Colton is good with mechanisms, and technology. No real powers other than being able to drink an amazing amount of alcohol without getting drunk, and being able to work really fast.

Jason – Jason has slight healing powers and is the one who came up with and added the seals to the people with darker sides.

Maxy and Mindie – Maxy and Mindie are able to teleport around, and don’t have much powers other than that because they’re only children. Children aren’t expected to have any powers, but these aren’t exactly ordinary children.

The world –

The void. A name that’s been connected to the afterlife in multiple cultures in real life. The void is a series of levels in what appears to be an endless building. This ‘building’ also contains all buildings that are in the real world as well. Nobody knows its history, and nobody alive in the world of Game Over knows what happens after they die either, until they get there.
Haven is the heaven of this world, where the good people get sent to. I won’t be showing what Haven is like because I still want some things to be mysterious. The same with Limbo.
Haven and Limbo are also names for the afterlife in real life, in multiple cultures. Limbo is the ‘hell’ of this world. Again, I won’t be showing it in my comic, but I hope it is implied how bad it is to go there.
There isn’t much else to say about the world.
The main place the group hang out is the bar area, which is also a chill area, where they can relax on the sofas, hang around and chat. There is also a pool room, where they play pool, and another games room, where there’s different games like chess, board games, videogames, etc.
There’s the bedrooms of the characters, and the lab where D and K work. And they can – if reapers – create new rooms. There’s a ballroom, a skating room, a gym, and multiple other rooms.

Audio -

I plan to make some small animations for this comic, and may include some audio or sound clips of the characters voices over the top.
I may also at some point after college turn this comic into an anime, and get people to voice act for it.
If music was involved in the anime it would be slow, soft music for the majority of the time. Probably just piano or softer instruments. Possibly something like professor Layton style.

Software –

I’m making the comic using Photoshop and the animations using gimp.
I would probably make paper copies of the comic if selling it to an audience, and also have it available on my deviant art page. As far as software goes I don’t think I will be using any software other than Photoshop and gimp to produce the comic, and as far as distributing the comic goes I would stick to paperback, like most comics, and online on my art profiles. Like I’ve done with my previous comics.

Conclusion –

At the end of this project I hope to have a couple of pages complete, I also hope to have animations of walk cycles and stuff like that.
I will try to do multiple different sketches for different characters and costume designs, I have already started on the Elizabeth ones because I find her costumes the most interesting of the group.
I may write some short stories about the comic, I’m not sure about that yet though.
I hope to have this all finished on time.

Report

My project is going to be a comic/manga piece, with some digital animations and sketches/art pieces of the characters and places involved.
There are some other things that my comic will be alike with, I took inspiration from other series I’ve enjoyed and seen.

Example one –

Death parade (anime) –

Death parade is an anime based around what happens after you die, much like mine. The character’s Luna and Jason in my series are somewhat like the characters in Death Parade. Luna is a character I made up a while ago and have used in different stories and things like that, but I decided to add her into this because of her character background.
The place they hang around in in my comic will be similar to that in Death parade, the bar area and the pool room. But I hope to make my comic different to this anime, and make it original.

Example two –

Yogscast (youtubers) –

The part of the yogscast I have decided to add into my comic is the characters they made up and that fans have made backgrounds and stories about, including me. I have decided to include Ridgedog (Ridge) and Xephos (Xero) as characters in my comic, because I like the backgrounds of the characters, and in fan stories Ridgedog is a reaper, who has more powers than normal humans. Much like the four reapers in my comic, which he will be one of.
I also included Lalna, Kim and Livid. As the characters D, K and L. D is a mad scientist, which stays true to the yogscast side of things, and K is his assistant, who I’ve edited to have come slightly crazy, who likes to draw on her own arms and things like that. And L is D’s darker side. Only certain people have a darker side, but Livid (L) is cannon in fan stories as the darker side of Lalna (D).

Example three –

American horror story/scream queens (TV shows) –

The character(s) I have been inspired by from these shows are Madison Montgomery, and Chanel Oberlin, who are both played by the same actress – Emma Roberts. In both of these series, as both characters, she is very similar; A posh, rich girl who couldn’t care less about anyone else and only cares about herself. However in my comic I have made it so that this is after they’ve all died, so she has calmed down a bit, learnt to be more normal and has become a bit plainer.

