Gertrude is being made to fetch a unicorn horn so that she can continue on in her quest to blah blah blah.
Panel
One
Gertrude
stares out at the reader through a set of binoculars. In the
reflection of the binoculars can be seen the silhouette of a slightly
lumpy unicorn.
1.
GERTRUDE: Heh. Your horn will soon be mine.
Panel
Two
Gertrude
sneaks across a meadow of tall grass leaving a trail in her wake. She
has a large net ready to go. The unicorn is still obscured from sight
by the tall grass.
2.
SFX (grass rustling): snnnnneeeeaaaaakkk
Panel
Three
Gertrude
tosses the net off panel with a shout of accomplishment and mad smile
of success.
3.
Gertrude: Gotcha, you pretentious pony!
Panel
Four
Gertrude
looks horribly confused as she looks at the what she has captured.
The reader is still unable to see the unicorn.
4.
Gertrude: Wait. What the hornswaggling hobgoblin?
Panel
Five
Full
reveal of the “unicorn”, which is not a unicorn at all! Instead,
the net has captured a collection of gnomes pretending to be a
unicorn. There are five gnomes in total, all holding up cutouts of a
lumpy 2D cutout that has been poorly painted to look like a unicorn.
The first three gnomes look horribly ashamed, the fourth gnome looks
happy, and the last gnome looks stereotypically stupid. All three are
trying to speak.
5.
GNOME 1 (head): “Uh...”
6.
GNOME 2 (shoulders/legs): “It's not what it looks like...”
7.
GNOME 3 (stomach): “For a costume party.”
8.
GNOME 4 (back legs): “We're cosplaying!”
9.
GNOME 5 (butt/tail): “I'm a unicorn butt!”
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Lovely little page, Phil. Lots of nice touches - that opening panel, the extended sneak - but the reveal is what makes it. Love the ludicrous idea of gnomes dressed up as a unicorn (almost like kids on each other's shoulders hiding in a single trench coat), but you go the extra mile with the panel of sorry excuses. Excellent choice.
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