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Need to give these two a story…Description: A South Asian...

Need to give these two a story…

Description: A South Asian child in jeans, a white shirt, and a green overshirt, wearing a black bat backpack, holding hands with a feathery wraith.

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Panel 1:  Blake looks at Charlie blankly.

Panel 2-4: Cut to a succession of pony themed merchandise.  A sweater, a plushie and a backpack.

Panel 5:  Repeat of panel 1.

          Blake:  I can’t imagine why.

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Description:  An illustration of myself in a white shirt dress, black tights, and white boots.  I’m standing in front of a photo of a restaurant’s reader board.  It states: ‘I ate the garnish.’

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Panel1:  Blake thinks.  It’s probably not a good idea to tell Charliethat Black Dogs are a portent for death.

            BLAKE: …

Panel2:  Repeat.

           BLAKE:  It doesn’t mean anything good…

Panel3:  Charlie.

           CHARLIE:  And you saw one?

Panel4:  Blake looks askance.

           BLAKE:  I’ve been dreaming about one.  Which might be just as bad.

           BLAKE:  If you believe in that sort of thing.

Panel5:  Charlie thinks.

           CHARLIE: …

           CHARLIE:  I’ve been dreaming about a magical pony thatlets me ride on her back.

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Panel1:  Charlie notices something.

Panel2:  Charlie points at the Black Dogdoodle on Blake’s papers.

   CHARLIE:  What’s this?

Panel3:  Blake looks up.

    BLAKE:  It’s a Barghest.  A black dog.

   CHARLIE:  You named your dog ‘Barghest’?

Panel4:  Blake smiles.

    BLAKE:  No. It’s a type of faerie.  An omen.

   CHARLIE:  What’s an omen?

   BLAKE:  It’s sort of like a sign, or a prophet?  If you see a certain kind of omen, it meanscertain things are about to happen.

Panel5:  Charlie.

   CHARLIE:  What does seeing a Barghest mean?

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Panel1:  Charlie notices something.

Panel2:  Charlie points at the Black Dogdoodle on Blake’s papers.

   CHARLIE:  What’s this?

Panel3:  Blake looks up.

    BLAKE:  It’s a Barghest.  A black dog.

   CHARLIE:  You named your dog ‘Barghest’?

Panel4:  Blake smiles.

    BLAKE:  No. It’s a type of faerie.  An omen.

   CHARLIE:  What’s an omen?

   BLAKE:  It’s sort of like a sign, or a prophet?  If you see a certain kind of omen, it meanscertain things are about to happen.

Panel5:  Charlie.

   CHARLIE:  What does seeing a Barghest mean?

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Tired of playing the numbers game.

Description:  A five panel comic page in black and white. 

Panel 1: Tired and irritable me.

ME:  I’m tired.  And hungry.  And tired of being hungry.

Panel 2:  I slide my scale away.

ME:  I’m not going to do this anymore.

Panel 3:  I remove my calorie counting app.

ME:  I’m not going to play this game anymore.

Panel 4:  I stand by the counter eating from a bowl.

ME:  I can eat cereal when I want.

Panel 5:  Repeat.

ME:  I can even have two bowls.

ME:  ‘Cause I’m crazy like that.

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Description: A two panel comic page.  The first panel depicts a house at night.  A few of the windows are brightly lit.  In the second panel, Blake and Charlie are shown doing homework at the kitchen table.

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Panel1:  Establish the stables.  Blake is finishing up work at a table.

Panel 2:  Something catches Blake’s attention

Panel 3:  Blake approaches a horse and rider coming in from the other side of the stables.

           BLAKE:  Need any help before I go?

 Panel 4:  The owner is on their horse.  Blake approaches.

           OWNER:  Nah. Mocha’s been pretty chill-

Panel 5:  The horse startles away from Blake.

           OWNER:  WHOA!

Panel 6:  Blake backs up obligingly.

           OWNER: Spoke too soon.