Comic

Just thought i'd let you know a little bit about the JSM Virtual Thumbnail Comic before you start reading. i originally started doing this back in high school; i was stuck on my story line so i decided to draw it out to see if that helped with the writer's block. it did, but i'm still not done with Chapter Three (sorry, becca). Anyway, the product was this comic. It doesn't follow the story exactly because i know the limits to my drawing skills so i left some stuff out and changed some stuff for the sake of better flow, etc (not that it really worked). Each frame is actually four or five lines of college rule paper high and about a third of the width of said paper, not including the space on the other side of the margins, so that's between an inch and an inch and a half, which, let me tell you, is not very big. Especially to do comic drawings on. But, of course, you can get away with smudging up some detail when they're that small, which worked well enough because i'm by no means a perfectionist or a great artist. So enjoy, if you may!

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Narrator
Sound Effects
Scott
Marie
Kevin

August 25th, 5:46 a.m.
2097 AD
Eleven years.... Eleven years alone as an orphan, without a home, without a true family. Eleven years spent bouncing from foster home to foster home.

Until three weeks ago, when he had been moved from an unsuitable home in New York to the Kelley’s Kentucky farm. And for the first time Scott had been happy.

That was before The Dream, before he knew he couldn't stay. He could never stay.

Shhppp!

They'll be coming for me today, I know it. The Institute will be here shortly.

I'll never see this place again. It will be just another memory of a time and place I once knew, once was almost a part of me.

I can hear them coming. I can see them in my mind.

They've been looking for me for a long time and now they know where I am. Now, they've come to shatter my peace...

...what little peace I've known.

They've pulled into the drive; I must get ready for them.

They cannot know how powerful I am. For their safety and for mine, no one must know. I will not have another person be hurt because of me.

I must release the shield I've kept over my mind since...eleven years ago. The Institute would be suspicious if a "new" mutant already had a mental block as impenetrable as mine.

It's been so long since I've loosened my mind, this openness is nearly unbearable! It feels like a draft across my brain. Agh! I'm going to have a headache in a moment.

They're almost here. I'd better get ready. I'll need to pack.

Creeak.

This closet is so empty...just like the rest of my life.

Everything fits so neatly into just one duffel bag.

I've left nothing to show I've ever existed.

...Nothing.

Sigh.

I could have been happy here. The Kelleys are good, steady people. I could never love them--I can't love anyone anymore--but I could have learned to like them. But not anymore...the Dream is over. Reality begins....

Creak.

"Hmm?"

"Scott, good morning!"

Marie. She's fixed breakfast for me; John must have already eaten. He'll be out at the barn mucking stalls by now.

I hope I get to say goodbye...

Knock, knock.

They're here.

"Hm. I wonder who that could be at this hour. I'll get the door; you can go ahead and eat, Scott."

"Hello. You are Mrs. Kelley, I presume."

"I am."

"I'm Kevin Pierce..."

"...from the Genesis Institute."
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August 25th, 5:46 a.m. 2097 AD	Eleven years.... Eleven years alone as an orphan, without a home, without a true family. Eleven years spent bouncing from foster home to foster home.
Until three weeks ago, when he had been moved from an unsuitable home in New York to the Kelley’s Kentucky farm. And for the first time Scott had been happy.	That was before The Dream, before he knew he couldn't stay. He could never stay.
Shhppp!	They'll be coming for me today, I know it. The Institute will be here shortly.
I'll never see this place again. It will be just another memory of a time and place I once knew, once was almost a part of me.	I can hear them coming. I can see them in my mind.
They've been looking for me for a long time and now they know where I am. Now, they've come to shatter my peace...	...what little peace I've known.
They've pulled into the drive; I must get ready for them.	They cannot know how powerful I am. For their safety and for mine, no one must know. I will not have another person be hurt because of me.
I must release the shield I've kept over my mind since...eleven years ago. The Institute would be suspicious if a "new" mutant already had a mental block as impenetrable as mine.	It's been so long since I've loosened my mind, this openness is nearly unbearable! It feels like a draft across my brain. Agh! I'm going to have a headache in a moment.
They're almost here. I'd better get ready. I'll need to pack.	Creeak.
This closet is so empty...just like the rest of my life.	Everything fits so neatly into just one duffel bag.
I've left nothing to show I've ever existed.	...Nothing.
Sigh.	I could have been happy here. The Kelleys are good, steady people. I could never love them--I can't love anyone anymore--but I could have learned to like them. But not anymore...the Dream is over. Reality begins....
	Creak.
"Hmm?"	"Scott, good morning!"
Marie. She's fixed breakfast for me; John must have already eaten. He'll be out at the barn mucking stalls by now.	I hope I get to say goodbye...
	Knock, knock.
They're here.	"Hm. I wonder who that could be at this hour. I'll get the door; you can go ahead and eat, Scott."
	"Hello. You are Mrs. Kelley, I presume."
"I am."	"I'm Kevin Pierce..."
"...from the Genesis Institute."	<>

JSM Virtual Thumbnail Comic: Chapter 2