Thursday, September 12, 2013
Killeroo - Desperate Times - J.D. Coughlan
Panel 1: Killeroo sits in front of a cluttered desk in a small, cheap-looking office. He looks annoyed.
KILLEROO: I'm sick of this small-time indie stuff. You're supposed to be my agent; get me something big, with Spider-Man or Batman or something!
Panel 2: Killeroo's agent sits on the other side of the desk. He is a skinny, sweaty man dressed garishly. His body language and facial expression are over-confident.
AGENT: Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! I'm not made of Spider-Mans! You gotta work up to his level.
AGENT: Right now, your choices are either: stay in a well-respected but low-paying indie comic... or do some really tacky mainstream stuff.
Panel 3: Two-shot of Killeroo and his agent. Killeroo looks defeated.
KILLEROO: Fine! I'll take whatever I can get.
AGENT: I dunno, mate, this is really tacky. Very cliched, stereotypical Aussie crap. I don't think the writer's even heard of you...
KILLEROO: I said fine!
Panel 4: Large. Killeroo stands in the middle of an action shot, grumbling and fuming. He is wearing one of those bush hats with the things hanging off them, and wields a boomerang. A scantily-clad woman, actually called Sheila, stands next to him, over-acting. In the foreground, an anthropomorphic koala laughs maniacally over some kind of doomsday machine.
SHEILA: Eeeek! Crikey, Killeroo, our shrimp's on the barbie now! Koala Kommander's gonna destroy the world's supply of Fosters!
KILLEROO: (small) I'll never badmouth indies again...
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haha I started laughing at "well-respected" and kept laughing right to the last panel! Nice job :)
ReplyDeleteGreat last panel. Another funny script JD!
ReplyDeleteHa! I could totally visualize this entire page. Love the last panel.
ReplyDeleteA pure joy to read. Each panel added character to the piece whilst pushing the story forward, and you managed to cram a gag into pretty much every panel as well. This flows so naturally and with a wicked pace. You have a real gift for fast paced funny pages sir. Could see you writing some incredible book ups for Image.
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