Part 10 - Major Label Debut
Page 1 – I see this as a series of small panels as we start this part off humdrum and gradually get bigger and crazier with each page.
However you’d like to lay out the panels, but here’s what I see on the first page:
Balder, in his human form, which should not look as heroic as he will later, but should still have some of the look. Maybe he’s slightly larger than a normal person, still pretty good looking. He’s getting dropped off by a taxi, struggling to get all of his luggage on to a plane, sitting down on the plane, trying in vain to get a stewardesses’ attention, sitting back in his seat, the plane is taking off, and falling asleep. The last panel on the page should be black to symbolize that he’s falling asleep. Maybe even do a short multipanel drowsy sequence? If you feel that this is too much for a page, you can expand it a bit. I just want to set the scene and show that this is a normal day in someone’s life
Page 2 – This page is going to visually show the idea of waking up to a nightmare. Maybe the first panel, a small one, is black, with the idea that it’s a point of view shot and the viewer is still asleep. The second should be a shot of total horror – the inside of an airplane cabin with total gore happening inside it. Guts all over the food cart, blood all over the windows, zombies eating stewardesses, just go wild. The third panel should be black, again, to show that the person is blinking. My thought is that it’d be cool to do no narration, just present it as it happens. The final big panel on the bottom of the page should be Balder, still in human form, buckled in his chair with a zombie buckled in next to him.
Page 3 – Horizontal panel – The zombie next to Balder is screaming and trying to eat him. It’s lunging at him as he recoils in horror.
Small action panels – Balder taking off his seatbelt, standing up, and trying to run down the aisle.
Horizontal panel – but the aisle is blocked by a horde of zombies. At this point, he is realizing that he may be the only person left alive, so he should look really worried.
Page 4 – Treat this is a 6 panel grid page. However you want to break it down, Balder is fighting his way down the aisle. He kicks a zombie in the face. Another one is coming at him with the beverage cart. Turbulence shoves the drink cart backwards away from him as he ducks into a seat. The zombie with the cart is smashed and explodes in a sea of blood.
Page 5 – I see this as a 4 panel grid. As Balder is near the seat, he looks down and sees a baby. Thinking that he will rescue it, he picks it up and realizes that it’s a zombie baby.
Page 6 –The baby lunges at Balder as he holds it and he throws it as hard as he can. He starts running from the cockpit, punching zombies along the way. Again, lots of panels here, just to show the frenzy of Balder trying to escape the zombies. Try and treat this as claustrophobically as you can. Last panel, Balder has entered the cockpit and has his back to the door, breathing hard.
Page 7 – A big reveal panel that shows the pilot and copilot have become zombies as well. They come at Balder and he is frozen. He looks completely scared shitless, so maybe leave some space for some word balloons of him screaming. Close-up panel of the faces of the zombies (maybe a couple of panels of them slowly zooming in).
Page 8 – A big horizontal panel of Balder still frozen in fear, but the zombies now are headless and blood is spraying everywhere. Close-up panel of Balder, eyes closed, praying. Reveal of Robot and Destroyer. Destroyer’s hands are all bloody and he’s nudging Robot.
WORD BALLOON
Destroyer: You think he’s praying to himself?
Page 9 – Let the panels get a bit bigger her to show that the danger, for now, has passed. Robot looks angry at Destroyer, who has somehow gotten blood all over everyone and the cockpit. Show a reaction shot of Balder’s face, smeared with blood. Robot and Destroyer are talking to Balder.
WORD BALLOON
Robot: I apologize for my somewhat overexcited friend here. That’s the Destroyer. You can call me…
Destroyer: Enough, Chatty Cathy. Are you sure this is the right guy?
Page 10 – 4 panel grid.
Panel 1 – Balder looks freaked out. He’s still covered in blood.
WORD BALLOON
Balder: The right guy?
Panel 2 – Robot puts his hand on his shoulder, trying to break it to him gently.
WORD BALLOON
Robot: Well, let’s just say that we have a very strong belief that you may be more than you think you are.
Panel 3 – Balder looks completely out of it now.
WORD BALLOON
Balder: I sell pet products, like, human snacks for dogs. I’m pretty normal.
Panel 4 – Robot shakes his head. He looks like he is trying to explain and be earnest.
WORD BALLOON
Robot: Well, no matter what, I think there’s no hope of things being normal for quite some time.
Page 11
Large horizontal panel, with Destroyer screaming and breaking into the conversation. In the background, we can see zombies breaking into the cockpit.
WORD BALLOON
Destroyer: Can we just figure out how the fuck to turn him into a god before we fucking die?
Robot: I was getting to that. You can’t just…
Destroyer: Do you see what’s going on…
Robot: This is the kind of thing that can totally disrupt someone’s belief system. You need to take it slow, asshole.
WORD BALLOON
Balder: Wha?
Small panel – Robot is trying to talk.
WORD BALLOON
Robot – Well, now that someone ruined everything…
Small panel – The zombies break through into the cockpit.
WORD BALLOON
Zombies: Brains!
Page 12 – 6 panel grid
Robot screams at the zombies.
Robot: You fucking assholes!
Over the next 2-3 panels, Destroyer and Robot are trying to keep the zombies out of the cockpit. This should be really tight and claustrophobic.
WORD BALLOON
Destroyer: Mother of fucking…
Balder: You guys have a plan to get out of here, right?
A zombie is thrown by Destroyer into the controls. The next few panels should be all over the place, like the plane is being shaken up and thrown.
Last panel – We see the plane from the outside. Maybe we can see some of the fight going on inside it.
