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GLOAMING ISSUE 4: In which Carter and Baxter confront Mr. Bliss, only in a way that leaves them shocked and possibly outclassed!

PAGE ONE

PANEL ONE: BAXTER and CARTER, sitting by the fire.

CARTER NARRATES:
Jody Baxter and Doug Carter. Two guys sitting by a fire, having beers, shooting the shit. Just like guys do.

PANEL TWO: Flashback panel. CARTER looking journalistic in his own bubble and BAXTER looking wolfy in his bubble.

NARR:
Only one guy’s a werewolf and the other is a journalist who’s finding a lot more than he bargained for in the little town of Gloaming.

PANEL THREE: Carter looking reminiscently at icons of the past 30 years; perhaps magazine covers, musician look-alikes, lava lamps, things that convey his journey. (Note: They do NOT have to be time-accurate, because Carter’s sense of time is incorrect.)

NARR:
I have been a rock and roll journalist for over thirty years; yesterday I would have told you I’d seen it all. But today-- the things I’ve seen? The things I’ve just heard Baxter tell me? THAT is some weird shit.

PANEL FOUR: Carter talking to one member of a rock band, while the others are all passed out or stoned.

NARR:
However, let me tell you a little something about crazy stories and weird shit: they always make sense to at least ONE of the people involved. It all depends on perspective.

PANEL FIVE: Continuation of Panel Four.

NARR:
Thirty years of rock bands great and small, hanging out in hotel rooms while they’re tripping on god-knows-what and telling you about their art and their inspiration, their “great vision?” You learn to see the difference between what’s bullshit and what’s the truth.

PANEL SIX: Carter has an a-ha moment speaking to the rocker; there’s a moment of enlightenment, where their energies combine. Maybe Carter is high, maybe he just gets it. However you want to depict it.

NARR:
And only when you learn to see it from their point of view- only then comes understanding.