Red Punch is a comic that features an inner and outer world. The inner world is a race of artificially intelligent robots that are nearly molecular in size. These robots, or “Miotics”, are based loosely on insects and each have their own hopes and fears, leaders who are both righteously good or despicably evil and very few who realize there is a world beyond their own. Originally an experiment designed to make a demented human scientist nearly immortal, many of these Miotics instinctively perform healing functions on their host—others just vie for power; sometimes damaging the host.

The outer world is centred on Pam Demonium, a young woman who had her life altered when she was unknowingly infected with Miotics as a small girl. The different factions within her body have made Pam grow up differently than most girls. Plagued with “fits” that occur whenever her Miotics are fighting, she has never been able to hold down a job—never mind any real relationships. At the same time, she heals incredibly quickly, is stronger than most and possesses cat-like agility. These traits allow her to prosper, in a fashion, in her current profession as a part-time, contract leg-breaker for the mob.

In the first few issues of Red Punch, readers will witness a power struggle among the Miotics that threatens to both destroy their world and create a new form of life. These issues will also follow Pam as she starts as a thug, progresses into a life filled with fear and comes out the other side with a renewed sense of morality and a purpose in life greater than her own. Along the way, we hope to take the reader on a ride that is sometimes dark, often violent, occasionally funny and always vibrant with rich colour.

For issue one, the storyline is as follows:

The first few panels will be devoted to Dr. Kaustic, the inventor of Miotics. After injecting these Miotics into his brain, the graphics will show them coursing through his system, while the narration explains that this scene is happening in the past. The narration also introduces Pam Demonium.

The rest of the comic will alternate realities—Pam’s world, then the Miotic world. After Pam’s James Bond-esque opening, she will go to the mob for another job. While accompanying some thugs to a business meeting, the group of mobsters, (both the one’s she’s with and the one’s she’s meeting) will be killed by a cyborg with a definite military bent. Fearing for her life, Pam will run, only to be pursued by the killer cyborg and a shadowy woman who observes silently. Eventually, the cyborg will catch up with Pam because she will suffer a Miotic “fit”. After getting pounded for a while, Pam will come to her senses and in one quick, comedic act, she will down her attacker and then flee into the night. During the evening, she will reflect on her life and the mess it is in with her friend, a good-natured, messed up, designer drug chemist. She will eventually come to the mistaken conclusion that the mob set her up and Pam’s part of the comic will end with her suiting up to go take on the mafia. The reader will get a glimpse of the real employer of the cyborg and the shadowy woman however, along with a hint of what is in store for her in the next issue..

For the Miotic sections of the comic, after some narration and some explanation panels of the two basic clans—the Order, (bad guys) and the Mantis Clan (good guys)—a plot by the Order will be revealed. The Order uses Weevil, a spy, to get past Mantis Clan security to take over a part of Pam’s brain. A combat involving armies of Order and Mantis Clan ensues. At this point, there will be a few split pages showing Pam’s “fit” and her resulting pummelling, while showing the battle the Miotics are engaged in. Just when all seems lost for the Mantis Clan, a Miotic hero shows up and saves the day. The Miotic section of the book ends up with some hero character exposition and a brief look at what the Order plans for the next book.