Our final
page, goes as scripted. Three simple panels. We start with a bang. Matt does a
fantastic job with the action here. For a claustrophobic story with a lot of
action taking place off panel, I knew I wanted one big action moment.
Next in
panel two, we see our parody of the original Captain Marvel. I think any abused
kid in the world would LOVE to be able to say a word and turn the tables on
their abusers (I know quite a few adults who would like ringside seats to such
an event). There is something really satisfying about the switch here.
Originally, I scripted the scene with Commander Miracle as an adult still in
torn children's clothes, but at some point Matt and I agreed that he should be
full on hero. You can see him picking up the saw which was clearly set up on
panel one of the last page.
We get to
the final panel. I gotta tell ya, it is perfect. We see that the title of the
story was much more than just the quote from Hamlet (as discussed on page ten),
there was a double meaning. We have Hawk (Knight Hawk) and a Handsaw (or in
this case a bone saw). It was a cheap naming joke to end on, but so was naming
a pedophile Dr. Peters. Sometimes you just gotta roll with it. I frequently
warn writers that no matter how much you write, it will never look the
same as in your head. Matt achieved the unachievable here. It is EXACTLY as I
imagined it. He nailed it. Our second story came to a close with a very
satisfying note of perfection.
That's it for the "Adventures in Pulp" commentaries for a while. I will do one for our next story "Four Horsemen" starting the weekend after it wraps. "For Horsemen" begins TOMORROW at adventuresinpulp.com. Until then, I will still periodically post about random things I find interesting. In between you can find me on twitter @BrettTHarris.
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