Sequential Art & Character Design — Edward J. Coffey

Redwood Comics  ·  Independent Publishing

Sequential Art & Character Design

This work began in film school, storyboarding short films frame by frame — a discipline that carried directly into sequential art. That foundation grew into adapting full-length screenplays into graphic novels, including False Flag and Rise (a.k.a. Phoenix Six), both published through Redwood Comics.

Alongside independent comics work, this page includes character and costume concept art developed for film and animation — including projects with Flashback Pictures and Dawnrunner — translating scripts and story bibles into visual language for directors, animators, and production teams before a single frame is shot.

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False Flag

A single father mourns the loss of his son in the aftermath of a mass shooting when a conspiracy theorist gaslights his small town and demands proof the tragedy occurred. Originally developed as a feature screenplay — recommended on the Black List with an 8/10 score — False Flag continues as an ongoing graphic novel series from Redwood Comics, with Issue 2 currently in production.

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Publisher Redwood Comics
Format Graphic Novel Series
Status Issue 2 in Production
Recognition Black List Recommended · 8/10
False Flag cover art
Sample Pages — Click to Enlarge
False Flag, page 3
False Flag, page 4
False Flag, page 7
False Flag, page 9
False Flag, page 22

Don't Forget to Feed the Dark Watchers

An anthology built around the legend of the Dark Watchers of the Santa Lucia Mountains in Big Sur — silent figures said to appear when dense fog overtakes the mountains. Believers leave tribute to their unseen observers, and sometimes return to find it tampered with or taken. Find yourself in Big Sur… but don't forget to feed the Dark Watchers.

Publisher Redwood Comics
Format Anthology
Setting Big Sur, California
Don't Forget to Feed the Dark Watchers cover art
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Don't Forget to Feed the Dark Watchers, sample page
Don't Forget to Feed the Dark Watchers, sample page

Rise (a.k.a. Phoenix Six)

A disgraced Special Forces officer and his diverse squad of modern soldiers travel back in time to the Civil War and become entangled in the clandestine effort to defeat the Confederacy.

Publisher Redwood Comics
Format Graphic Novel Series
Status Returning to Redwood Comics Soon
Rise (Phoenix Six) cover art
Sample Pages — Click to Enlarge
Rise, print cover art
Rise, concept art
Rise, page 4
Rise, page 21
Rise, page 9

River

Character and concept art developed for River, an animated feature film currently in production with Flashback Pictures.

Project info
Project River (Animated Feature)
Studio Flashback Pictures
Role Character & Costume Design
Status In Production

Justice Group Hawaii

Character and costume design for Justice Group Hawaii, a superhero comedy series developed with Dawnrunner.

Studio Dawnrunner
Role Character & Costume Design
Genre Superhero Comedy