Robot: We did until some asshole broke the fucking plane.
However you’d like to lay out the panels, but here’s what I see on the first page:
Balder, in his human form, which should not look as heroic as he will later, but should still have some of the look. Maybe he’s slightly larger than a normal person, still pretty good looking. He’s getting dropped off by a taxi, struggling to get all of his luggage on to a plane, sitting down on the plane, trying in vain to get a stewardesses’ attention, sitting back in his seat, the plane is taking off, and falling asleep. The last panel on the page should be black to symbolize that he’s falling asleep. Maybe even do a short multipanel drowsy sequence? If you feel that this is too much for a page, you can expand it a bit. I just want to set the scene and show that this is a normal day in someone’s life
Page 2 – This page is going to visually show the idea of waking up to a nightmare. Maybe the first panel, a small one, is black, with the idea that it’s a point of view shot and the viewer is still asleep. The second should be a shot of total horror – the inside of an airplane cabin with total gore happening inside it. Guts all over the food cart, blood all over the windows, zombies eating stewardesses, just go wild. The third panel should be black, again, to show that the person is blinking. My thought is that it’d be cool to do no narration, just present it as it happens. The final big panel on the bottom of the page should be Balder, still in human form, buckled in his chair with a zombie buckled in next to him.
Page 3 – Horizontal panel – The zombie next to Balder is screaming and trying to eat him. It’s lunging at him as he recoils in horror.
Small action panels – Balder taking off his seatbelt, standing up, and trying to run down the aisle.
Horizontal panel – but the aisle is blocked by a horde of zombies. At this point, he is realizing that he may be the only person left alive, so he should look really worried.
Page 4 – Treat this is a 6 panel grid page. However you want to break it down, Balder is fighting his way down the aisle. He kicks a zombie in the face. Another one is coming at him with the beverage cart. Turbulence shoves the drink cart backwards away from him as he ducks into a seat. The zombie with the cart is smashed and explodes in a sea of blood.
Page 5 – I see this as a 4 panel grid. As Balder is near the seat, he looks down and sees a baby. Thinking that he will rescue it, he picks it up and realizes that it’s a zombie baby.
Page 6 –The baby lunges at Balder as he holds it and he throws it as hard as he can. He starts running from the cockpit, punching zombies along the way. Again, lots of panels here, just to show the frenzy of Balder trying to escape the zombies. Try and treat this as claustrophobically as you can. Last panel, Balder has entered the cockpit and has his back to the door, breathing hard.
Page 7 – A big reveal panel that shows the pilot and copilot have become zombies as well. They come at Balder and he is frozen. He looks completely scared shitless, so maybe leave some space for some word balloons of him screaming. Close-up panel of the faces of the zombies (maybe a couple of panels of them slowly zooming in).
Page 8 – A big horizontal panel of Balder still frozen in fear, but the zombies now are headless and blood is spraying everywhere. Close-up panel of Balder, eyes closed, praying. Reveal of Robot and Destroyer. Destroyer’s hands are all bloody and he’s nudging Robot.
WORD BALLOON
Destroyer: You think he’s praying to himself?
Page 9 – Let the panels get a bit bigger her to show that the danger, for now, has passed. Robot looks angry at Destroyer, who has somehow gotten blood all over everyone and the cockpit. Show a reaction shot of Balder’s face, smeared with blood. Robot and Destroyer are talking to Balder.
WORD BALLOON
Robot: I apologize for my somewhat overexcited friend here. That’s the Destroyer. You can call me…
Destroyer: Enough, Chatty Cathy. Are you sure this is the right guy?
Page 10 – 4 panel grid.
Panel 1 – Balder looks freaked out. He’s still covered in blood.
WORD BALLOON
Balder: The right guy?
Panel 2 – Robot puts his hand on his shoulder, trying to break it to him gently.
WORD BALLOON
Robot: Well, let’s just say that we have a very strong belief that you may be more than you think you are.
Panel 3 – Balder looks completely out of it now.
WORD BALLOON
Balder: I sell pet products, like, human snacks for dogs. I’m pretty normal.
Panel 4 – Robot shakes his head. He looks like he is trying to explain and be earnest.
WORD BALLOON
Robot: Well, no matter what, I think there’s no hope of things being normal for quite some time.
Page 11
Large horizontal panel, with Destroyer screaming and breaking into the conversation. In the background, we can see zombies breaking into the cockpit.
WORD BALLOON
Destroyer: Can we just figure out how the fuck to turn him into a god before we fucking die?
Robot: I was getting to that. You can’t just…
Destroyer: Do you see what’s going on…
Robot: This is the kind of thing that can totally disrupt someone’s belief system. You need to take it slow, asshole.
WORD BALLOON
Balder: Wha?
Small panel – Robot is trying to talk.
WORD BALLOON
Robot – Well, now that someone ruined everything…
Small panel – The zombies break through into the cockpit.
WORD BALLOON
Zombies: Brains!
Page 12 – 6 panel grid
Robot screams at the zombies.
Robot: You fucking assholes!
Over the next 2-3 panels, Destroyer and Robot are trying to keep the zombies out of the cockpit. This should be really tight and claustrophobic.
WORD BALLOON
Destroyer: Mother of fucking…
Balder: You guys have a plan to get out of here, right?
A zombie is thrown by Destroyer into the controls. The next few panels should be all over the place, like the plane is being shaken up and thrown.
Last panel – We see the plane from the outside. Maybe we can see some of the fight going on inside it.
Robot: We did until some asshole broke the fucking plane.
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