Friday, September 23, 2011

Spider-Island - Longing - Danial Carroll



PANEL ONE, WIDE
Close up on the lower half of a pretty woman’s face. She is talking into a cellphone.

WOMAN: Hey, it’s, umm…
WOMAN: It’s me.
WOMAN: I…
WOMAN: ->sigh<-


PANEL TWO, WIDE
From behind, we see that the woman--a blonde--is sitting on a sofa in a large living room. Over her shoulder, a large-screen TV displays a News Anchor. In the upper corner of the screen is an image of Spider-Man with the label “Spider-Island” clearly visible. In the lower corner of the screen it says "Mute".

WOMAN: Have you heard about Manhattan?
WOMAN: They’re calling it “Spider-Island”.
WOMAN: They could probably use your help.

WOMAN: If you do come up, I’d…


PANEL THREE
Close on a white-gloved hand holding a cellphone. Upon its screen reads “Voicemail” and below that, it says “Speaker: On”.

PHONE/WOMAN: I’d like to see you.


PANEL FOUR
Marc Spector is crouched upon a rooftop. He is wearing his Moon Knight gear, but has the hood pulled back so we can see his face. He is holding a cellphone in his hand. He looks sad, almost teary.

PHONE/WOMAN: I miss you, Marc.


I know if I was writing this for an artist I'd put "Marlene" instead of "Woman", but I'm not, so I didn't. Deal with it :)

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7 comments:

  1. Shaun RichensSeptember 23, 2011 at 12:06 AM

    Chillingly good page. Great natural dialogue and a really solid final panel. I like how you admitted that your writing style changes based on the audience whether it be us here at Thoughtballoons are for an artist. I think that is something we have all had to think about.

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  2. Grant McLaughlinSeptember 23, 2011 at 12:55 PM

    I like this one a lot, Dan. Spider-Island has been rather lighthearted up until this point, and you manage to really pull on some emotional strings here. Nice stuff.

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  3. Ryan K LindsaySeptember 23, 2011 at 8:43 PM

    Simple and yet so effective. But which Moon KNiht is on the phone, is it Cap Knight., Wolvie Knight, Spidey-Knight? ;P

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  4. DanialSeptember 23, 2011 at 9:23 PM

    Thanks, guys.

    And Ryan, are you trying to make me cry? :)

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  5. RolSeptember 27, 2011 at 4:59 PM

    Cool page, Danial... though I had to wonder if MK would carry a cellphone around with him - or just have his calls wired into some kind of cowl-mounted bluetooth device.

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  6. Ben RosenthalSeptember 28, 2011 at 10:23 AM

    Yeah, great page. Surely it would be Spidey-Knight, right? He'd all be quipping and thwippin all over the place.

    Yes, I am trying to make you cry.

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  7. DanialSeptember 28, 2011 at 10:32 AM

    Well it worked, ok!!!

    Anyways, Bendis already had him quipping and thwipping, so he'd fit right in.

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