I came up a blank with this one I'm afraid. So I tried to be cute and clever.
PAGE ONE
Panel 1
A wide establishing shot of the ring at Madison Square Garden, circa March 31st 1985.
On
the left of the panel/ring is SPECIAL DELIVERY JONES. In the middle of
the ring, microphone in hand is HOWARD FINKEL, wearing his usual smart
attire. On the right hand side of the ring/panel is JIMMY HART, a
REFEREE and the monstrous man mountain that is KING KONG BUNDY.
FINKEL:
--from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, weighing two
hundred, thirty nine pounds, SD Special Delivery Jones**.
CAPTION: Time is a funny thing. There are times when it seems to speed up.
CAPTION: Usually when you want a moment to last forever.
Panel 2
Close up on SPECIAL DELIVERY JONES, beaming at the crowd.
CAPTION: There are times it seems to slow to a crawl.
Panel 3
Close up on BUNDY, glowering, his bald head glistening under the show lights.
CAPTION: Usually when you’re looking forward to some point in the future.
Panel 4
Cut to JONES bouncing himself off the ropes, powering towards BUNDY like a freight train.
CAPTION:
I’d like to take this moment to point out that as comic
creators you can use this to your advantage.
Panel 5
Cut to BUNDY crushing JONES against the turnbuckle, stomach first.
CAPTION: A lifetime can last a moment.
Panel 6
BUNDY slams down stomach first onto JONES who is lying prone on the mat.
CAPTION: A moment can last a lifetime.
Panel 7
The REFEREE holds BUNDY’s arm aloft in victory.
CAPTION: Comics are awesome.
CAPTION: **The match this strip depicts lasted less time than it took you to read it.
Probably.
One of the things I love most about comics is their depiction of time, and you capture that beautifully here. The captions may be a tad heavy-handed, but with this being just a script with no picky-a-tures, I may not have picked up on what you were going for without them.
ReplyDeleteA very fun use of the comics format to relive a real life moment. I nice piece of comic craft Mr Hill.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the captions are maybe a a little heavy-handed, but this does make for a good illustration of some of the possibilities for depicting time in the medium.
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