It first premiered at the Kansas City Art Institute's 9th annual 'Frame by Frame' festival in May of 2013 and was later released online June 2nd, 2013. The film was fully funded through a Kickstarter campaign.
It won an award of excellence for animation from Best Shorts Competition. The original Welcome to Hell animated short film was created as Wester's senior thesis at Kansas City Art Institute (KCAI). Installments Welcome to Hell (2013) Main article: Welcome to Hell (short film)
Sock Sowachowski, 'an unfortunately friendly demon', finds that 'his new job, haunting and attempting to drive an apathetic highschooler to suicide, isn't as easy as he'd hoped it would be.' Major characters