STORY CONCEPT

Main STORY

Chorizo is the story of a luchador pig in the fight for Fight City. He’s left the stability of a life as a career Ring Member and is trying to pave the way for his own championship in order to rebuild his family’s legacy. To win the city’s championship at the upcoming Fight Fest, he’ll need to earn a number of Championship Rings from the cast of Ring Leaders throughout Fight City.

Chorizo is inspired by the grittiness of the attitude era of WWE, the childish collectibility and cuteness of Pokemon, and the depression and yearning for belonging in Lost in Translation.

SHORT EPISODE

Chorizo's story starts in his hometown of La Correa, during the middle of a match against the capitalist priest of Mega Muscle Church, Arma de Dios. Arma’s only interest is to put butts in the seats and sell his merch while showing off those sweaty, shiny, guns. He probably as an infomercial on at 2:00 AM somewhere.

The viewer will be thrown into an action-packed fight with Chorizo trying to win one of his first Ring Leader matches, learning more about the dumb things that Arma de Dios and his altar boys will do to prevent that from happening.

CHARACTERS

Chorizo

Chorizo is shorter and fatter than most of the fighters, with a splash of depression and functional alcoholism that he tries to shake off by focusing on his larger goals. He had the option in the past to take a job as a lackey to Ring Leader, but his love for working for himself and building a bigger legacy kept getting in the way. He’s a hopeful dreamer and a sarcastic grump with a distaste for bullies, and can take a beating better than most fighters.

Chorizo intends to rebuild his family’s relationships and legacy by earning the city’s championship, inspiring other animals along the way.

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Arma de Dios

Arma de Dios (aka Dillo Daddy aka The Patron Saint of Pain aka God’s Weapon aka Father Flex) is the longstanding Ring Leader and priest of Mega Muscle Church. He’s a beefcake armadillo with no intention of letting Chorizo earn his first title win. Chorizo must defeat Arma and his lackeys, the Gibraltar Boys, in order to win his first championship ring. Arma is fueled by admiration and greed, previously using the persona Arma de Disco until the money and fanbase with that gimmick dried up.

Gibraltar Boys

The altar boys of Mega Muscle Church. They worship the ground that Arma de Dios walks on, and will do anything to make sure he’s always looking his best. This includes being his towel boys for getting those hard to wipe sweaty spots…

Commissioner & The Kid

The main announcer team of Fight City. We’ll see these two following Chorizo during his biggest fights, adding that dumb flair that you’d expect from a team like this. They’re also a former tag team, so don’t be surprised to find them rolling up their sleeves when they have to.

FIRST EPISODE DETAILS

BEats

The first episode short will be broken down by:

Chorizo against the ropes, beaten.
Arma and other story elements are revealed.
Arma sets up and completes the Thoughts & Prayers finisher move.
Arma finds a picture that Chorizo was keeping safe in his mask, which falls out at the end of the previous maneuver.
Chorizo breaks out of a pin, killing momentum, and takes out Arma and his Gibraltar Boys.
Back and forth fighting, with Arma losing his cool with fans and the Gibraltar boys.
Chorizo is ambushed, cheated with a weapon, and loses the match, left to sit contemplating what happened and how he’ll rebuild next year.
A young fan approaches Chorizo, handing him the scraps of the picture. We reveal that this picture is of the Mucha Lucha Fighting Gym, with Chorizo and his family standing in front many years prior.
The young fan declares to be Chorizo’s newest fan, which revitalizes Chorizo’s spirit and allows him to see the loss as a personal victory.

Storyboards

Chorizo has been originally concepted as a comic with intentions of animation, in order to share the story as best as possible with the resources currently available. Here are the layouts and storyboards for the original first issue:

Roughs

Once the storyboards were complete, it was time to start roughing out what the story would really look like:

FINAL PAGES

Here’s an example of what the story’s final art looks like:

FUTURE STORIES & CHARACTERS

Stories

The Chorizo story is built as a giant arc spanning tons of fights across Fight City. Each episode is intended to be a stand-alone story that works for both new fans and followers of the story, with new villains and scenarios. Here’s a small list of the upcoming fights:

Chorizo vs Arma de Dios - Chorizo in his first title fight against Arma de Dios, the muscle-bound freak of a priest and Ring Leader of Muscle Church

Chorizo vs Paying Rent - Chorizo gets a job downtown doing customer service at a popular website company to help pay for his championship quest. On his last day of orientation with a big presentation to give, Chorizo’s laptop is stolen by the Showtime Boys during his subway commute, leading him deeper underground to fight in the royal court of Trash King, a raccoon with a legion of fighters collecting quality goods for his garbage empire.

Chorizo vs Having Basketball Skills - Chorizo’s first team-up. Chorizo ends up entering in a 3on3 no-fouls basketball tournament in order to win tickets to the Rico Rumble. He’s randomly partnered up with Coop, a skater pigeon, and Mantra, the athleisure yogi praying mantis. Chorizo and his new crew have to step up and slam on Deadstock, the hoops hyena, and his boys Bodega and Skurrcrow.

Chorizo vs Himself as a Drag Queen - Chorizo is brought to a drag show by his brother, Jamon. The show is inside of Pussy’s, a club and fight ring owned by Cat the Drag Queen (a bobcat). He ends up having to backfill for his brother in a tag team drag fight, where he’ll be dressed as Choriza and forced into fight karaoke and dance-offs. Once he realizes there’s a championship ring to win at the end of the match, he brings out his fiercest.

Characters

There are tons of characters built so far, and here are just some that are going to be appearing in the Chorizo universe:

TEAM

Chorizo is written and drawn by Alejandro Paz in Brooklyn, NY with the help of Zach Hanes.

Alejandro is a project manager, designer, and illustrator previously raised in Newark, NJ by a valiant Spanish painter and a Portuguese folk dancer. He once slipped on black ice after he and his cousin ran from a Walgreens back door during a game of doorbell ditch. He had a WWF ice cream bar in one hand and a Gamepro magazine in the other.

Instagram www.instagram.com/chorizofight

Email hey@jandropaz.com

Website www.jandropaz.com

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