Back Cover Idea (not used)

Sibley Odenwald Jumping Inked Sketch as TOP THIRD (ghosted?)

Victor and the Skull across the MIDDLE THIRD (strong, dark)

Three Quotes below occupying LOWER THIRD (see below)

BACK COVER QUOTES:

• "I should like to think that an irate Creator
   was pointing those arrows of lightning directly at my unbowed head."

• --George Gordon, Lord Byron

"People, chained by monotony, afraid to think, clinging to certainties...

 they live like ants."

--Bela Lugosi

"I'm... kinda already in a relationship..."

--Victor Frankenstein

NOTE: So as to evoke Sibley Odenwald as Aphrodite/Athena in the fevered brain of Victor, keeping us wondering if she really is one of "Frankenstein's Monsters", even though in the "Monster Checklist" on the inside back cover, we clearly (and cleverly) listed "NOT Sibley Odenwald"as one of the choices. She and Victor both agree that she's just a friend, and he fixed her heart. Although we again muddy the waters by showing her here, where Victor is saying he's "kinda already in a relationship". We lay the groundwork for the love triangle between Victor, Sibley and Elizabeth. Is she a creation? A clone? A sister? Whose sister? A daughter? What then is Alex? A brother? Whose brother? &c...

Back Matter

Sketches from Blog or Dropbox to be listed with Respective Quotes

NOTE: Two Sketches and Respective Quotes per Page

Dropbox:

Page 13

10 The Dark Stranger

"Know ye that such knowledge is reserved for the gods." -- Zeus, to Prometheus

1 Alex and the Giant

"IF HE HAS SPOKEN, WHY IS THE UNIVERSE NOT CONVINCED?" -- Percy Shelley

Page 14

5 Empress Nadira & Bamboo Dancer

"I don't want to achieve immortality through my work;

 I want to achieve it through not dying." -- Woody Allen

20 Golden Lion and Silver Arm

"Fools are my theme, let satire be my song." -- Lord Byron

Page 15

4 Bamboo Dancer Teleporting

"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times." -- Bruce Lee

9 The Embrace

“ONLY THE MADMAN IS ABSOLUTELY SURE.” -- Robert Anton Wilson

Page 16

11 Bamboo Dancer and the Orb of the Sage

“A true initiation never ends.” -- Robert Anton Wilson

45 Western Spy and the Helm of the Mage

"The philosophers have only interpreted the world.

 The point is to change it." -- Karl Marx

Note: I would like Dropbox #21 for a gift to a friend to accompany the actual pages 10 & 11.

Covers

FRONT: As per mock-up ADD PRICE?

INSIDE FRONT: "Victor's Neighborhood" Map?

INSIDE BACK: "Monster Checklist"? Unused Sibley Jumping Sketch ghosted under?

BACK: Victor Portrait w/skull, Quote & Monogram!


BACK COVER QUOTES:

• "I should like to think that an irate Creator
   was pointing those arrows of lightning directly at my unbowed head."

• --George Gordon, Lord Byron

"People, chained by monotony, afraid to think, clinging to certainties...

 they live like ants."

--Bela Lugosi

"I'm... kinda already in a relationship..."

--Victor Frankenstein

Homework for Final

website? July

fb page? August

printer? Ka-Blam!

alternate printer? Greko

indicia? see blog

price? $3.50!

print run? 25 ea., per printer

covers - mock-up and Victor portrait w/ skull, quote & monogram?

back matter - sketches and quotes?

inside covers - "Victor's Neighborhood" & "Monster Checklist"?

logo - Western Spy Media Empire?

lettering check: commentary, critique, corrections - Dropbox

Indicia

Frankenstein's Monsters: Special Preview published by Western Spy Media Empire, PDX 97230. Copyright 2016 by Western Spy Pub. Co., ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, this or any other planet, universe or dimension. This story is entirely fictional. No resemblance to any actual persons, places, things, objects, ideas or concepts is intended and no such resemblance is implied. Price as marked on front cover. Admiring patrons are welcomed and reasonable donations gratefully accepted. Stay groovy. All characters and their distinctive likenesses, as well as all logos, indicia and other materials are trademarks of Western Spy Media Empire, and Copyright Western Spy Pub. Co., June 2016. Printed as marked.

