Paul Pope’s 7x6x2 Short Film Released Online

Eisner-award winning writer/artist Paul Pope took some time off from working on his Battling Boy series of graphic novels to create a short film adaptation of his graphic novella 7x6x2 with director Sridhar Reddy. The completed film has now been uploaded to the Tribeca Film Festival website.

7x6x2 has a post-apocalyptic sci-fi/western feel to it. I could go on about how well Pope’s visual style translates to screen, but I don’t have to because the Tribeca Film Festival website has also posted art from Pope’s original graphic novella, along with concept art and behind-the-scenes photos from the film.

Here’s the official description:

In a remote desert on an unspecified planet, a large terraforming robot – called a MEK – has gone down. A lone serviceman has been sent out into the hostile, unforgiving location to repair the machine, only to find… he’s not alone. Surrounding his campsite are seven fierce Rock Creatures, weaponized monsters who were believed to have gone extinct after the war. Armed only with the tools of his trade and a campfire to keep the creatures at bay, the old serviceman is paid an unlikely visit in the middle of the night by a young surveyor, unaware of the threat surrounding them. Together the serviceman and surveyor must survive the night before the campfire dies out.

You can see the full 12-minute film embedded below. Pope’s latest comics work, Battling Boy, is available now and the sequel, The Rise of Aurora West, is scheduled for release on September 30.