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WARNING, THIS POST MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS ME TO ACTUALLY CONTINUE MAKING THIS COMIC.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO READ BEFORE MAKING YOUR DECISION YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO! COMMENT OR MESSAGE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS COMIC/MANGA!

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Story/comic

Setting – void

Characters – ‘Reapers’

Explanation – the reapers are the ones who send the humans (trialers) through the trials. They audit the tests and trails and create new ones. They have special powers, including mind powers. They can teleport, and magic things out of the air.
The leader is the youngest, Luna. The title of ‘Demigod’ is given to the leader. The others are the reapers, and are second rank to the demigod. The crystal is Luna’s protector, she’s had him since she was a child. It can manipulate its own shape and size and also has different powers which make the ‘games’ as they call them, quite interesting.

Luna (+crystal)

Madison

Xero

Ridge

Characters – ‘Humans/trialers’

Explanation – the humans (trialers) are people who have died, and need to go through the trials in order to pass on into their next stage. Which can either be limbo for all eternity or it can be ‘haven’.
The humans are generally passed through to the next stage, but all reapers where human at one point, and became who they are because they exceeded the expectations of the moderator. Nobody knows who the moderator is. Most people say it’s just an omnipotent force that controls the universe.
The reapers get a say in who is turned into another reaper, in which case it’s usually people they know, or people they are intrigued or curious about.

Characters – ‘Fish/salmon’

Explanation – the fish/salmon are the rank under reapers, they’re the souls that the reapers found intriguing and turned into people again. Not human, but not immortal. They call these the fish because they inhabit the void and have no clear path of where they’re going. However there are some people who choose to stay and help the reapers with their work.

D

K

Elizabeth

Colton

Maxy and Mindie

Jason

Character descriptions –

Luna – Luna is the leader of the reapers, AKA the demigod. Her official title as set by the moderator is ‘the child of the universe’. She takes a lot of time off and tends to wonder round keeping everything in check. She’s sarcastic and sassy. She enjoys stories and likes to fuck with the universe in order to keep herself entertained.
Crystal – Luna’s protector, her friend since childhood. Her father made a shifting crystal, which could mould its shape to keep her entertained when she was a child. She originally wore him as a necklace, and still does when he’s dormant. He doesn’t speak but Luna and him appear to have a mental bond, and can communicate.
Madison – Madison is a bitch. She vindictive and cruel, and thinks herself higher than everyone else. However she is a good friend to Luna, she enjoys gossip and fancy clothes, but since becoming a reaper she’s settled down, becoming more plain then excessive and posh. Blonde, green eyes.
Xero – Xero is mysterious, he tends to be friendly to most people, even when he’s attempting to scare the humans. He has a darker side, hidden by a seal which keeps it in place, though he can still hear his voice inside his mind. Sometimes his other side can kick in and take over his body. Brunette/black hair, blue eyes. Not from the human world, but died traveling to it.
Ridge – Ridge is a joker, he’s always smirking and joking. He likes to not take things seriously and tends to annoy people through it. Luna and Ridge tend to argue a lot, once all the reapers used to be Demigods, but the moderator changed that and Ridge got his rank taken away and is now a reaper, because he would go to earth and talk with a group of the humans. He thinks himself quite high, and is nicknamed ‘posh boy’ and things along those lines.

