I love comics. Whether it's Spider-Man punching a guy in fishbowl helmet or an exploration of existential dread, I dig it. As with most people who are fans of anything, I've tried my hand at the craft once or twice. The following is script for a single page horror comic I wrote as an exercise in fall of 2021. I haven't gotten around to actually drawing the thing yet, but until then, here it is.
Initial Outline
A man wakes up at a start in bed. His partner is next to him. The man bears the faded marks of a dozen healed wounds across his body. He pants, out of breath as he inspects a fresh cut on his arm. His partner asks if he is okay. He remarks that he is fine… it was just… a weird dream…
A man wakes up at a start in bed. His partner is next to him. The man bears the faded marks of a dozen healed wounds across his body. He pants, out of breath as he inspects a fresh cut on his arm. His partner asks if he is okay. He remarks that he is fine… it was just… a weird dream…
He goes to the bathroom and cleans his cut. The light flickers out. He calls out to his partner to tell them he’s still in the bathroom. The light flickers back on. A dark, inhuman shape stands behind him in the mirror. He screams and turns as his leg is swept out from under him. He is knocked unconscious as his head hits the ground.
A man wakes up at a start in bed. His partner is next to him. The man bears faded mark on his arm where a cut used to be. He pants, out of breath as he inspects a fresh cut on his leg. His partner asks if he is okay. He remarks that he is fine… it was just… a weird dream…
Final Script
Panel 1
[Man wakes up in a panic. His partner lies next to him. Scars are visible across his body. A small line of blood is visible on his arm]
[Man wakes up in a panic. His partner lies next to him. Scars are visible across his body. A small line of blood is visible on his arm]
Panel 2
[Close up on his arm as he looks at his arm wound]
Partner: “Mmmmm. What’s going on? Are you okay?”
[Close up on his arm as he looks at his arm wound]
Partner: “Mmmmm. What’s going on? Are you okay?”
Panel 3
[Man is sitting at the edge of the bed, still staring at his arm]
Man: “(pauses) ...Yeah. Sorry. I’m fine. I just had a really... strange dream...”
[Man is sitting at the edge of the bed, still staring at his arm]
Man: “(pauses) ...Yeah. Sorry. I’m fine. I just had a really... strange dream...”
Panel 4
[Man stands in the bathroom cleaning his wound in front of the mirror. First person perspective.]
[Man stands in the bathroom cleaning his wound in front of the mirror. First person perspective.]
Panel 5
[In the same position and perspective, the man now looks up and sees a dark, inhuman shape behind him in the mirror.]
[In the same position and perspective, the man now looks up and sees a dark, inhuman shape behind him in the mirror.]
Panel 6
[Man turns to face the creature behind him, terror on his face]
Man: “WHAT THE FUCK ARE Y---”
[Man turns to face the creature behind him, terror on his face]
Man: “WHAT THE FUCK ARE Y---”
Panel 7
[Framed on man’s calf as we see a dark, thorned pseudopod grab and pull his leg.]
[Framed on man’s calf as we see a dark, thorned pseudopod grab and pull his leg.]
Panel 8
[Man’s head collides with the ground as his legs are swept out from under him.
He’s knocked out cold.]
[Man’s head collides with the ground as his legs are swept out from under him.
He’s knocked out cold.]
Panel 9
[Man wakes up in a panic. His partner lies next to him. Scars are visible across his body. One of which is a new scar across his arm where the cut used to be. A small line of blood is visible on his leg.]
[Man wakes up in a panic. His partner lies next to him. Scars are visible across his body. One of which is a new scar across his arm where the cut used to be. A small line of blood is visible on his leg.]
Panel 10
[Close up on his leg as he inspects at his new leg wound]
Partner: “Mmmmm. What’s going on? Are you okay?”
[Close up on his leg as he inspects at his new leg wound]
Partner: “Mmmmm. What’s going on? Are you okay?”
Panel 11
[Man is sitting at the edge of the bed, still staring at his leg]
Man: “(pauses) ...Yeah. Sorry. I’m fine. I just had a really... strange dream...”
[Man is sitting at the edge of the bed, still staring at his leg]
Man: “(pauses) ...Yeah. Sorry. I’m fine. I just had a really... strange dream...”
