THE GRAPHIC SITCOM

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About the Graphic Sitcom:

The News Pros comics brings a fresh spin in comic entertainment. Not really a typical comic, but not quite a graphic novel.

It’s the GRAPHIC SITCOM.

As a comic series, it will be longer than your average comic, a little more like a graphic novel, which is why it’s called a graphic sitcom.

The publication will be presented in a sitcom format with a cold open, acts 1,2,3, and ending.
You are reading a sitcom.

News Pros is a fully developed sitcom series, 13 scripts in series one. The graphic sitcom takes those scripts and puts them in visual form, ultimately working as a forerunner to a future film series.

News Pros Products

Outside of the graphic sitcom, other products are planned to launch in the News Pros universe, including card and video games.

The Graphic Sitcom

The publication will be marketed on print-on-demand platforms. The general specs are:

8.5×11 (magazine size)
Approx. 120 pages (could vary)
Physical print-on-demand, possible paid digital copies

Collectible Card Game

A card game is in development to offer another interactive medium to the News Pros universe.

Other media is being developed, including potential connected story lines.

Planned production is in 2025.

3D Video Game

The interactive video game “Betsy Go Wild” is being developed add immersion to the brand.

Betsy, Dr. Milo’s abomination of a chicken, runs a muck in the news studio building and city streets.

Currently in development, with a planned production start date in spring of 2025.

The NP Unique Strength:

The strength of the News Pros brand is it’s unique presentation and the accompanying merchandising, as well as partnering brands.

About the story:

It’s a small town news studio with the most unprofessional “professionals” in the business, where the short filler broadcast is more entertainment than serious news.

The news, which is compiled by unpaid interns, is delivered by Rod Fritz, a narcissistic news anchor who lacks internal filters while on air, and the field reporter, Kate, who is a severe germaphobe. With the weather being delivered by the handyman and the untalented camera guys thinking they can produce “interesting” news, it’s a setting for a chaotic debacle.

The corporate owners, who are making money off the chaos, keep the studio underfunded and staffed with unqualified personnel to capitalize on the entertainment value with DVD’s, t-shirts, even action figures, while letting the crew, particularly Rod, believe they are news pros.

Core NP Characters

Dana

Dr. Milo

Gordy

Kate

Lidia

Nigel

Rod

Sally

Tod

Victor

Meet Our Talented Team

Our passionate and dedicated team brings together a diverse range of skills and expertise to deliver great results.

Wayne Graves

Creator/Publisher

Dan Griffin

Managing Editor

Laurie Notch

Copy Editor

There’s a difference

What Sets Us Apart from the average sponsorship advertising?

The comic Ad space is placed between the sections separating the action, much like a commercial break. This allows for high visibility to the few full page ads in the publication.

Unlike normal magazine advertising where readers jump from article to article, the comic is a linear story line, which means a reader MUST go through the ad space. The linear format gives the ad space high visibility, as well as the limited amount of ads, which may be only two or three between each section.

The minimal ads in a linear publication means readers will still be fully engaged when the ads appear.

Long-term Advertising

Magazines are often discarded quickly after a reader is through. NP is a collectible series, something that is held on to, shared, and possibly read multiple times without discarding.

High Visibility

The series is collectible with limited ad spots in a linear format. Your ads will receive the highest traction a publication can offer.

Multiple Placement

Sponsorship is not buying a single advertising spot. Instead, we are offering ads throughout the first series…all 13 episodes.

The News Pros Production

The first issue is planned for the beginning of November, 2024. Each issue after is expected to be released 1 1/2 to 2 months apart. Completion of the first series is expected to take between eighteen months and two years for all 13 episodes.

Production method:

Each character exists in 3D form along with the basic scenes and sets. How we intend to produce the comic frames is by creating the scene first in the 3D software and rendering a low quality image. Afterwards, we use a base for the character and using AI platforms we render out the low quality scene into a high resolution, polished image in a fraction of the time it would take using the 3D software alone.

All character images on this site were created in this manner.

Sponsorship Offer

Price: $5,000

Long-term Benefits:

Full page advertisement in ALL 13 comic episodes.
High Visibility in a linear, collectible publication series.
Long-term sustainability in a collectible series, potentially years of ongoing, highly visible ad space.
First options for ads in future media, such as the game or other publications, at a discount.
Potential product placement opportunities.

Be a part of a unique start-up

Jump on board as a sponsor!

For sponsorship inquiries:

Wayne Graves
contact@newspros.pro
(207) 263-5225