D – ‘D’ is a mad scientist, nobody really knows what D stands for - when people are turned to fish they get the first letter of their name and have to figure out the rest themselves. He makes experiments and weapons for the reapers to use on their trials, and he’s involved sometimes himself. He has a robotic eye and arm, always wears goggles, and he also has a darker side, called ‘L’, who likes to seep through and intrude his mind. Whenever he is taken over by ‘L’, his experiments get ten times as crazy and killy.
K – ‘K’ is ‘D’s assistant, she is insane. She enjoys the dark and is often found talking to someone she calls ‘mother’ that no one else can see. She likes to paint and draw on her arms and is always inviting herself to get involved with the games and trials. She is very athletic and has good gymnastic skills. Most humans who see her are very scared, and she has a very creepy smile.
Elizabeth – Elizabeth was a human who doesn’t remember why she died. She tends to be clad in a steampunk style dress or outfit. But tends to always wear something crazy or over the top. She seems to be confused about who she is, struggling with keeping in one mind-set at a time. She tends to switch personalities, she has multiple darker sides, but seems to handle it well without a seal. She’s best friends with Xero, and everyone else knows they like each other, except for themselves.
Colton – Colton doesn’t really know what he’s doing, he hangs around and talks to everyone, and he likes to take part in some of the games/trials, but other than that nobody really knows what he does. He tends to take the position of the barman after hours, which is any point in the day most of the time. He tends to like to test ‘D’s experiments (mostly the weapons). Luna tends to get him to do janitorial work seen as he doesn’t seem to do a lot. She figured he might be good as an engineer, and so he fixed the things that break around the place. Black, yellow eyes.
Maxy + Mindie – The twins, boy and girl. They are very over the top, they run around the place and like to pull pranks on the humans sent to them. About 6-8 years old. Like to speak at the same time, which is quite creepy. Tricksters. They don’t like to take things seriously and can teleport around the place or ‘jump’. Blonde, brown eyes.
Jason – Jason is an older gentlemen, he is also known as ‘the grandfather’. He keeps everyone in line when they’re getting out of it and he is in charge of the fish/salmon. He likes to drink tea and play pool with Luna. Him and Luna get along quite well, and tend to play a lot of different board games together. Old, grey hear, beard, grey eyes.

Chapter one – SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-First person, walking into elevator, looks to elevator room number thing, hands in braces.
-steps out elevator at bar, where everyone’s sat.
- Luna walks over.
-Talk with others about trials that day.
-Check in with D and K and ask about new experiments and weapons
-come back to room where there’s a group of people.
-Explain maze game
-send humans into maze game.
-Observe and jump at them every so often, using powers.
-Luna observing, gets involved near end.
-humans sent to different places
-End of day everyone sat in bar when Jason comes in.
-Kids run around and he has a go at them.
-Elizabeth comes in and sits down.
-talk about stuff.
-Crystal comes out and hugs Luna in protective way.
-Luna tells him to go back into his necklace form and he does, but he flashes.
-Luna leaves and goes to pool room with Jason
-Talk about stuff, play pool.
-Luna goes back to room and lays down on bed
-Explains whole process about the trials

Design document

Title page(s) –

This is the first design for my cover, there are four versions because of the characters, if anything these pictures would be posters/advertisements.

These four are the four reapers in my comic, and this is the first cover design I made.

There is also non-colour versions as well. (see comic cover 1)

This is the second design, these characters are the ‘fish/salmon’.

‘L’, is D’s darker side, that’s why he’s in the shadows behind him.

I wanted the stances of the characters to symbolise their personalities. K is childish and always messing around, so I had her swinging her arms and legs while walking. D is smart and a crazy scientist, so I drew him following K, and looking at some work. (see comic cover 2)

This is the third design, I figured that in the void there would be people from different time periods. So people who have been turned to Fish would be from different times, and Elizabeth is from Victorian times.

Colton is modern and likes to fix things, he also likes to try out ‘D’s experiments with him.

I did two different versions of this one, where Elizabeth was in the brown dress, and the other is a blue dress. (see comic cover 3)

　

Jason is in charge of the fish and tends to have to look after the kids a lot.
The twins like to run around and make a mess. Hence why their characters are running and chasing each other.

The logo for my designs was something I wanted to be simple, but a bit messy. I decided to add the X to the middle of the O, I don’t quite remember my thought process, but it could show the symbolism of death after life? (see comic cover 4)

My comic will be 16+, it will contain blood, smoking, drinking, and of course death. It will also have swearing involved and may have some things that children might not be allowed to read.
I may change this rating at some point if I decide to make this into an actual comic.

Description –

The reapers control the void. It’s their job to put people who have died through trials, they reside in the void which is where the dead come through. The trials can vary depending how the reapers are feeling.
The fish are people who the reapers saw as different and unique, and kept behind. Most of them have been sent out into the void, all wondering aimlessly, hence the nickname ‘fish’. The salmon are the fish who decide to stay with the reapers, and help out where needed.

The moderator – though no one knows who they are – controls ‘life’ in the void, and is in charge of who is reaper, who is demigod.

But what is the point in the reapers? The void? That’s what they’re trying to figure out. Why do games decide who goes to Haven or to Limbo. Why have they been sent here to reap on the dead?
Well… that’s what they have to find out…

Concept and outline –

Initial sketches –

　

　

　

　

　

　

Initial plans –

(See ‘Comic plans’ word document in OneDrive folder)

Target audience –

My target audience is older teens and adults. I would like it to be for everyone, but the themes involved might not be suitable for children or younger teens. I think with this comic I’m aiming for a 16-20 average age.

