Page 15
A grappling line shoots up out of the well and wraps around the branch above the well. Batman comes flying out of the well.
Clayface: Let me out!
Batman calls out.
Batman: Alfred!
Alfred comes outside.
Alfred: Yes, Master Bruce?
Batman: Call Gordon and have him pick Clayface up.
Alfred: Yes sir.
Alfred watches Batman leave.
Alfred turns to the well and talks down to Clayface.
Clayface: I'm going to kill you too, old man!
Alfred: I think it's about time you and I had a talk.
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Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Monday, March 9, 2009
Batman Vox Humana Issue #3 Page 14
Page 14
Location: Wayne Manor - Outside
Scene: Batman runs outside, slamming the front doors behind him, and then he runs past the limo. Clayface comes through the doors like a freight train, and slams through the limo, brushing it to the side like a shopping cart.
Clayface: You can't run, Bruce!
Batman runs through the yard towards a decorative well and jumps inside of it.
Clayface: Running to your batcave, Bruce!
Clayface jumps inside the well.
Location: Wayne Manor - Outside
Scene: Batman runs outside, slamming the front doors behind him, and then he runs past the limo. Clayface comes through the doors like a freight train, and slams through the limo, brushing it to the side like a shopping cart.
Clayface: You can't run, Bruce!
Batman runs through the yard towards a decorative well and jumps inside of it.
Clayface: Running to your batcave, Bruce!
Clayface jumps inside the well.
Batman Vox Humana Issue #3 Page 13
Page 13
Batman leaves bedroom and escapes down the hall, utility belt in hand, with Clayface chasing after. Clayface is just fucking shit up as he chases Batman.
Clayface: You held me down in the rain till you thought I was dead!
Batman turns a corner while putting on utility belt. Clayface is still following.
Batman leaps over railing on the second floor into entrance hall, landing a story below in front of the main doors. Clayface just explodes through the railing to the floor below.
Batman leaves bedroom and escapes down the hall, utility belt in hand, with Clayface chasing after. Clayface is just fucking shit up as he chases Batman.
Clayface: You held me down in the rain till you thought I was dead!
Batman turns a corner while putting on utility belt. Clayface is still following.
Batman leaps over railing on the second floor into entrance hall, landing a story below in front of the main doors. Clayface just explodes through the railing to the floor below.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Batman Vox Humana Issue #3 Page 12
Page 12
An arm comes lashing out of Catwoman's neck and grabs Batman's throat. Catwoman is revealed as Clayface.
Clayface: No. I'm not.
The clay from the horrible Clayface arm creeps up to envelope Batman's face.
Batman grabs his utility belt off the back of the chair, wraps it around Clayface's arm, and squeezes the arm apart, like squeezing a space in a tube of toothpaste. This is while Clayface is trying to immobilize and smother Batman.
Batman wrenches free. Clayface continues to lash out at Batman. Batman dodges.
Clayface: You tried to kill me, Bruce!
An arm comes lashing out of Catwoman's neck and grabs Batman's throat. Catwoman is revealed as Clayface.
Clayface: No. I'm not.
The clay from the horrible Clayface arm creeps up to envelope Batman's face.
Batman grabs his utility belt off the back of the chair, wraps it around Clayface's arm, and squeezes the arm apart, like squeezing a space in a tube of toothpaste. This is while Clayface is trying to immobilize and smother Batman.
Batman wrenches free. Clayface continues to lash out at Batman. Batman dodges.
Clayface: You tried to kill me, Bruce!
Batman Vox Humana Issue #3 Page 11
Page 11
Catwoman starts to walk towards Batman.
Catwoman: Listen to me!
Catwoman collects herself.
Catwoman: You're right. I have been holding back, but I'm not now.
By this point she has come close enough to Batman to kiss him and appears to have reached up to do so.
Catwoman: I love you.
Batman (starts laughing): I know who Catwoman is. You're not Catwoman.
Catwoman starts to walk towards Batman.
Catwoman: Listen to me!
Catwoman collects herself.
Catwoman: You're right. I have been holding back, but I'm not now.
By this point she has come close enough to Batman to kiss him and appears to have reached up to do so.
Catwoman: I love you.
Batman (starts laughing): I know who Catwoman is. You're not Catwoman.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Batman Vox Humana Issue #3 Page 10
Page 10
Batman: I can't say I'm surprised you're here.
Catwoman (teasingly): Now that I know who you are, I couldn't stay away.
Batman (tersely): What do you want?
Catwoman slumps her shoulders and is saddened that she wasn't greeted happily.
Catwoman: Bruce, don't you realize that if you had told me who you were, we could have had a life together?
Batman: What do you mean?
Catwoman (hurt shouting and getting up from the bed): You were always holding back!
Batman (angry): The same could be said of you!
