Disgusted Face
In these silent comics we explore the possibilities of the disgusted face.
Contents
Instance One
Panel 1: Zack is walking down sidewalk. Two pretty girls are walking towards him. They are laughing.
Panel 2: Girls both look disgusted. Zack looks surprised. (May need to use diagonal half panels to show sudden change from laughing to disgusted)
Panel 3: Girls are walking past, their heads and eyes still on Zack, still disgusted. Zack is looking at himself.
Panel 4: Zack is confused and sad.
Instance Two
Panel 1: Hugh is reading. Zack runs up excitedly
Panel 2: Zack is pointing off panel. He uses his fingers to show walking.
Panel 3: Zack is making the disgusted face. He points to his face. Hugh looks surprised and intrigued.
Panel 4: Zack is pointing to himself excitedly. Hugh is grinning evilly.
Instance Three
Panel 1: Hugh and Zack are walking down the sidewalk laughing. And attractive girl is walking towards them.
Panel 2: Hugh and Zack both look disgusted at girl. Girl is confused.
Panel 3: Hugh and Zack continue past, still looking disgustedly at girl. Girl still confused and disturbed.
Panel 4: Girl stands alone, shocked.
Instance Four
Hugh practices disgusted face in mirror for two panels. Mirror cracks.
Instance Five
Hugh kills a small animal with disgusted face?
Instance Six
Panel 1: Zack gets pulled over, you can see the police car lights in the rear view window.
Panel 2: Zack uses the disgusted face on the cop, the cop is stone-faced, and wearing aviator glasses.
Panel 3: Zack is staring at the ticket in his hands with a sad/quizzical look on his face.
Panel 4: Zack uses the disgusted face at the ticket.
Instance Seven
panel 1: Zack working in the dungeon with zombie next to him
panel 2: Zack looks at zombie and makes disgusted face
panel 3: He goes back to work, zombie makes disgusted face at Zack's work
panel 4: work bursts into flames, zack freaks out
- Alternate
panel 1: Zack working in the dungeon with zombie next to him
panel 2: Zack looks at zombie, zombie makes disgusted face at Zack
panel 3: He goes back to work
panel 4: Zack looks back at the zombie, is startled
Instance Eight
Follow-up to instance Four:
Panel 1: Zack and Hugh are walking off panel left, one making disgusted face, one laughing. Oswald is watching them
Panel 2: Oswald turns to the audience, makes the disgusted face
Panel 3: The panel itself cracks
Panel 4: Oswald walks off the panel right, which is hard to see, because the last panel is lying in a pile of fragments at the bottom of the page
Response
I think this would be an excellent series to start the comic with. Simple plot. Gag strips. No dialog. Short continuity.