Very little text and no dialog with this one, and I’m pretty happy about that. I think this page has more color than any of my previous pages in this series. Not that it really matters, just sayin’. Anyway, enjoy. I’ll talk more next time.
Later.
I guess for any comic fan, it’s gotta come back to Alan Moore. The real question is what will Pat’s reaction be? If you’ve seen the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen movie, you know that Tom Sawyer was in it, but not the comic. Is our Tom aware of this? Have any of the other characters read the stories? Is Mike aware that he’s been running around with a group that could just as easily been in Moore’s series? All good questions. Sadly, we’ll have to wait for the answer.
Mike thought they lost Pat as they ran from the Agents, and yet, there he is in the shop. That’s a little confusing isn’t it? Fear not, all will be explained. Maybe. And there’s still the issue of what happened to Mr. Clemens and the unnamed. As Stan Lee would say, “Stay tuned, True Believer!”
This is the first page I’ve done in a while that didn’t have any dialog or narration, and it feels good. I think it not only turned out well, but works to move the story along quite well without the need of any text. As you can see, Huck and Tom are off to the comic shop. We’ll have to catch up with big, bad and bald later.
Those agents are getting angry. The group is split up, but they all know where to go so don’t worry, they’ll probably get to the shop. Of course, I’m not sure they all really know what to do when they get there.
I had some time to get 2 pages done, so I thought I’d get ‘em posted, and make sure everything is working properly. If all goes well I’ll return to a more regular posting schedule. Since it’s been a little while, here’s a quick review; Sam Clemens appears to have been captured, the group is trying to get to Pat’s comic shop, and Mike feels as though he’s in the middle of Star Wars Episode 4.
Evidently the Doctor is responsible for anyone wearing a black suit and sunglasses.
“Well, you wonder why I always dress in black,
It’s the Doctor’s fault for the clothes on my back,
And why does my appearance seem to have a somber tone.
Well, there’s a reason for the things that I have on.”
Mark Twain, the pathfinder, leading the way? They could probably all use some camo seersucker suits, but I doubt that’s going to happen. Hopefully they can avoid the bad guys.
I can’t wait for the action figure for this one – Super Stealth Action Mark Twain with Kung Fu grip. The coolest part will be the camo seersucker suit.
Well, that throws an interesting wrench in the works. If you don’t recognize that guy in the last panel or have no idea of what the name Clemens might mean in this context I’ll fill you in because it’s pretty important. Mr. Clemens is Samuel Clemens, know to most by his pen name Mark Twain. He was the author of … well, more stuff than I want to list right here and I’m not a Twain historian or anything, so I don’t want to confuse the issue more than I have to. Anyway, two of his most famous characters are Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Both characters first appeared in 1876 in the book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. So why explain this? My hope is that all the characters stand on their own merits and knowledge of who they are will only serve to broaden the scope of the “universe” I’ve set them in. An explanation may serve to act as a bit of foreshadowing.
Now you may be asking why is it important to know that Sam Clemens is the guy at the door and that he created Tom, Huck, Becky, and Polly (as well as many others). In order to explain that we have to go way back to a conversation that occurred in Pat’s comic shop. Pat was explaining why strange things were happening in his shop. Here’s the link for the first page of that conversation. The quick version of it is that everything ever imagined, created, drawn or written exists in its own dimension. Any time someone imagines or creates something, he or she creates a new dimension. Pat is the guardian of all these dimensions and they are all accessible through his store. Now you’re thinking, “how does that explain Clemens existence within his own creation?” If you’re with me to this point, and I know you are, hang in there just a little longer. We’re almost there. The real Samuel Clemens died years ago. If you didn’t know that, I’m sorry to have to be the one to tell you. It’s very sad news, I know. The good news is that as the creator of all those stories, and thus new dimensions, Clemens didn’t really die. He became like a god within those new dimensions. In other words, Tom just met his maker. Well actually, based on his reaction, we can surmise that Tom has known his maker for quite some time. I guess it’s really us that just met Tom’s maker.