FINAL SCRIPT FOR LETTERING CONFERENCE

Frankenstein's Monsters: Special Preview

FINAL SCRIPT for LETTERING (final.FINAL)

based on dropbox layouts

NOTE:

TIMESTAMP = CAPTION BOX W/ "HOLLOW" FONT

CHARACTER DIALOGUE IN WORD BALLOONS UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.

PAGE ONE

Panel 1 (superpanel above)

TIMESTAMP1: CHINA.

TIMESTAMP2: 1870.

TIMESTAMP3: VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN'S 100TH BIRTHDAY.

VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN1: A FULL CENTURY, ELIZABETH! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?

VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN2: IF ONLY MY OLD COHORTS COULD SEE ME NOW!

Panel 2 (KIRIN)

VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN3 (OFF-PANEL1): THE WIZENED SAGE...

Panels 3 (BIXIE)

VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN4 (OFF-PANEL2): MASTER OF THE ANCIENT CRAFT...

Panel 4 (PIXIU)

VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN5 (OFF-PANEL3): KEEPER OF LOST SECRETS.

Panel 5 (superpanel below)

VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN6: OH, ELIZABETH!

VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN7: HOW DARE THEY CALL ME A FAILURE?

TIMESTAMP4: TWENTY MINUTES AGO.

PAGE TWO

Panel 1 (splash)

TIMESTAMP1: VENUS.

TIMESTAMP2: 1870.

TIMESTAMP3: THE CHEQUERED PAST, FLAGSHIP OF THE EMPRESS NADIRA.

TIMESTAMP4: THE WEEK BEFORE.

EN: I don't care how you got past my guards on Earth.

EN: Or how you could be stupid enough to use a Portal without permission.

EN: But the Moon-Queen controls the Pathways. And no-one crosses without her consent.

EN: Her wrath will be swift. Your mistake doomed my world.

PAGE THREE

Panel 1 (BD at bay)

EMPRESS NADIRA (off-panel): Speak quickly and keep your head.

BAMBOO DANCER: A man named Victor Frankenstein can bypass your Pathways.

BAMBOO DANCER: He's built a... thing that can cross without a Portal.

Panel 2 (BD closeup)

EMPRESS NADIRA (off-panel): So Frankenstein lives, eh?

Panel 3 (BD even closer)

EMPRESS NADIRA (off-panel): But why tell me?

Panel "4" (the gap between the inset panels)

BAMBOO DANCER (in gap): He built a monster to protect it. Only you can stop him.

Panel 5 (eyeball closeup)

BAMBOO DANCER (caption? thought balloon?): I knew she wanted it for herself.

Panel 6 (hilt closeup)

EMPRESS NADIRA: Then Victor Frankenstein...

EN: And his monster...

Panel 7 (pullback to Nadira reveal)

EN: Must die!

PAGE FOUR

Panel 1

TIMESTAMP1: THE MOON.

TIMESTAMP2: 1870.

TIMESTAMP3: AUDIENCE CHAMBER OF THE MOON-QUEEN.

TIMESTAMP4: YESTERDAY.

INSPECTOR YI1: HE'S STILL PERFECTING IT. HE CAN'T CONTROL IT YET.

INSPECTOR YI2: WE'RE NOT READY TO RELEASE HIM INTO YOUR CUSTODY.

MOON-QUEEN1: YOU WILL BRING US BOTH PROTOTYPES. AND DOCTOR FRANKENSTEIN.

DARK STRANGER1: SURELY THIS DISCOVERY WAS MEANT FOR MY PEOPLE!

Panel 2 (Inspector Yi)

INSPECTOR YI3: MY GOVERNMENT DOESN'T SEE IT THAT WAY.

INSPECTOR YI4: THIS WAS DISCOVERED ON OUR WORLD.

