comic sketched on paper in black gel pen.
panel 1: a hand is holding a slip of paper that reads "579 Alumen Way".
panel 2: an image of an idyllic, family-size suburban house.
panel 3: a woman with long wavy hair and round glasses is shown in profile ringing the house's doorbell.
panel 4: still shown in profile, the woman is taken aback by a cat meowing from the other side of the door. Offscreen, somebody says "Easy, Thursty, it's just the doorbell!"
panel 5: a man in glasses, a sweater vest, and a short-sleeved shirt opens the door and says, "can I help you?", smiling.
panel 6: We see the woman from panel 3 head on, appearing confused an a little annoyed. who is this man? this isn't who she's here to see
Page 2 of the comic.
panel 1: The woman squints and adjusts her glasses. She says "Um, yes actually. Is there still a Mary Jane Acacia living at this address?
panel 2: the man pauses, but seems to recognize the name.
panel 3: The man stands in the doorframe, calling someone over his shoulder. "MJ! It's for you!". A cat-like creature, presumably "Thursty", yowls at his feet. An offscreen voice responds "In a minute, I'm changing Tina!"
panel 4: Cut back to the woman with the glasses, looking even more confused than before and now a tad disgusted. "'Tina'...?" she thinks.
Panel 5: two feet in flats are shown stepping into frame.
Page 3
panel 1: a woman with square glasses and her hair pulled back into a bun, holding a baby (at least old enough to have a full head of hair) enters the frame. She raises an eyebrow. "Neutra?" she asks.
panel 2: The baby, drawn with exaggerated anime eyes, stares forward and sucks her thumb.
panel 3: the first woman, presumably Neutra, looks Fucking Pissed.
panel 4: zoom out showing the couple and their baby standing in the doorframe, and neutra so angry she's only shown as a scribbly silhouette. they're all silent for a brief period of awkwardness.
panel 5: the man breaks the silence. "Can I get you anything? Coffee, tea...?" Neutra replies, "coffee sounds good."
page 4
Panel 1: Mary Jane and Neutra are sitting at a round table, while the man passes them coffee. Mary introduces the two, seemingly unenthused. "Neutra, this is my husband Elijah. Elijah, this is Neutra Ion. We went to college together.
panel 2: pan over to the baby sitting in her high chair. she slaps the table and says "ABA!" Mary looks over, her expression softening. "And of course you've met our daughter, Tina."
panel 3: Cut back to the two women at the table. Elijah asks from offscreen, "So what brings you all the way out here to Argent?" Neutra slams her coffee mug down and says "Oh, I'm sure your wife knows why.
Panel 4: Closeup on Neutra's face as her expression turns intense. "What I want to know is why you up and left all those years ago without saying a word", she demands.
panel 5: Elijah is shown in the backround giving a bottle to Tina, who happily reaches for it. Mary furrows her brow in thought and sips her coffee. "...I thought this might be about that", she says. "HUH?" Elijah interjects, out of the loop.
#makeaterriblecomicday isn't quite upon us for another few days, but I figured I'd take the opportunity to finally post my #periusverse comic from last year's. No script, no thumbnails, just rough sketches by the seat of my pants. #oc #doodles #makeaterriblecomicday2024 #doodlecomic #comics
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