Friday, March 9, 2007

HOLLIDAY – PART 2

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HOLLIDAY – 16 Page installment 2 for LOW ORBIT ANTHOLOGY.
Created by Bill Woodcock and Gregory C. Giordano.
Writer Bill Woodcock. Artist Gregory C. Giordano.

PAGE ONE.

1. Panel of New York city skyline, circa 1887.

CAPTION: NEW YORK CITY, June 1887.

2. Panel of the exterior of an elegant brownstone. Doc is alighting from a carriage. Maeve is waiting, in expensive clothing. A tough looking type guards the door, looking at Doc suspiciously.

3. Panel of drawing room inside brownstone. Doc and Maeve meet Alain, a 50 year old sea captain with black beard, slightly balding. The drawing room is filled with interesting period characters, all peering at Holliday with interest. Maeve plays the coquette, basking in attention from some of the male members. The reader can see an Inuit shaman, a Quaker, and other interesting sorts among Americans and Europeans in period clothes.

ALAIN: YOU'LL MARK ME NOT TO BEG ADDITIONAL LIGHT, BEING THAT IT PAINS HIM AND THE ROOM BEING KEPT DUSKY BY INTENTION.

HOLLIDAY: I MAKE AN EFFORT NOT TO BEG UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, CAPTAIN. EXCEPT FOR WOMANLY AFFECTIONS.

ALAIN: WELL SAID. I PRAY YOU'LL TAKE MY MEANING AS A COLORFUL EMBELLISHMENT, OR ALTERNATELY YOU MAY KISS MY SALTY ARSE...

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COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK: BILL WOODCOCK, JR. AND GREGORY C GIORDANO