Similar comic would be the anime ‘Death parade’, which is where I got my inspiration for the basis of the void and the games. I won’t be following the story exactly, I’ll be changing it quite substantially, adding more characters and adding different mysteries. I hope to make different parts revolve around different members, them trying to figure out their backstory and why they’re there.

I hope to be able to relate different characters to different people who may be reading, so that people have something familiar and possibly figure out who their favourite characters are that way. And even though these characters have powers etc., I still want the audience to see that they were once human.

　

　

　

Story and idea in detail - SPOLLLERRRRSSSSSS!!!!!!!!

Luna is in charge, she is the demigod of the group, even though being quite young. Her protector – the crystal -was given to her by her father. And she is dubbed ‘the child of the universe’. Nobody knows a lot about her, even the other reapers. The other reapers are Xero, Ridge and Madison. They’re also in charge of games, but have to do as Luna says. They all have very different personalities, but get along as well as they need to in order to do their job.

The fish don’t play a vital role, other than the salmon, D, K, Jason, the twins, Elizabeth and Colton. They help around the place, help with the games, and are trying to figure out their history, unlike the normal fish.

The trialers are the people who have died, who come through the void where all of these people work, and at the end get put into different places, either Haven – the heaven of this world – or Limbo. An endless blackness where they have to live for all eternity. (Sounds fun…)

My comic is going to be the story of these characters figuring out why they’re here. How they died, why they died and why they were kept here by the moderator or other reapers. Some characters will remain mysterious, i.e., Luna. She will be one of the characters where you don’t need her backstory, you’ll be left guessing how she died and what happened to her to make her who she is today.
I want to establish the different relationships between different characters, pairing some together, having arguments between others, etc. At the end of the day they get along because they’re stuck together. At some points that has to boil down. Dealing with the same people constantly.
I plan to have a deeper meaning to the story, something that’s going on that nobody knows about until one of them realises and they start to investigate. Hopefully leading to a big climatic ending.

Goal? -

The goal of this comic I guess will be to shed light on the fact that everybody dies. It is the one thing that’s always certain in life, at least for now. I want to focus on the fact that nobody knows what happens after you die, and while this isn’t exactly what I believe, I think that it’s an interesting way to portray it.
I may link the void to the normal world, have the characters be ‘ghosts’ in real life, if they visit a house in the void they can manipulate things in the real worlds etc.
I’m not fully sure of the story yet, but would like to include all of this. (Probably not by the end of the project…)

Main characters –

Reapers -

Luna
Xero
Ridge
Madison

Fish/Salmon –

D
K
Elizabeth
Colton
Jason
Maxy
Mindie

Other characters –

Crystal
Dead people

(For descriptions please look at ‘Comic ideas’ document in OneDrive)

Sketches –

　

　

　

Abilities –

Luna – mysterious abilities, nobody knows exactly what she’s capable of. She has all other reapers abilities (or most) because she’s the demigod. She can aperate (teleport around), she may have some slight psychic abilities. As far as she goes I want to keep her a mystery, showing odd powers here and there.

Xero – Doesn’t tend to try and find out his powers so doesn’t know quite what he’s capable of as a reaper. He does have some abilities like fire, and is able to manipulate the original world. He may also be able to read minds – with difficulty – and control objects with his mind. Again, with difficulty. He can also summon things form the air, like all reapers.

Ridge – Ridge can fly, teleport and summon things out of the air that he wants, he also has healing abilities and these can also turn and help him with fights. He knows his powers, he’s cocky like that, so figured them out a long time ago. He was pretty much destined to be a reaper and have these powers.

Madison – Madison can hurt people with her words, depending on her insults. She doesn’t have as many reaper abilities, she has a harder time feeling pain, so doesn’t understand fully when she hurts others. She can teleport short distances, and has slight Icey powers.

D – Very smart, though very crazy as well. Good with technology and is always making experiments, whether to use for trials or not.

K – K has a strange connection to someone called ‘mother’, though everyone suspects it’s not her mum. She’s also very good at gymnastics and is very flexible and nimble.

Elizabeth – Very smart, knows a lot about history, seen as she lived through a lot of it. Good at persuading people, needs to unlock and find out what her powers are.

