Friday, June 22, 2012

Skullkickers - Those Who Fight Monsters - J.D. Coughlan


SET-UP: In order to infiltrate a village of monsters while searching for a damsel in distress, Shorty and Baldy disguise themselves as monsters. Here, they are about to enter the local monster tavern.


Panel 1: The tavern door is flung open, revealing Shorty and Baldy in their very poor costumes.

SFX (DOOR): FWOOM!

Panel 2: Wide shot. The other patrons (various hideous fantasy creatures) stare blankly at them.

SFX: CRICKETS!

SFX: PIN DROPPING!

Panel 3: Tight on Shorty, whispering out the side of his mouth to Baldy.

SHORTY: (Whispering) Leave this to me.

Panel 4: Shorty holds up his fist triumphantly.

SHORTY: RARRR!

Panel 5: Close-up of one of the monsters. Angry.

MONSTER: Hey! They're not monsters! Monsters don't say "Rarrr"!

Panel 6: Two-shot: Shorty and Baldy. They are tearing at their costumes and drawing their weapons.

SHORTY: Kraken crap.

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5 comments:

  1. American Zombie (R. A. Wonsowski)June 22, 2012 at 3:12 AM

    I laughed out loud at this at work. Great sense of humour to this.

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  2. Grant McLaughlinJune 23, 2012 at 3:23 AM

    Haha. The best. This is a great page that really captures the tone and style of the series. Love it.

    Monster's don't say "Rarrr", indeed.

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  3. J.D. CoughlanJune 23, 2012 at 5:35 AM

    Thanks guys! If I captured the tone of the series then credit must go to Jim Zub, who got said tone across in the few issues I read on his site. Definitely interested in reading more now.

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  4. Ben RosenthalJune 23, 2012 at 10:09 AM

    "Monsters don't say RARR". That's a fantastic line. Loved the page.

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  5. Dan HillJune 26, 2012 at 2:56 AM

    Great humour, simple hook but executed beautifully.

    Another solid page.

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