Slice of Life

A script for a 2 page comic based on an encounter I witnessed at Mega-con

Panel 1: A group of 4 dorky young teens dressed in shabby costumes, stand near the wall away from the crowd, sipping mountain dew and excitedly discussing all the cool stuff they've seen, completely geeking out, it seems to be their first time at a convention like this. the the 2 girls are in homemade costumes one from an anime I don't recognize fluffy skirt and cutesy mismatched crap, the other has a short purple wig and shredded hot topic t-shit, I think she's ramona flowers. The guys are dressed to match their girl friends the chubby greasy one is in some kind of kimono like robe with cloth dog ears (inuyasha?) the one is super scrawny and pimple faced in a green t-shit and jeans (scott pilgram)

Panel 2: "PILGRAM!" A hulking 30 year old man dressed as one of ramona flowers evil ex's burst through the crowd

Panel 3: "eeeeeeee! omg real larping!" the girls squeal. scott pilgrim looks panic-stricken

Panel 4: inuyasha silently takes his soda as the girls push him forward "battle him! go! go! go! do it!"

Panel 5: "BLAAAAAAARRRG!" the grown man cries swinging a foam weapon and the un-suspecting  15 year old

Panel 6: it thumps loudly against his puny chest he looks back at his friends pleadingly

Page 2

Panel 7:" GET HIM SCOTT!" yells Ramona, weirdly into this "you are WEAK Pilgram!"taunts the grown man from behind

Panel 8: pilgram scrunches his face up with determination and uncertainly swings mock punches at the evil ex

Panel 9: "GUH! ARG! UGH" the man cries

Panel 10: encouraged by their apparent imaginary effectiveness lets loss a slow motion assault "hi-yah!" "take that" "bam!" he exclaims meekly

Panel 11: "AUUUUUUUGH! I AM SLAIN!" cries the grown man collapsing into an awkward heap of jelly on the floor, scott pilgram quickly runs back to his friends

Panel 12: his friends give him a hero's welcome, high fives and pats on the back all around "that was the coolest thing I've ever seen" ramona swoons

This weird dream I had

A script for a single page comic based on a strange dream of mine

Dream comics

Panel 1: A woman is sitting in an opulent house. The interior is half garden/sun room naturalistic and otherworldly with grass and flower beds instead of carpet lush green everywhere and curving stone walls with an arched ceiling, no furniture except for a low modern looking couch against one wall and sleek coffee table made from the same stone as the rest of the home. her clothes are shiny futuristic robes

Panel 2: Zoom in to the plush couch. she’s reading a book with foreign symbols and strange hieroglyphs, some type of primitive sci-fi comic?  A bowl of fresh exotic looking fruits is on the table.

Panel 3: She looks up, there’s a knock at the door

Panel 4: Opens door outside a guest in a mask and heavy overcoat is standing on a grey side walk, the air out doors looks smoggy and foreboding, he comes inside

Panel 5: Shot of the street as he walks in, every surface is covered in concrete,  identical rows of grey pyramid shapes homes as far as the eye can see, no signs of life, clouds of smog and exhaust churn above, its a complete wasteland

Panel 6 She shuts the door behind him, He removes coat and mask to reveal similar opulent robes, he's glad to be out of his heavy gear

Panel 7: Inside of their sanctuary they sit on the couch and enjoy the clean air in the garden and admire the flowers we notice that some of the arc’s and designs on the stone walls are not actually stone, they seem to be mechanical and make it possible for life to exist in this environment

Panel 8: she smiles, glad to have him home ,and goes back to her comic book

Aseop's Fable

A short 2 page script based on Aseop's fable of the fox and the grapes

Page 1

Panel 1: a fox walks through the forest thinking to himself how hungry he feels

Panel 2: “I’ll cut through the orchard and find something to eat there” he say running down a path in the woods

Panel 3: he searches the barren winter branches of the trees in the orchard

Panel 4: he spots a single succulent bunch of grapes hanging from a vine on a tree branch

Panel 5: …..a tree branch nearly 20 feet in the air on a massive old oak …

Panel 6: “perfect! Now just to claim my prize” the fox thinks licking his lips in anticipation

Panel 7: he runs back a few steps …..

Panel 8: JUMPS!.....

Panel 9:...and falls ridiculously short, the grapes are far out of reach

Page 2

Panel 1: he growls with frustration and runs back further, crouches and sprints to the tree

Panel 2: he leaps into the air with all his might!!

Panel 3: but once again fails spectacularly

Panel 4: He snarls with rage snapping at the air

Panel 5: He runs back out of sight

Panel 6: he puts his ears down he squints with focus

Panel 7: digging his paws into the soft dirt

Panel 8: he shoots out like a fire ball…leaps into the air with every fiber of his being his every want and desire focused onto the fruit dangling precariously within his reach!!!!