MOON-QUEEN2: THIS WILL DESTROY YOUR WORLD.

Panel 3 (Moon-Queen & Dark Stranger)

MOON-QUEEN3 (TELEPATHIC1): YOU ARE NOT THE STEWARDS OF THE PATHWAYS!

MOON-QUEEN4 (TELEPATHIC2): THIS IS FOR THE MOON-FOLK TO SAFEGUARD.

DARK STRANGER2 (TELEPATHIC3): HOW COULD YOU KEEP THIS FROM US?

PAGE FIVE

TIMESTAMP1: ASIA.

TIMESTAMP2: 1970.

TIMESTAMP3: A HUNDRED YEARS IN THE FUTURE.

TIMESTAMP4: AND NOT SO LONG AGO...

Panel 1 (upshot from inside crate)

BD1 (CAP1): FIRST TIME WE'D ALL WORKED TOGETHER.

WS1 (CAP2): PRETTY TYPICAL GIG.

Panel 2 (team working on Org, Mech, Remote)

BD2 (CAP3): STEAL IT AND STUDY IT, THEY SAID.

WS2 (CAP4): REVERSE-ENGINEER THE ARCANE ARTIFACT.

Panel 3 (the pool scene)

BD3 (CAP5): SUPPOSED TO HAVE "ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES".

WS3 (CAP6): THE USUAL "POTENTIAL FOR MISUSE".

BD4 (CAP7): BUT I HAD MY OWN IDEAS.

WS4 (CAP8): THERE WAS POTENTIAL, ALL RIGHT.

Panel 4 (Kestrel w/ Remote)

Panel 5 (the Embrace)

BD5/WS5 (CAP9): WHAT WERE WE THINKING?

Panels 6 & 7

TIMESTAMP5: CHINA.

TIMESTAMP6: 1870.

Panel 6 (WS & MECHANISM)

TIMESTAMP7: LAST MONTH.

WS6 (CAP): IT WAS... DYING?

WS7 : I THOUGHT HE COULD SAVE IT.

WS8: ANOTHER MISTAKE.

VF1: STOP WIGGLING!

Panel 7 (BD & ORGANISM)

TIMESTAMP8: THIS MONTH.

BD6: THE POOR THING.

BD7: I HAD NO IDEA HOW SICK HE WAS.

BD8: IT WAS... DISGUSTING.

VF2: JUST A LITTLE PIECE!

PAGE SIX

Panel 1 (profile w/ skullizabeth)

TIMESTAMP1: CHINA. 1870. FIFTEEN MINUTES AGO.

VF1: THEY ALL DOUBTED ME, ELIZABETH.

VF2: EVEN YOU, MY DEAR.

Panel 2 (toss)

VF3: YOU'RE DEAD TO ME NOW.

Panel 3 (gulp!)

VF4: "HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO VIC--"

PAGE SEVEN (raWr!)

THE MEGAKAIJU: "WIK-TOR!"

VF1: LIZ!?

PAGE EIGHT

Panel 1 (upshot, Sibley shouting down)

TIMESTAMP1: AT THE FRONT DOOR. TEN MINUTES AGO.

SIBLEY ODENWALD: YOU CAN'T SEE HIM!

SIBLEY ODENWALD: IT'S HIS BIRTHDAY!

SIBLEY ODENWALD: NO APPOINTMENTS!

IINSPECTOR YI: MISS SIBLEY, YOU MUST LET US IN!

Panel 2 (over her shoulder)

WESTERN SPY: LOOK, WE'RE ALL DEAD IF YOU DON'T LET US IN RIGHT NOW!

Panel 3 (leaps off balcony)

SIBLEY ODENWALD: I SAID...

Panel 5 (crouch)

SO (CAP): "NO APPOINTMENTS!"

PAGE NINE

Panel 1 (establishing shot)

TIMESTAMP1: HALF A MILE AWAY. FIVE MINUTES AGO.

ALEX: ...speak to the Master of the Villa.

ALEX: It's said that I must first speak to the Mistress of this Teahouse.

WAITER: The Mistress has declared a holiday.