Catwoman (now angry but still hurt): The difference is that I wouldn't have hauled you off to jail!
Batman (seething): I don't break the law.
Catwoman: Yes you do! Yes you God damn do! You're a fucking vigilante and you break the law every night you go out!
Batman (calmly): Get out.
Batman: I can't say I'm surprised you're here.
Catwoman (teasingly): Now that I know who you are, I couldn't stay away.
Batman (tersely): What do you want?
Catwoman slumps her shoulders and is saddened that she wasn't greeted happily.
Catwoman: Bruce, don't you realize that if you had told me who you were, we could have had a life together?
Batman: What do you mean?
Catwoman (hurt shouting and getting up from the bed): You were always holding back!
Batman (angry): The same could be said of you!
Catwoman (now angry but still hurt): The difference is that I wouldn't have hauled you off to jail!
Batman (seething): I don't break the law.
Catwoman: Yes you do! Yes you God damn do! You're a fucking vigilante and you break the law every night you go out!
Batman (calmly): Get out.
Batman Vox Humana Issue #3 Page 9
Page 9
Location: Wayne Manor
Scene: Batman is walking down the hall to his bedroom. He's a had a long night, a long morning, and he is looking forward to getting some sleep. He opens door, there is a utility belt on the back of the chair by his desk near the door. Sitting on his bed is Catwoman.
Catwoman: Hello, Bruce.
Batman is surprised, but quickly collects himself.
Location: Wayne Manor
Scene: Batman is walking down the hall to his bedroom. He's a had a long night, a long morning, and he is looking forward to getting some sleep. He opens door, there is a utility belt on the back of the chair by his desk near the door. Sitting on his bed is Catwoman.
Catwoman: Hello, Bruce.
Batman is surprised, but quickly collects himself.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Batman Vox Humana Issue #3 Page 8
Page 8
Batman: Thanks, Alfred. You're a help.
Alfred: You misunderstand me, sir.
New Panel
Alfred: You are able to make your choices you did because of your station. The people of Gotham face the same tragedies you do, but they aren't able to make the choice you did. Now, for good or ill, they can now. All you are doing is providing the means to make that choice, sir.
New Panel
Pulling into Wayne Manor, there is a decorative well in the front yard. There is an oak tree next to the well with a large branch that extends over the well.
Batman: Perhaps you're right, Alfred.
Alfred: Of course I am, sir.
Batman: Thanks, Alfred. You're a help.
Alfred: You misunderstand me, sir.
New Panel
Alfred: You are able to make your choices you did because of your station. The people of Gotham face the same tragedies you do, but they aren't able to make the choice you did. Now, for good or ill, they can now. All you are doing is providing the means to make that choice, sir.
New Panel
Pulling into Wayne Manor, there is a decorative well in the front yard. There is an oak tree next to the well with a large branch that extends over the well.
Batman: Perhaps you're right, Alfred.
Alfred: Of course I am, sir.
Batman Vox Humana Issue #3 Page 6-7
Page 6 - 7
The limo manages to break free of the crowd and Alfred drives away. As the limo drives through Gotham, people are managing to anticipate the limo's route. People are lining the streets. Some hold signs supporting Batman, some hold signs damning, while a couple support the Joker. Fights may break out between all three. You decide.
Batman: Alfred. Am I doing the right thing?
Alfred: I don't know, Master Bruce.
The limo manages to break free of the crowd and Alfred drives away. As the limo drives through Gotham, people are managing to anticipate the limo's route. People are lining the streets. Some hold signs supporting Batman, some hold signs damning, while a couple support the Joker. Fights may break out between all three. You decide.
Batman: Alfred. Am I doing the right thing?
Alfred: I don't know, Master Bruce.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Batman Vox Humana Issue #3 Page 2
Page 2
Get ready for a big talky part. Panels should, of course, show Batman, but also the press reaction and the reaction of the people of Gotham so as to break up the repetition.
Batman:And I believe in Gotham City. I trust in Gotham to grow and flourish, despite the many obstacles before it. I trust in her strength and resilience in the face of adversity and her many tragedies, such as last night's.
New Panel
Batman: What I haven't trusted in is her people. I haven't trusted you.
New Panel
Batman: This is despite the fact that I know you. I know your joys and kindnesses. I know your pains and heartaches.
New Panel
Batman: I have those same joys, and I have tried to repay your kindnesses.
New Panel
Batman: I know you because those same pains and heartaches have driven me to become who and what I am.
New Panel
Batman: Yet, even though I know you, I have not trusted you. I have not even trusted you with who I am.
New Panel
Batman: If I had, last night might have been prevented, but I didn't, and last night happened,
New Panel
Batman: and I couldn't do enough to save you, for there is only one of me,
Get ready for a big talky part. Panels should, of course, show Batman, but also the press reaction and the reaction of the people of Gotham so as to break up the repetition.