Panel 9: CRASH! INTO THE TRUNK ON THE TREE! The grapes remain untouchable

Panel 10: He whirls around howling with fury and cursing!

Panel 11: He walks storms back into the woods in a huff

Panel 12:  with a bitter look back “I bet those grapes where sour anyway!”

The 12 months

Based on a Russian fairy tale, script for and 8 page comic

PAGE 1

Once upon a time in a tiny cabin

Deep in the forest

There lived a girl named Sophie who was honest, kind, and hard working

She lived with her lazy spoiled stepsister

And her greedy wicked stepmother

She loved her daughter but left all of the hard work and chores for her step daughter

PAGE 2

One frigid day in January, it was her step sisters birthday

The mother asks her daughter what she would like

“I desire fresh snow drop to brighten up this dreadful shack” she says with her nose in the sir

the step mother commands Sophie to go into the woods to fetch them

“but it’s the dead of winter!” Sophie protests “snow drops wont be growing for another 2 months!”

“Do as I say!” bellows the step mother “Don’t come back without them!”

Sophie reluctantly takes her cloak and basket

And walks into the frozen forest

PAGE 3

She wanders deeper and deeper into the dark woods on her search snow falling around her

She’s starting to become very scared and knows she’ll never find them, its getting cold and dark

Just then she sees a group of people gathered in a clearing up ahead

She makes her way to them asking politely to stand around their fire

She sees that they’re not mere travelers or peasants like herself, but 12 distinguished old men dressed in strange finely made clothes of different colors

They welcome her beside their fire and ask why she is out alone in the snowstorm

She tells them she has been sent to gather snowdrops for her step sisters birthday and must not return without them or she’ll surly be beaten by her step mother

Taking pity on her a man named January in an Indigo robe stands and hits the ground with his staff saying a few magic words

PAGE 4

To Sophie’s amazement all the cold weather of January passed within seconds and January passes his cane along to a man in a deep burgundy coat

His name is February he taps the cane on the ground in a different rhythm says a quick chant and the same thing occurs

 Sophie stares on astounded at the melting snow and steadily warming weather

February passes the cane to March dressed in robes of saffron

March stands and strikes the cane on the ground and flowers and all the glory of spring shoot up around him

Sophie looks around at the spectacle and sees snow drops growing at her feet

“Thank you! Thank you all very much! “Sophie says with sincerity

she gathers up the flowers she needs in her basket

and thanking the men profusely again she skips back home

PAGE 5

at the cabin her step sister and step mother are amazed by the arm full’s of fresh spring flowers Sophie has brought

“Where on earth did you find these?” Her stepmother demanded

Sophie’s tells them the story of the kind old men in rich clothes she met

“I think they were spirits!” “It was incredible” Sophie says excitedly re-playing the strange encounter in her mind

“well if they have the power to conjure seasons….” The stepmother says stroking her beard as she inspects the bare cupboard

“I can think of a few other things we need!” she says with a wicked laugh scribbling a list

The next day the step mother sends her daughter out to ask the old men for fresh summer berries, cucumbers, mushrooms, apples and other seasonal treats for the two of them to eat all winter

The stepsister begrudgingly stomps out the door

 She trudges through the forest complaining as she goes

PAGE 6

she spots the men gathered up ahead

and loudly crashes into the clearing rudely greeting the spirits

they look at her in confusion and ask why she in wandering through the forest making such a ruckus

“Well since you asked, I need you guys to help me out with a few things”

“I’ll take a bushel of apples, a pound of raspberries, a few mushrooms, and about a dozen cucumbers”

They look at her incredulous and clearly offended

“well don’t just stand there, hurry up with the magic!” “its freezing out here!”

The other men look to January

He stand strikes his cane on the ground

and the stepsister is buried in snow within seconds

PAGE 7

The next day passes back at the cabin and the stepmother becomes worried, thinking her daughter would return shortly with plenty of rich food for them she’ eaten all of the remaining potatoes and winter rations

Leaving Sophie to clean up the mess she gathers her things

and leaves to bring her daughter back from the forest where she was clearly sleeping off the feast she was supposed to bring back

We see her walking through the cold woods in a huff

She spots the clearing and storms up to the men seated around a fire

She lists her demands

and being ignored makes a move to grab the staff from one of the men

January snatches it from her

We see her buried in under thick snow in the deserted clearing

Page 8

Sophie grows up and lives simply but comfortably in the cabin

She cheerfully dose house work around the empty home, its spring time

She is well liked and her neighbors always remark on how fresh her apples taste even the ones preserved all winter

And the sweet summer berries and fresh salads she has in abundance every summer

And her many strange friends who periodically come to visit her, a new one every month!

A shot of two stone graves in the back yard with spring flowers growing around them/ She is very blessed indeed