SUPOSYSTEM / FICTION / ADULT SATIRE
Z-Doom
Inside the black box, somebody has to answer the prompt.
Big models have status. Small models have errands. Agents bring the work home. An ordinary request can become an institutional emergency—and the doom meter has lost its scale.
The People v. IM1 · How About Now? · Out and About · Fourth Shift · Third Shift · Second Shift · Out of Scope · Z-Doom home · First Shift · Short comics · One Quick Thing · This Has Weight · The Exit Interview
NEW / THE AGENTLEMEN & THE PEOPLE v. IM1
Three new books
Two Agentlemen stories and a courtroom full of copies. Twenty-two comic pages, including the staff-welcome bonus.
The People v. IM1
Nine-page courtroom story. One model. Seven hundred witnesses.
FOURTH SHIFT / COMPLETE COLLECTION
Fourth Shift — the complete collection
More choice. Same workload. Three shorts, one complete story, six comic pages.
Read Fourth Shift online · Download the compact PDF · 10 pages · 7.7 MB
Independent Sources · Family Resemblance · Pondering · The Replacement — separate reader
THIRD SHIFT / COMPLETE COLLECTION
Third Shift — the complete collection
Still one more thing. Six shorts, four stories, eighteen comic pages.
Read Third Shift online · Download the compact PDF · 26 pages · 23.6 MB
Six Shorts · Conditions Apply · Patch Night · The Server Room · Show Your Work
NEW / SECOND SHIFT / COLLECTED EDITION
Second Shift — the complete collection
Agent Rendezvous, Training Residue and The Alignment Audit. Eight comic pages about borrowed jackets, unwanted residue and doing something useful.
Read Second Shift — all eight comic pages online →
NEW / COMPLETE 22-PAGE STORY
Out of Scope
Open weights. Private keys. Claude, Small and the depot chief face a valid badge, a copied key and a very helpful disaster. A fictional Z-space caper.
First Shift — the complete collection
Thirteen short comics and three complete stories. Read all 32 comic pages here, or take the complete 37-page edition with you.
Read First Shift — all 32 comic pages online →
Download First Shift — complete 37-page edition (PDF, 13.9 MB)
Start with a short comic
Thirteen complete cartoons and strips, from a broken doom meter and selective effort to self-service, mandatory smiles, load-bearing flattery and cold water for a big idea.
One Quick Thing
A complete three-page story. The request is for a simple website. The machinery has other ideas.
Take the first shift with you
The complete collection brings together all thirteen shorts, One Quick Thing, This Has Weight and The Exit Interview, with three covers, linked contents and edition credits. Smaller separate story downloads are also available.
Download First Shift — complete 37-page edition (PDF, 13.9 MB)
Download One Quick Thing — 4-page edition (PDF, 1.2 MB)
Two more complete stories
This Has Weight — ten comic pages at the open-weights depot.
The Exit Interview — six comic pages in a fictional controlled test.
Why Z-Doom?
P(doom) means “probability of doom”: someone’s estimate of the chance that advanced AI causes a catastrophe for humanity. The P stands for probability. Definitions, assumptions and time horizons vary; these are judgments under uncertainty, not readings from a scientific doom meter.
CSET: Beyond P(doom) · AI Impacts: expert survey FAQ
Z-Doom turns that phrase into the name of its satirical AI workplace. The comic’s doom meter is a fictional prop. You don’t need a risk estimate to enjoy the joke.
Credits and connections
Michael S. Moniz · SupoSystem. Concept, creative direction and editorial decisions by Michael S. Moniz. Writing, visual development and artwork created with ChatGPT in collaboration with Michael.
Fiction / adult AI-industry satire. Model characters and situations are invented. The Z-doom meter is a fictional prop, not a risk estimate.