COMIC STRIP TEASED • ONE SCRIPT • MULTIPLE VISIONS
ROW 1 / PANEL 1: The story starts on a grey, gritty London street. At the top of the panel there is a text box that says, “Camden Town / -0.142555 / 51.539011.” In the panel we see a tight shot of a man running with his arm up by his face. On his wrist is an advanced communication device. The man is sweaty and looks a bit frantic as he begins yelling into his communicator, “Station, I have an agent on my tail and need an immediate channel change."
ROW 1 / PANEL 2: Still running down the street, we now see the fully body of the man, as he is running across the panel. Coming from his communicator is a voice saying, “Acknowledged. Scrambling channels now. Portal opening in 3, 2, 1.” At the far right-edge of the panel, there is a strange opening that looks like a portal or wormhole the size of a door. The man is leaping right into it.
ROW 2 / PANEL 3: On the left edge of the panel, we see a matching portal, and the same man running out of it. But now, we find the character emerging onto a lush green island. At the top of the panel there is a text box that says, “Easter Island / -109.349687 / -27.112723.” In the distance we see the giant Moai statues of Easter Island. The man says, “All clear, I’m through. Interesting new locale… Why here?”
ROW 2 / PANEL 4: Inside a modern computer control room, a young man is sitting at a terminal, while his much older superior is standing above him. The standing man says, “We have a fracture eminent on the island. An archeology team is ready to open a secret chamber, but we can’t let that happen.”
ROW 2 / PANEL 5: Back on the island, we see a close-up of the man, looking determined as he says, “Understood. I’m on it.”
“Back Channel” script by Matt Bellisle
ROW 1 / PANEL 2: Still running down the street, we now see the fully body of the man, as he is running across the panel. Coming from his communicator is a voice saying, “Acknowledged. Scrambling channels now. Portal opening in 3, 2, 1.” At the far right-edge of the panel, there is a strange opening that looks like a portal or wormhole the size of a door. The man is leaping right into it.
ROW 2 / PANEL 3: On the left edge of the panel, we see a matching portal, and the same man running out of it. But now, we find the character emerging onto a lush green island. At the top of the panel there is a text box that says, “Easter Island / -109.349687 / -27.112723.” In the distance we see the giant Moai statues of Easter Island. The man says, “All clear, I’m through. Interesting new locale… Why here?”
ROW 2 / PANEL 4: Inside a modern computer control room, a young man is sitting at a terminal, while his much older superior is standing above him. The standing man says, “We have a fracture eminent on the island. An archeology team is ready to open a secret chamber, but we can’t let that happen.”
ROW 2 / PANEL 5: Back on the island, we see a close-up of the man, looking determined as he says, “Understood. I’m on it.”
“Back Channel” script by Matt Bellisle
Matt Bellisle
Craig Knitt
Joel Nimocks
Chris Garrity
Guest Contributor: Giles LaRock