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Team Monsterface & The 7 Layers of Space

Two kids crash land, and move into a cool superhero base...

Team Monsterface & The Seven Layers of Space

Team Monsterface & The Seven Layers of Space

Roles: Executive Creative Producer, Creator, Writer, Co-composer, Lead Designer


From 2014-2016 Marty was asked by Nickelodeon to prepare some ideas for television and interactive possibilities.

"Team Monsterface" was the resulting TV pitch and animatic created by Monsterface Industries.

"Team Monsterface" tells the harrowing tale of two young boys who crash-land on Dino-skeleton Island and must maintain the mysterious super-hero base that they find.

While the pitch went through many ideas and iterations, Team Monsterface's pilot landed on a story surrounding Marty and long-time Monsterface Industries co-captain, Dan Brennan, as kids who discover a superhero base on Dino-Skeleton Island, a locat

While the pitch went through many ideas and iterations, Team Monsterface's pilot landed on a story surrounding Marty and long-time Monsterface Industries co-captain, Dan Brennan, as kids who discover a superhero base on Dino-Skeleton Island, a location that had already popped up many times surrounding the lore of Monsterface Industries and the 7 Layers of Space.

The creative team developed characters that were an extension of personas that the performing band had long worn on stage, themselves over-blown caricatures of Marty and Dan's very real day-to-day friendship and long-time collaboration.

The world surrounding "Team Monsterface" is an extension of Marty's larger world of Stories, "The 7 Layers of Space," a universe that encompasses nearly all of Marty's diverse work. Uncle Monsterface was already deeply embedded in this world, and

The world surrounding "Team Monsterface" is an extension of Marty's larger world of Stories, "The 7 Layers of Space," a universe that encompasses nearly all of Marty's diverse work.

Uncle Monsterface was already deeply embedded in this world, and the band were in the process of exploring some of the history of Monsterface's established home-base, "Dino Skeleton" island via the concept album, "RISE of the LAVA MEN" simultaneously with the development of this pitch. The two projects started to inform one another in many ways.

The result was another opportunity to expand upon and flesh out the world of stories found within The 7 Layers of Space.

Seen here is the character sheet from the pitch pages featuring some of the characters who had existed or came to exist in this story as a result of the process.

"Team Monsterface" was, out of necessity, a deeply collaborative effort. While Marty Allen took lead on character design, the unique backgrounds were created in collaboration with Infehnite Design , who we had recently worked with Uncle Monsterfac


"Team Monsterface" was, out of necessity, a deeply collaborative effort. While Marty Allen took lead on character design, the unique backgrounds were created in collaboration with Infehnite Design, who we had recently worked with Uncle Monsterface on the related project, "Rise of the Lava Men."

Seen here, our protagonists have stumbled upon some sacred and ancient objects of power, and then decided to irresponsibly try them out. We find them in the middle of the volatile Monitor Station, a room dedicated to connecting and monitoring all of the 7 Layers of Space.

"Burrito Quest"

"Burrito Quest"

While Marty penned several scripts for the project, the one Monsterface Industries settled on for final production was a short entitled, "Burrito Quest." It tells the tale of Marty's search for a sacred talking burrito, and his desire to avoid cleaning up in order to do so.

Seen here, his procrastination has lead to a mess on the roof of The House of The Magician Detective and encounter with the sinister and blustering Colonel Truncheon, two characters who'd go on to play major roles in Marty's novel from the same world.

The final animatic for the piece was executed by Georg Pedersen of Drawn Stories.