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ISSUE #002 · ILLUSTRATED STORYBOARD

The Crater Job

No refunds. No gravity. No pants required.

Read eight illustrated vector storyboards with scripts and dialogue. These are new draft illustrations, not the final fully painted comic pages.

Illustrated Tiger Samurai comic storyboard issue 002 page 1: Parking Is Extra

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Parking Is Extra

The Crater floats in a shattered asteroid. A parking drone demands one human memory.

SAMURAI: Take algebra.

FLANNEL TIGER: Does Chuck E. Cheese count as a nightclub?

Illustrated Tiger Samurai comic storyboard issue 002 page 2: The Worst Disguise

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The Worst Disguise

Samurai wears a maintenance vest over his Hawaiian shirt. Flannel Tiger wears a tiny fake mustache.

BOUNCER: Occupation?

SAMURAI: Industrial server maintenance.

FLANNEL TIGER: And emotional support.

Illustrated Tiger Samurai comic storyboard issue 002 page 3: Meet the Underworld

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Meet the Underworld

Bioluminescent jellyfish DJ Vesper Voltage spins mercury records. Chroma Slick offers a slightly haunted moon.

VESPER: You two smell like Earth’s atmosphere.

SAMURAI: That’s my deodorant.

Illustrated Tiger Samurai comic storyboard issue 002 page 4: The Planet Auction

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The Planet Auction

An Archi-Collective auctioneer unfolds into an architectural machine and displays Earth as Lot Number Seven.

AUCTIONEER: Sentient inhabitants included.

SAMURAI: I live there.

FLANNEL TIGER: And I have a security deposit.

Illustrated Tiger Samurai comic storyboard issue 002 page 5: A Very Bad Bid

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A Very Bad Bid

A mysterious bidder offers an artificial star. Flannel Tiger counters with an expired mozzarella-stick coupon.

AUCTIONEER: That coupon expired in 2009.

FLANNEL TIGER: It’s a collector’s item.

Illustrated Tiger Samurai comic storyboard issue 002 page 6: Zero-G Water Fight

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Zero-G Water Fight

Flannel Tiger opens a fire hose. A floating sphere of water engulfs the auction floor while Vesper turns it into a speaker.

SAMURAI: Don’t.

FLANNEL TIGER: FOR EARTH!

VESPER: BEST DROP OF THE NIGHT!

Illustrated Tiger Samurai comic storyboard issue 002 page 7: Chainsaw in a China Shop

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Chainsaw in a China Shop

Samurai’s smoking yellow chainsaw cuts the stage restraints. Flannel Tiger punches the auctioneer into a vending machine.

FLANNEL TIGER: THAT’S FOR MY PLANET!

SAMURAI: Loot.

Illustrated Tiger Samurai comic storyboard issue 002 page 8: The Wrong Key

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The Wrong Key

The recovered ignition key reveals nine planetary engines. A giant mechanical eye opens beneath the Moon.

UNKNOWN VOICE: Thank you for the key.

SAMURAI: I hate software updates.