WAITER: She and the Master are not to be disturbed.

Panel 2 (close on Alex over waiter's shoulder)

ALEX: Oh, he'll see me.

ALEX: We're very close.

ALEX: Practically brothers.

Panel 3

WAITER: Today is the Master's birthday! Mistress Sibley said...

WAITER: "No Appointments!"

Panel 4 (a, b & c)

ALEX: You...

ALEX; don't...

ALEX: understand...

Panel 5

ALEX: We're here for the party.

PAGE TEN

Panel 1

TIMESTAMP1: JUST OVER THAT HILL. TWO MINUTES AGO.

GL1: THEY SAY THE FLAMING KIRIN HAS RETURNED TO THE GLADES OF WULIN.

SA1: SHOULD A MAN OF LEARNING REPEAT SUCH SUPERSTITION?

GL2: ONLY DEATH BRINGS QUIET TO THE FOREST OF THE LAWLESS.

SA2: I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE A POET OR AN IDIOT.

PAGE ELEVEN

Panel 1

GL1: THERE IS A DIFFERENCE?

PAGE TWELVE

Panel 1 (establishing shot)

TIMESTAMP1: HERE. NOW. (near BD where she is hiding behind the clock)

AF1: YOU'VE MADE QUITE A MESS, VICTOR.

AF2: BUT I'M HERE, AS USUAL, TO CLEAN IT UP.

VF1: I'M SORRY, SHOULD I KNOW YOU?

VF2: FORMER ASSISTANT? VENGEFUL INVESTOR?

Panel 2 (Victor overconfident)

VF3: JEALOUS HUSBAND?

Panel 3 (Alex taking off big hat)

AF3: ARE YOU BLIND OR JUST SENILE?

AF4: I'M YOU, ONLY BETTER!

Panel 4 (Victor reaction shot)

VF4: MY GOD!

VF5: ALEX?

Panel 5 (Alex face reveal, Kestrel hands Remote to Alex, Bamboo Dancer in rafters

AF5: I WOULDN'T FORGET YOUR CENTENNIAL, OLD MAN!

AF6: I HEAR YOU'RE HAVING TROUBLE WITH YOUR LATEST CREATION.

Panel 6 (Alex offering Remote)

AF7: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

AF8: IS THERE CAKE?

TIMESTAMP2: FINALLY.

Join us for an interplanetary adventure of giant monsters, unspeakable horrors & excellent kung fu!!!

Frankenstein's Monsters: Special Preview, a Western Spy Media Empire limited edition!

Legacy & Longevity: Quotes

See also: http://frankensteinkaijuwuxia.blogspot.com/2016/06/all-nine-cool-quotes-in-one-spot.html

FINAL SCRIPT

work in progress

ART:

http://frankensteinkaijuwuxia.blogspot.com/2016/06/blog-post.html

SCRIPT to match art:

http://frankensteinkaijuwuxia.blogspot.com/2016/06/script-to-match-art.html

SCRIPT MEETING Breakdown:

http://frankensteinkaijuwuxia.blogspot.com/2016/06/smb-email.html

PAGES TWO-THREE Rewrite:

http://frankensteinkaijuwuxia.blogspot.com/2016/06/page-two-rewrite-for-lettering.html

PAGE NINE Rewrite:

http://frankensteinkaijuwuxia.blogspot.com/2016/06/maybe-new-page-nine.html

SCRIPT Completion Checklist:

http://frankensteinkaijuwuxia.blogspot.com/2016/06/script-completion-checklist.html

SCRIPT Homework:

http://frankensteinkaijuwuxia.blogspot.com/2016/06/homework.html

CAST IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE:

VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN

ELIZABETH FRANKENSTEIN

EMPRESS NADIRA, WAR-QUEEN OF VENUS

BAMBOO DANCER

INSPECTOR YI

HER MINDFULNESS THE MOON-QUEEN

THE DARK STRANGER

AMERICAN KESTREL

WESTERN SPY

LIZ, THE MEGAKAIJU

SIBLEY ODENWALD

ALEX FRANKENSTEIN

WAITER

GOLDEN LION

SILVER ARM

SMB email

Page one: Perfect. 

