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BEEF JAMS

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BEEF JAMS
Copyright 2012
Written By Dave Landsberger & Marc Koprinarov
Art by Greg & Fake
david.landsberger@gmail.com marc.koprinarov@gmail.com pfchangz@gmail.com ggppttrree@gmail.com
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THE PITCH

Beef Jamz is (by default) the greatest basketball comic in the Western Hemisphere.

It’s Mortal Kombat meets White Men Can’t Jump.  John Waters meets Air Bud.

Mario Kart mixed with Celtic Pride. Beef Jamz is Any Which Way but Loose meets Death Race 2000 meets Space Jam. It’s Good Ole Fashioned American Raunch and it ends in a celebrity ghost orgy.

Basketball x Burgers x Burning Asphalt = 100% USDA PREMIUM GRADE A+ BEEF JAMZ*

*These statements have not been verified by the US Food and Drug Administration.

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STORY SYNOPSIS

BEEF JAMZ follows a team of basketball playing Truckers and their All-American cheeseburger mascot, Phylo.  They’ve entered into an annual underground basketball tournament, held this year in the deserts outside Tijuana.

As returning champs, they’ve already blown all their prize money from last year on booze and whores. The prize at this year’s tourney, The Tijuana Tussle, is the 1955 Chevrolet Bel-Air Wilt Chamberlain lost his virginity in. Its full of cash and supposedly will give its owner magical powers over females. 

Standing in the way of the prize are: The Jockeys led by Barry the Bookie Centaur, The Canadian Air Force led by Breadcrumbs the Goose, The Mexican Hot Air Balloon Puglist Collective led by Chuey the Aztec God, The Muay Thai Pirates led by Insquidious the evil squid-babe, and The Aborigines led by Zumala the Junkie Koala.  

After a full slate of games the mascots hit the Tijuana bar scene. Hours and hijinks later Phylo barfs up pickles on the Bel-Air’s dash and passes out.  When he wakes up, the car is missing, and each mascot has their own motives for having taken it. The Jockeys want it for the horsepower.  No one’s sure why the The Canadian Air Force wants it, but they’re asking politely. The Mexican Hot Air Balloon Pugilists want it because Chuey has a bone to pick with Wilt Chamberlain’s sexual prowess.  The Muay Thai Pirates are just straight up shady…scrap metal, maybe? Or worse.  The Aborigines need the car to cruise through Dreamtime.  And Phylo himself has his own motives: currently bumping uglies with Wilt’s granddaughter named #31,419, the foxiest bird to ever eat a burger. He wants to keep the car in the family.

The mascots call a hungover meeting and decide to play on, but not tell their teammates of the theft.  Ballin’ ensues and game after game the mascots sabotage one another.  All the while their anxiety grows as the prize and burglar remain incognito.

The truckers once again reach the finals. But before the jump ball Wilt Chamberlain’s ghost appears driving the stolen Bel-Air. Wilt launches his ghost car through the court, snatches the ball from the referee and calls out for a race: whoever pries the ball from him gets the car.  It’s a mad scramble as each team hustles to their respective vehicles (Trucks, Hot Air Balloons, Barry the Bookie Centaur, Ostriches, Wind Catamarans, and Fighter Jets). A wacky chase begins that takes our competitors through the pitfalls of the Mexican desert, fighting one another as they gain ground on the ghostly Bel-Air. After being incapacitated by a crash into the border fence Phylo is the only survivor, wandering through the desert on foot, sweating grease.  He sees the car parked in front of a large structure. He comes upon a Colonial style estate, opens the door, and walks face first into an orgy of dead celebrities and historical figures led by none other than Wilt Chamberlain himself, who just had to tag everyone who ever lived.

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FORMAT

Beef Jamz is envisioned as a 66 page story, either published in three 22 page issues or as an original oversize release.  The major plot reveals (car stolen/Wilt returns) have been structured around these 22 page increments.

Another option for publication is publishing the story as part of a larger compilation, American Nature, also drawn by Greg and Fake. Beef Jamz could also be serialized within a Mad Magazine style anthology of gags and strips under the American Nature banner.

If published as an oversize release, publishing the first issue online for free would be helpful to its success.

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AUDIENCE

Beef Jamz is targeted at fans who read comics of an independent and distinct flavor.  Adults who grew up watching Space Jam and idolizing Looney Tunes characters will find a familiar yet more mature take on basketball insanity in Beef Jamz. 

In a market where not many sports comics exist, Beef Jamz hopes to capitalize on this void by injecting humor, both highbrow and bathroom into the realm of boomshakalaka basketball action.

The final issue is essentially a chase scene, so the comic appeals to fans of racing in the vein of Around the World in 80 Days or Wacky Races.

Beef Jamz is essentially an extremely American comic with more international sensibilities.

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