Batman:And I believe in Gotham City. I trust in Gotham to grow and flourish, despite the many obstacles before it. I trust in her strength and resilience in the face of adversity and her many tragedies, such as last night's.
New Panel
Batman: What I haven't trusted in is her people. I haven't trusted you.
New Panel
Batman: This is despite the fact that I know you. I know your joys and kindnesses. I know your pains and heartaches.
New Panel
Batman: I have those same joys, and I have tried to repay your kindnesses.
New Panel
Batman: I know you because those same pains and heartaches have driven me to become who and what I am.
New Panel
Batman: Yet, even though I know you, I have not trusted you. I have not even trusted you with who I am.
New Panel
Batman: If I had, last night might have been prevented, but I didn't, and last night happened,
New Panel
Batman: and I couldn't do enough to save you, for there is only one of me,
Batman Vox Humana Issue #3 Page 1
Page 1
Location: Downtown Gotham
Scene: Downtown is in ruins after the floronic men and Superman's involvement. There is shattered glass, dead bodies of men and women, and pieces of floronic men everywhere. It is as if Gotham had been hit with a tornado. There is a stand with a podium on it. In front of it are members of the press corps. Behind the podium is Batman as Bruce Wayne.
Batman: I'm the God damn Batman!
The reporters go all kinds of crazy. Flashbulbs go off. The reporters yell questions into the air, waving microphones and voice recorders.
Batman (the very epitome of decorum): I'm not answering questions at this time. Just please, let me finish. I am the Batman.
Location: Downtown Gotham
Scene: Downtown is in ruins after the floronic men and Superman's involvement. There is shattered glass, dead bodies of men and women, and pieces of floronic men everywhere. It is as if Gotham had been hit with a tornado. There is a stand with a podium on it. In front of it are members of the press corps. Behind the podium is Batman as Bruce Wayne.
Batman: I'm the God damn Batman!
The reporters go all kinds of crazy. Flashbulbs go off. The reporters yell questions into the air, waving microphones and voice recorders.
Batman (the very epitome of decorum): I'm not answering questions at this time. Just please, let me finish. I am the Batman.
The Difficulty of Issue #2.5
What was really hard about this issue is that there is hardly any action. On top of that, almost all the action is at the end. The rest of the issue is all one long conversation. True, I could have condensed some of the dialogue that I stretch over pages, but I wanted the artist to have the room to really build up the tension, especially since there is no real payoff until the very end. The other hard part was trying not to fall into cliched superhero dialogue. True, it is easier and it works, but I wanted it to sound more like what people really sound like when they are hurt, and what people sound like when they are trying to console them. Usually those things happen and are over with so quickly in comics, but, let's be honest, it often takes a lot longer to put up that stiff upper lip when we feel wronged and alienated.
The Horror of Aquaman
Aquaman gets no love. He is made into a joke on Family Guy and his fellow members of the JLA keep humming the tune "Under the Sea" from The Little Mermaid whenever he is around. Hell, I only know one guy who is really into him as a character.
Mind you, Aquaman is difficult. It takes some work to determine how he can really be used, and if the adventure is on land, well, why would an author even use him?
Yet the sea affects us all, so I think that Aquaman must be more powerful then we realize. If that were true, why would he hide it? On top of that, seeing all of he beautifully ugly things that come up from the deep sea, I began to wonder, "What if Aquaman wasn't a hero?" Oh, sure, he has done lots of heroic things, but what if he did them for terrible reasons? That's when I started to think that maybe Aquaman, as well as the rest of the Atlanteans, were further removed from humanity than we thought, and, if so, what it would be that they really want?
Friday, February 27, 2009
What the hell took so god damn long?
Hello gentle readers (both of you),
Here is why things took so long for the script for issue 2.5. First, my computer broke, a lot, several times, and I had to get it repaired. Then, when I got it back, I just couldn’t bring myself to write. I know, it sounds stupid, but I just couldn’t do it until today. As you can see, I wrote a lot. On top of that, I have also written issue #3 already. I will post it in its entirety later on today or tomorrow. I am working a double today, so I don’t know if I will even want to look at a computer screen when I get home. Also, I have to post a few more random stuff first, just because I want to. Issue 3.5 is going to be a tough one as well. But, I will tell you that it has to do with Alfred, because he has one of the greatest histories in comics and needs some of his stories told.
Till then, thank you, both of you, for continuing to read my attempt at writing DC.
James
Batman Vox Humana Issue #2.5 Page 20
Page 20
Superman (thinking to himself): My God! My eyes!
Superman reaches his hands up to his face.
Superman (thinking to himself): It hurts to look.
Superman pushes his thumbs into his eyes. Droplets of blood float away from his face.