Colton – Colton is good with mechanisms, and technology. No real powers other than being able to drink an amazing amount of alcohol without getting drunk, and being able to work really fast.

Jason – Jason has slight healing powers and is the one who came up with and added the seals to the people with darker sides.

Maxy and Mindie – Maxy and Mindie are able to teleport around, and don’t have much powers other than that because they’re only children. Children aren’t expected to have any powers, but these aren’t exactly ordinary children.

The world –

The void. A name that’s been connected to the afterlife in multiple cultures in real life. The void is a series of levels in what appears to be an endless building. This ‘building’ also contains all buildings that are in the real world as well. Nobody knows its history, and nobody alive in the world of Game Over knows what happens after they die either, until they get there.
Haven is the heaven of this world, where the good people get sent to. I won’t be showing what Haven is like because I still want some things to be mysterious. The same with Limbo.
Haven and Limbo are also names for the afterlife in real life, in multiple cultures. Limbo is the ‘hell’ of this world. Again, I won’t be showing it in my comic, but I hope it is implied how bad it is to go there.
There isn’t much else to say about the world.
The main place the group hang out is the bar area, which is also a chill area, where they can relax on the sofas, hang around and chat. There is also a pool room, where they play pool, and another games room, where there’s different games like chess, board games, videogames, etc.
There’s the bedrooms of the characters, and the lab where D and K work. And they can – if reapers – create new rooms. There’s a ballroom, a skating room, a gym, and multiple other rooms.

Audio -

I plan to make some small animations for this comic, and may include some audio or sound clips of the characters voices over the top.
I may also at some point after college turn this comic into an anime, and get people to voice act for it.
If music was involved in the anime it would be slow, soft music for the majority of the time. Probably just piano or softer instruments. Possibly something like professor Layton style.

Software –

I’m making the comic using Photoshop and the animations using gimp.
I would probably make paper copies of the comic if selling it to an audience, and also have it available on my deviant art page. As far as software goes I don’t think I will be using any software other than Photoshop and gimp to produce the comic, and as far as distributing the comic goes I would stick to paperback, like most comics, and online on my art profiles. Like I’ve done with my previous comics.

Conclusion –

At the end of this project I hope to have a couple of pages complete, I also hope to have animations of walk cycles and stuff like that.
I will try to do multiple different sketches for different characters and costume designs, I have already started on the Elizabeth ones because I find her costumes the most interesting of the group.
I may write some short stories about the comic, I’m not sure about that yet though.
I hope to have this all finished on time.

Report

My project is going to be a comic/manga piece, with some digital animations and sketches/art pieces of the characters and places involved.
There are some other things that my comic will be alike with, I took inspiration from other series I’ve enjoyed and seen.

Example one –

Death parade (anime) –

Death parade is an anime based around what happens after you die, much like mine. The character’s Luna and Jason in my series are somewhat like the characters in Death Parade. Luna is a character I made up a while ago and have used in different stories and things like that, but I decided to add her into this because of her character background.
The place they hang around in in my comic will be similar to that in Death parade, the bar area and the pool room. But I hope to make my comic different to this anime, and make it original.

Example two –

Yogscast (youtubers) –

The part of the yogscast I have decided to add into my comic is the characters they made up and that fans have made backgrounds and stories about, including me. I have decided to include Ridgedog (Ridge) and Xephos (Xero) as characters in my comic, because I like the backgrounds of the characters, and in fan stories Ridgedog is a reaper, who has more powers than normal humans. Much like the four reapers in my comic, which he will be one of.
I also included Lalna, Kim and Livid. As the characters D, K and L. D is a mad scientist, which stays true to the yogscast side of things, and K is his assistant, who I’ve edited to have come slightly crazy, who likes to draw on her own arms and things like that. And L is D’s darker side. Only certain people have a darker side, but Livid (L) is cannon in fan stories as the darker side of Lalna (D).

Example three –

American horror story/scream queens (TV shows) –

The character(s) I have been inspired by from these shows are Madison Montgomery, and Chanel Oberlin, who are both played by the same actress – Emma Roberts. In both of these series, as both characters, she is very similar; A posh, rich girl who couldn’t care less about anyone else and only cares about herself. However in my comic I have made it so that this is after they’ve all died, so she has calmed down a bit, learnt to be more normal and has become a bit plainer.