Page two:
    Nadira: What are you doing here? The Moon-Queen has only given me permission to access the gateways! Now, you may have lost me her favor. State your business or be beheaded!

Page three:

    BD: Victor Frankenstein has created something to bypass your precious gateways. You're the only one who can help me stop him.

    Nadira: Then Victor Frankenstein.... MUST DIE!!

Page Four:

    Inspector Yi: We are not yet prepared to release Dr. Frankenstein into your custody. We need more time. 

    Moon-Queen: You WILL bring me both prototypes, as well as the doctor. 

   Dark Stranger: Surely this technology was meant for our people! 

   Inspector Yi: My government doesn't see it that way seeing as how this "portal engine" was discovered on our world.

   Moon-Queen: If the humans are to use it, then the repercussions will be disastrous. It belongs in our care. 

  Moon-Queen (thought to DS) : As for you, you and your people are NOT the stewards of the pathways!

  Dark Stranger (thought to MQ): How could you keep this from us?!

Page Five: Perfect

Page Six: Perfect

Page Seven: Perfect

Page Eight: 

    

     Sibley: No visitors! The master is celebrating his birthday!

   Western Spy: Look, we're all dead if you don't let us in right now!

   Inspector Yi: We are speaking of UNIVERSAL proportions, miss. 

   Sibley: I said..... NO VISITORS!!!

Page Nine: 

    Alex: I have traveled quite some ways to meet the master of this villa. It is said that I must speak to the Mistress of this teahouse. 

   Waiter: Ah... it's the master's centennial. Mistress Sibley has declared it a holiday. She and the Master are not to be disturbed. 

  

   Alex: Oh, he'll see me, I'm sure. We're very close. Practically brothers. 

   Waiter: This Mistress said NO VISITORS!!!

Page Ten and Eleven: Perfect.

Page Twelve: 

      Alex: You've made quite a little mess, Victor. As usual. No matter, I'm here to help clean it up. Like always. 

     Victor: I'm sorry, who are you? A former lab assistant? Vengeful suitor? Sullen maiden? Whoever you are, I'm not impressed. 

     Alex: You don't understand, Victor. I'm you, only better. 

     Victor: Wha---?

    Alex: I hear you have something you can't control, and I may just have the answer to your problems.

   Alex: Happy Birthday.

Chronological Order

Before This Book: The Moon-Queen controls the Portals and Pathways

Two Hundred Years Ago: EN discovers Portal & Pathway to Venus, makes deal with MQ

One Hundred Years Ago: VF born in Germany, becomes infamous, flees

Seventy Years Ago: VF makes AF in England, tours the Americas, then Asia

A Few Decades Ago: DS & his people enter the Solar System, settle on moons

This Year: 1870, is a particularly shitty one in China, unless you're a warlord or foreigner

Three Months Ago: BD, AK & WS were in the future, in 1970

Two Months Ago: WS visits VF, turns over Mech

One Month Ago: BD visits VF, turns over Org

Last Week: BD visits EN, on Venus

Yesterday: IY visits MQ & DS, on the Moon

Twenty Minutes Ago: Victor bemoaned his fate to his dead wife

Fifteen Minutes Ago: Did he just transfer his dead wife into a kaiju?

Ten Minutes Ago: WS & IY stopped out front by SO

Five Minutes Ago: AF & GK +2 accosted by AoG & Tough Waiter

Two Minutes Ago: GL & SA finds VF's monsters running amuck

Now: AF & GK confront VF, BD in rafters

Places, Please!

A Map of Victor's Neighborhood

Victor's Zoo: Creature Chambers and Megakaiju Pits

[The Chequered Past, Flagship of Empress Nadira]

[Audience Chamber of Her Mindfulness the Moon-Queen]

[Several Undisclosed Locations in the Funky Future]

Victor's Treehouse: The Solace of Fortitude

Victor's Treehouse: INT.: Lab; EXT.: Entry; INT.: Study

Sibley's Teahouse: Flaming Kirin, Flying Liger

The Last Peaceful Valley in China, circa 1870

[Some of These Places Are NOT in Victor's Neighborhood!]