Superman (thinking to himself): My God, it's full of stars!
Superman (thinking to himself): My God! My eyes!
Superman reaches his hands up to his face.
Superman (thinking to himself): It hurts to look.
Superman pushes his thumbs into his eyes. Droplets of blood float away from his face.
Superman (thinking to himself): My God, it's full of stars!
Batman Vox Humana Issue #2.5 Page 19
Page 19
Splash page. Superman is in the center of the page. All around him are strange stars and nebulous gasses, the shapes and angles of them are distorted in different ways, as if oddly shaped lenses and prisms had been placed on the page. There are hints of tentacles, horrid limbs, teeth, and eyes in the shapes.
Splash page. Superman is in the center of the page. All around him are strange stars and nebulous gasses, the shapes and angles of them are distorted in different ways, as if oddly shaped lenses and prisms had been placed on the page. There are hints of tentacles, horrid limbs, teeth, and eyes in the shapes.
Batman Vox Humana Issue #2.5 Page 18
Page 18
Superman is flying through space.
Superman (thinking to himself): This has to be a trick. This can't be happening. Something has to be controlling them.
The background of space is getting stranger and more distorted.
Superman (thinking to himself): I can tell the Lanterns.
More strange backgrounds and more distortion of shapes and lines. Red shift behind Superman, blue shift in front.
Superman (thinking to himself): Where am I going? I have never flown this fast before.
Superman (thinking to himself): Dear God!
Superman is flying through space.
Superman (thinking to himself): This has to be a trick. This can't be happening. Something has to be controlling them.
The background of space is getting stranger and more distorted.
Superman (thinking to himself): I can tell the Lanterns.
More strange backgrounds and more distortion of shapes and lines. Red shift behind Superman, blue shift in front.
Superman (thinking to himself): Where am I going? I have never flown this fast before.
Superman (thinking to himself): Dear God!
Batman Vox Humana Issue #2.5 Page 17
Page 17
Superman takes off. Aquaman and Martian Manunter look to each other.
Aquaman: So, will he stand in our way?
Martian Manhunter (telepathically): He knows there is nothing he can do. He wants to fight, but he knows it will not be enough.
Martian Manhunter (telepathically): More than that, he wants to go home, as we all do.
Superman takes off. Aquaman and Martian Manunter look to each other.
Aquaman: So, will he stand in our way?
Martian Manhunter (telepathically): He knows there is nothing he can do. He wants to fight, but he knows it will not be enough.
Martian Manhunter (telepathically): More than that, he wants to go home, as we all do.
Batman Vox Humana Issue #2.5 Page 16
Page 16
Aquaman kisses Superman, spiked tongue and all. Superman's eyes are wide and his pupils are dilated, he cannot believe what is happening and that he is helpless to stop it.
Aquaman ends the horrible kiss. Superman looks disgusted.
Aquaman: You can't stop it, Kal, and you can't fight me if I won't let you. Just turn away.
Aquaman: I will release you, but if you fight, back down you go.
Aquaman releases Superman. Superman staggers up, retching.
Superman looks a Martian Manhunter and then at Aquaman. Martian Manhunter presses a button, opening an airlock for Superman.
Aquaman kisses Superman, spiked tongue and all. Superman's eyes are wide and his pupils are dilated, he cannot believe what is happening and that he is helpless to stop it.
Aquaman ends the horrible kiss. Superman looks disgusted.
Aquaman: You can't stop it, Kal, and you can't fight me if I won't let you. Just turn away.
Aquaman: I will release you, but if you fight, back down you go.
Aquaman releases Superman. Superman staggers up, retching.
Superman looks a Martian Manhunter and then at Aquaman. Martian Manhunter presses a button, opening an airlock for Superman.
Batman Vox Humana Issue #2.5 Page 15
Page 15
Aquaman: I will let you speak.
Superman: Why do you save them? Why do you save people? Aren't you human?
Aquaman reaches up to his face and pulls off his skin, revealing a fishman underneath. I am thinking something along the anglerfish, and his tongue is covered is a double row of sharp, pointy, hooked teeth in a V pattern.
Aquaman: No, I'm not. And I save people because when the old gods return, they have to eat something.
Aquaman: I do not want to see you die, Kal. I am truly your friend, and unlike those pretenders you hold so dear, I love you.
Aquaman: I will let you speak.
Superman: Why do you save them? Why do you save people? Aren't you human?
Aquaman reaches up to his face and pulls off his skin, revealing a fishman underneath. I am thinking something along the anglerfish, and his tongue is covered is a double row of sharp, pointy, hooked teeth in a V pattern.
Aquaman: No, I'm not. And I save people because when the old gods return, they have to eat something.
Aquaman: I do not want to see you die, Kal. I am truly your friend, and unlike those pretenders you hold so dear, I love you.
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