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2006-02-24: Escape Phrase 12
End of an era
Thus ends chapter one of the super exciting saga!
Hey, look, it's Gustav Klimt slo-mo.
This comic is in the storyline:
- Escape Phrase
This was intended to be a 24-hour comic but my hand hurt too much twelve pages in. And then it turned into a crazy experimental study of the interaction between form and content in the comics medium.
Text transcript
Jimothy: There's no time, we have to get out of here! Tsamantha: Wha-- ? Jimothy: It's bad -- it's worse -- it's -- come on!! Tsamantha: Why? How come? Jimothy: We're not SAFE here, I did something stupid and we-- Tsamantha: STOP. Tsamantha: I can't HANDLE this. Everything is fucked up and just getting WORSE... Tsamantha: ... and I think I really do need to just spend some time here... Tsamantha: ...get my handles back on my pots. So -- I think you need to calm down... and... Tsamantha: And maybe come back when you aren't so... Jimothy: Tsam... Jimothy: I'm sorry. I... the dream -- you're right. You don't need this. Jimothy: I'll go -- I'll go. Tsamantha: Hey... Tsamantha: I'm not mad, Jim. I... really like you. Tsamantha: It's just such an awful day. I need a rest. Tsamantha: Please come back and see me soon. Jimothy: Yeah... I... Jimothy: I will... [[Tsamantha is left alone in the room.]] Tsamantha: Sigh. [[Jimothy is riding an elevator.]] Jimothy: Sigh. <<ding>> [[Jimothy heads outside.]] Jimothy: Now what? I guess... Home. Jimothy: ... Uhhh... I... Where... the hell... do I live? Jimothy: Wallet. ... no id... Phone booth! [[A large fellow is using the phone booth.]] Jimothy: ... Hey, uh-- Large Fellow: WAIT YER TURN! Jimothy: ... Jimothy: ...!! Jimothy: I can't even remember my... MY LAST NAME! Jimothy: ... [[Jimothy looks up at the police building.]] Jimothy: Oh! Tsam! Jimothy: She'll know! But-- Jimothy: No, I'll go to her. Jimothy: I'm scared. [[Jimothy rides the elevator back up.]] <<ding>> Jimothy: Tsam? Jimothy: EMPTY!! Jimothy: Where IS SHE?! Cop: HEY YOU Cop: FREEZE [[Jimothy runs for it.]] <<BANG>> [[The panels become too small to discern. Many many many panels go by.]] Tsamantha: How did you find me? Jimothy: It -- it wasn't easy. <<SMOOCH!>> Jimothy: Oh! Uh... Heh! [[The panels shrink again.]] [[Jimothy and Tsamantha are hiding in an alley.]] Jimothy: No... We lost them. Tsamantha: Thank goodness.