Monster Checklist

Hey Kids! Devalue Your Comics!

FRANKENSTEIN'S MONSTERS!!!

HOW MANY DID YOU SPOT?

WRITE THE PAGE(S) ON WHICH THEY APPEAR NEXT TO THEIR NAMES!

IN INK, RIGHT IN YOUR COMIC! PERSONALIZE IT! MAKE IT YOURS!!!

Skullizabeth _____

Kirin _____

Bixie _____

Pixiu _____

Unnamed Creature(s) in Victor's Zoo ___

The Mech, or Helm of the Mage ___

The Org, or Orb of the Sage ___

The Remote, He Who Holds It Wins ___

Liz, Annihilator of Distance, Who Laughs At Time and Scorns Eternity ___

NOT Sibley Odenwald, She's "Just a Friend" ___

Alex Frankenstein, the Better-Than-Perfect Copy ___

Army of Giants ___

Gangantua & Pantagruel ___

Cryptids Rampant ___

Put NOTES Here: _______

But What Do They Want?

Victor Frankenstein: Wants to live forever. He'd also like some fucking respect for his genius!

Bamboo Dancer: She just wants to stop Victor Frankenstein, at this point. She'd like to go home, too.

Empress Nadira: She wants to steal Victor's invention. She don't know that it IS the megakaiju.

Inspector Yi: He wants Victor's invention. He believes that it belongs to the people of Earth.

Moon-Queen: She wants Victor's invention. She wants to control travel between the worlds.

Dark Stranger: He wants Victor's invention. His people want to go back to their own star system.

American Kestrel: She wants revenge for being scorned and betrayed. She has the Remote.

Western Spy: He wants to recover the Mech and the Org, defeat Victor, and maybe get home.

Ziz OR Skullizabeth? Who knows what Elizabeth might do with the powers of a Goddess?

Sibley Odenwald: Strangely loyal to Victor for fixing her heart. What does she want?

Alex Frankenstein: He wants to prove that he is better than Victor,steal and control the invention-slash-megakaiju, defeat the Moon-Queen, open the Portals and become the Solar Emperor!!!

Golden Lion: Seeks very little. Perhaps a bit of peace and quiet, to reflect and meditate.

Silver Arm: Wants to right every wrong, avenge every slight, vanquish evil, and end suffering.

Script Completion Checklist

NOTE: STMA - Remove about half of the TIMESTAMPS!!

Page One: As per STMA & SMB

Pages Two-Three: SEE LATEST REWRITE!!!

Page Four: As per STMA & SMB, EXCEPT add one line for Moon-Queen, panel 2

Page Five: As per STMA

Pages Six-Seven: Needs Editing?

Page Eight: As per STMA & SMB

Page Nine: SEE LATEST REWRITE!!!

Pages Ten-Eleven: As per STMA & SMB

Page Twelve: From Story Conference Notes

HOMEWORK: Complete Updated Script by Monday, June 27th

SMTA: Script to Match Art blog post

SMB: Script Meeting Breakdown email

Pages Two-Three Rewrite For Lettering Conference (EN/BD)

Page Two

TIMESTAMP: Venus.

TIMESTAMP: 1870.

TIMESTAMP: Last week.

EN: I don't care how you got past my guards back on Earth.

EN: Or how you could be stupid enough to use the Portal without permission.

EN: But the Moon-Queen controls the Pathways. And no-one crosses without her consent.

EN: Her wrath will be swift. Your stupidity has doomed us all.

Page Three

Panel 1

EN (op): Speak quickly. Keep your head.

BD: A man named Victor Frankenstein can bypass your Pathways.

BD: He's built a... thing that cross without a Portal.

Panel 2 (BD closeup)

EN (op): So why tell me?

Panel 3 (BD even closer)

EN (op): Why should I care?

