Pity Party – Page 1
May 24, 2021Page 1 of 7. New pages will be uploaded as they are finished. All completed pages can be read together here.
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Pity Party - Page 1
Comic written and illustrated by Ryan Reid
Panel 1 (title panel): Pity Party by Ryan
Panel 2: The CARTOONIST sits on his STOOL, with his back to his DRAWING TABLE. He looks sad. A large smoke-like creature, which looks vaguely like a BLACK DOG, hovers over him, and whispers in his ear.
BLACK DOG
Your art stinks.
Panel 3: The BLACK DOG coils closer around the CARTOONIST.
BLACK DOG
Failure.
Panel 4:
The BLACK DOG entombs the CARTOONIST. All that is left are his GLASSES, and his DEAD EYES.
Panel 5: Suddenly, ROBOT and FRANCIS THE SHEEP appear. FRANCIS holds a comical device: it appears to be part space gun, and part rotating fan. She blows the BLACK DOG out an OPEN WINDOW. ROBOT shouts to an unseen group.
ROBOT
WAIT! Hold it! Stop!
Panel 6: ROBOT demands answers. Only small, harmless remnants of the BLACK DOG remain.
ROBOT
What is going on here?!
Panel 7: The CARTOONIST, still sitting at his drawing table, is now surrounded by his creations: FRANCIS THE SHEEP, THE CROWS, DEATH, and ROBOT. DEATH is holding family-sized BOWL OF POPCORN.
FRANCIS THE SHEEP
It’s a pity party!
CROW 1
We’re all invited!
DEATH
I brought popcorn!
CROW 2
Yum!