Intaglio Prints
One Last “Game Over”
Copper, 19.5” x 13”, 2025
Comic recreating a scene from Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding. A conversation between characters Sam and Higgs before the final boss fight of the game.
Much of the experimentation surrounding the comic regards paneling in regards to text economy. Most of the scene is a monologue from Higgs (hooded figure), teleporting as he’s speaking, which allows for interesting narrative pacing.
Comic Sans font was replicated, written into the plate backwards due to the plate flipping horizontally when printed.
Most revisions during the sketching phase were revolved around panel reduction. First Page was crowded, and therefore less legible.
Tests were also done on how to effectively convey teleportation through panels, using both FX as well as the panels themselves. The visual space between the two characters was used to show where Higgs was teleporting in relation to Sam, the viewer’s center.