Panel 1 or 4

BD (in gap): He built a monster to protect it. Only you can stop him.

Panel (eyeball closeup)

BD (caption): I knew she wanted it for herself. I couldn't tell her it was the monster.

Panel (hilt closeup)

EN: Then this Victor Frankenstein...

EN: And his monster...

Panel (pullback Nadira reveal)

EN: Must die!

Superheroes? Superspies? Supersexy?

Bamboo Dancer: "soft" style Chinese & Japanese martial arts, extreme parkour

American Kestrel: Japanese, African & American martial arts, flight rig

Western Spy: mixed martial arts, flight rig, superspy gadgets, combat vet

Frankenstein's Monsters?

The Skull of Elizabeth Frankenstein
Kirin, Bixie, Pixiu, and various unnamed beasts
The Mech
The Org
The Remote
Ziz, the Megakaiju
NOT Sibley Odenwald (VF just fixed her heart)
Alex Frankenstein
Army of Giants
Gargantua & Pantagruel

Homework

Finish script per story notes by Monday.

Run time forward.

Run time backward.

Put pages in order by chronological time.

Read forward. Read backward. What makes sense? What doesn't?

Check pattern. Is page order as per script best possible order?

Define wants/needs for every character.

Define "Big Problem" for metascript.

The Moon-Folk want to control the Pathways.

Frankenstein's breakthrough allows anyone who possesses it to travel through time and space at will.

Thereby bypassing the Pathways and their arcane series of Portals.

The Moon-Folk want Frankenstein's Device, not knowing it is a giant monster.

Empress Nadira wants the Device for herself, to escape the tyranny of the Moon-Queen.

etc...

Embraceable You

IFC: Credits, Indicia, Copyright, Disclaimer

Inside Front Cover

Frankenstein's Monsters: Special Preview

An Unnatural Abomination, Brought to Life By: Terry Petta & Ben Perkins

Maybe the New Page Nine

Panel 1

A: I wish to speak to the Master of the Villa.

A: It is said that I must first speak to the Mistress of this Teahouse.

W: The Mistress has declared today a holiday.

W: She and the Master are not to be disturbed.

Panel 2

A: Oh, he'll see me.

A: We're very close.

A: Practically brothers.

Panel 3

W: Today is the Master's birthday!

W: The Mistress said "No Appointments!"

Panel 4 (a, b & c)

A: You...

A; don't...

A: understand...

Panel 5

We're here for the party.

Almost There

The Mechanism
The Remote
Victor's Lab
Army of Giants
Teahouse Ladies
AIR/EARTH Logos

All Nine Cool Quotes in One Spot

"Know ye that such knowledge is reserved for the gods." -- Zeus, to Prometheus

"IF HE HAS SPOKEN, WHY IS THE UNIVERSE NOT CONVINCED?" -- Percy Shelley

"Fools are my theme, let satire be my song." -- Lord Byron

"The philosophers have only interpreted the world.
 The point is to change it." -- Karl Marx

"What good is my happiness?
 It is poverty and pollution and wretched contentment!" -- The Ubermensch

"I don't want to achieve immortality through my work;
 I want to achieve it through not dying." -- Woody Allen

•  "I should like to think that an irate Jehovah
   was pointing those arrows of lightning directly at my head."

• --Lord Byron, in Bride of Frankenstein, (1935)

"People, chained by monotony, afraid to think, clinging to certainties...

 they live like ants."

--Bela Lugosi

"I'm kinda already in a relationship..."

--Victor Frankenstein

Twinning

Victor: Elizabeth
Victor: Sibley
Victor: Alex
Alex: Sibley?

The Organism: The Mechanism

Golden Lion: Silver Arm

Bixie: Pixiu

Bamboo Dancer: Western Spy
Bamboo Dancer: American Kestrel
American Kestrel: Western Spy

Bamboo Dancer 1970: Bamboo Dancer 1870
American Kestrel 1970: Gothic Kestrel 1870
Western Spy 1970: Steampunk'd Spy 1870

Inspector Yi Steampunk Spaceman: Inspector Yi Victorian Cop

Skullizabeth: Ziz, the Megakaiju

Empress Nadira: Moon-Queen
Empress Nadira: Sibley Odenwald

The MacGuffin

The Mechanism/Organism/Monster Hybrid can swim through timespace?

