HD ▁producer ▁Nick ▁We iden feld ▁some ▁years ▁before ▁the ▁program ' s ▁debut . ▁Of fer man ▁talked ▁with ▁We iden feld ▁about ▁the ▁A xe ▁Cop ▁com ic ▁and ▁stated ▁that ▁if ▁a ▁show ▁was ▁to ▁be ▁made ▁from ▁it , ▁Of fer man ▁wanted ▁to ▁particip ate . ▁We iden feld ▁took ▁the ▁idea ▁to ▁Phil ▁Lord ▁and ▁Chris ▁Miller , ▁also ▁fans ▁of ▁the ▁web com ic , ▁and ▁they ▁asked ▁We iden feld ▁to ▁lead ▁the ▁project , ▁stating ▁that ▁it ▁" has ▁to ▁be ▁emot ional ", ▁in ▁We iden feld ' s ▁words . ▁As ▁Lord ▁and ▁Miller ▁were ▁working ▁on ▁ 2 1 ▁J ump ▁Street ▁at ▁the ▁time , ▁they ▁suggested ▁We iden feld ▁turn ▁to ▁Jud ah ▁Miller ▁for ▁direction al ▁help . ▁We iden feld ▁and ▁Miller ▁arranged ▁for ▁a ▁retre at ▁along ▁with ▁writers ▁Dave ▁Jes er ▁& ▁Matt ▁Silver stein , ▁voice ▁actors ▁Ken ▁Mar ino , ▁Pat ton ▁O sw alt , ▁and ▁Of fer man , ▁and ▁the ▁com ic ▁cre ator ▁Eth an ▁Nicol le , ▁where ▁the ▁group ▁discussed ▁their ▁favorite ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁com ic ▁and ▁how ▁to ▁translate ▁it ▁into ▁a ▁show , ▁keeping ▁all ▁the ▁moments ▁that ▁are ▁" 1 0 0 - percent ▁pure ▁Mal ach ai ". ▁As ▁they ▁started ▁to ▁write ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁show ' s ▁plots , ▁they ▁found ▁themselves ▁with ▁narr ative ▁dead ▁ends ; ▁Eth an ▁used ▁these ▁moments ▁to ▁contact ▁Mal ach ai , ▁explain