Still to Come (Acts II & III)

Princess Abraxia
The Last Tellurian
Kaddej Kh'arzh, High-King of Mars
Sky-Pirate Amazons of Venus
Lizard Folk of Venus
Wild Men of Venus
Sinbad as Nemo
De Vargas as Robur
Ghost Giants of Mars
Moon-Folk (Ant-Men)
Strangers From Space
Ghost of the Assam Giant
Gigantopithecus
Three Oldest Men in China
Drunken Monkey, the Mad Monk
Champ, Champion of Telluria
Mariner of the Valley
and of course, more mooks & monsters...

Paste-Up

Front Cover: Victor, Skull, Mirror Crack'd
Inside Front Cover: Credits
Pages One thru Twelve
Inside Back Cover: Alex & Giant
Back Cover: Victor & Skull

Weird Idea for Next Time

16:9 Aspect Ratio

Use 8" H x 9" W paper per page, making double-spreads 16" x 9" or widescreen.

1.7:1

One piece of 24" x 36" paper yields 12 cuts.

Cost VS. Price

Pages/Cover: Printer 1/Printer 2/Printer 3/Printer 4 - Sell Price

12 B&W/Self: 1.92

12 B&W/Sketch: 3.45

12 B&W/Standard: 1.97/1.45 - 2X

16 B&W/Self: 2.01

16 B&W/Sketch: 3.54

16 B&W/Standard: 2.07/1.55 - 2X

FAQ: "B&W books include color covers."

Printer 1: Ka-Blam
Printer 2: Comix Well Spring
Printer 3: Stevens IS
Printer 4: Minuteman Press

Planetary Linguistics

Ours: Theirs

Sun: Samas
N/A: Volund
Mercury: Merkur
Venus: Zuhura
N/A: Neith
Earth: Aerth AKA Zemya
Luna: Chandra
Mars: Bahram
Jupiter: Jove
Saturn: Zurvan
Uranus: Wranws
Neptune: Tangaroa

Pages and Completion

Page: Completion

One: Inked
Two: Partially Inked
Three: ditto
Four: ditto
Five: Laid Out, Scripted, Do Last?
Six: Inked
Seven: Inked
Eight: Inked
Nine: Story Conference Thursday
Ten: Inked
Eleven: Inked
Twelve: Story Conference Thursday

Other Content: Completion

FC (Treehouse Movie Poster): Rough Sketch

IFC (Victor, Elizabeth & Crack'd Mirror): Refined Idea

IBC (Cushing as Victor w/Skullizabeth): Refined Sketch

BC (Scenes from Acts II & III): Rough Idea

Dates

July 1st - Inked? Script Approved? Fonts? Lettering Begins?

July 15th - Covers? Proofs? Pagination? Pricing? Printing?

Some Possible Page Counts and Content

12 pages, Setting the Bar at Doable

FC: Treehouse Movie Poster?
IFC: Victor, Elizabeth & The Mirror Crack'd, Six Quotes
Pages One through Twelve
(evens left, odds right)
IBC: Victor & Elizabeth, Three Quotes, Credits
BC: Best Inked Sketch?

16 pages, Setting the Bar at Extra Credit

FC: Treehouse Movie Poster
IFC: Victor, Elizabeth & The Mirror Crack'd, Credits
Pages One through Twelve
(evens left, odds right)
Barrier Page: Six Quotes 13
Page "Thirteen", if necessary (printed left!) 14
Text Page: "Rule Ten" 15
Sketches 16
IBC: Victor & Elizabeth, Three Quotes
BC: Scenes From Acts II & III

24 pages, Setting the Bar at Market

FC
IFC
Pages 12
Sketch Section +4
Text Section +4
Guest Section +4
IBC
BC

Sketchbook Section?