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lurkslikefox (lurkslikefox) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-07-20 21:58:00

Current mood:	accomplished
Entry tags:	char: tommy taylor, creator: mike carey, creator: peter gross, publisher: vertigo comics, title: the unwritten

More fron The Unwritten #1
Another post of Mike Carey and Peter Gross' new title, The Unwritten.

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sandoz_iscariotintroduced us to Tommy Taylor, main character in a leading children's fantasy series, and Tom Taylor, son of the author of said series and all round guy with daddy issues. At a London Tommy-Con panel Tom gets a question from a guy who believes himself to be Tommy's arch-enemy, Count Ambrosio, who then get's escourted out by security. Next Tom get's a question from a woman called Lizzie Hexam who calls Tom's identitiy into question, pointing out that on paper he doesn't exist. Tom is shaken by this and things get worse with the media up in arms, dubbing him a fraud. The internet explodes and fans picket his hotel etc etc. Lizzie Hexam tries to apologise and Tom decides to leave the country for a while until things blow over. We left him having been knocked out by Count Ambrosio as he stepped out of his front door.

The police have cordened off the Globe, but using some kind of knock-out spray Lizzie Hexam sneaks in.

Lizzie goes to use the knockout spray on Count Ambrosio but he knocks it away and activates the bomb. Tom breaks the rope holding him and pushes the Count of the stage so that when the bomb explodes he is shredded and the other two are left untouched. Lizzie knocks Tom, shreds his clothes and leaves him for the police to find.

Bum-bum-BUM!

This is my first (ever on IJ) post, so go easy and let me know if I've done any major cock-ups. Mods, between both posts there are 11 pages of a 33 page comic posted.

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	darklorelei 2009-07-20 09:37 pm UTC (link)
	I've really been enjoying this title. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	comicoz 2009-07-22 04:22 am UTC (link)
	Ditto. It's much better than I expected. Wish it came out faster. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	icon_uk 2009-07-20 09:47 pm UTC (link)
	"We should have just twagged the little fucker"? "Twagged"? Clearly a bit of British slang I've never come across before, and a quick google does suggest some meanings, but nothing that fits here. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	legba 2009-07-20 10:54 pm UTC (link)
	I feel pretty secure in saying it's a made-up word to add a bit of colour. The meaning is clear from context, so the exact word used isn't important. (Personally, I read it to mean something like "bagged".) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	lurkslikefox 2009-07-21 06:44 am UTC (link)
	I do hate it when they make up slang. It's not like we don't have lots of colourful and interesting slang that really exists, as Mike Carey is well aware. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	dcanacek 2009-07-20 10:14 pm UTC (link)
	As everyone knows, British boys named Tommy proclaimed as the Messiah always do well and never have their congregation turn on them... I wonder how Taylor is at pinball? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	halloweenjack 2009-07-21 05:29 pm UTC (link)
	I heard that he's got such a supple wrist. How do you think he does it? I don't know--what makes him so good? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	greenmask 2009-07-20 11:34 pm UTC (link)
	When I have the monies and this is out in trade, I shall be a-buyin'. Thanks! (Reply to this)

	sherkahn 2009-07-20 11:46 pm UTC (link)
	For those us who spent the comic budget on other books, ...who is the guy in the last panel? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	lurkslikefox 2009-07-21 06:43 am UTC (link)
	Ah-ha! All will be revealed in the next thrilling installment! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	nevermore999 2009-07-21 01:51 am UTC (link)
	I got the first one a few days ago. It was fab. I await anxiously for my LCS guy to get reorders. (Reply to this)

	ghosty732 2009-07-21 02:47 am UTC (link)
	I have yet to pick this series up, but I plan on it. Question, though. What's with the font change? What is it signifying when it goes all Times New Roman-esque? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	seraphic_muse 2009-07-21 04:58 am UTC (link)
	I'd imagine they're quoting from the book itself. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	psychop_rex 2009-07-21 06:06 am UTC (link)
	So, I don't know if this has been established in the comic itself yet or not, but - this guy isn't the Count who stood up in the audience at the Tommy-Con, is he? That guy struck me as just a wannabe. THIS guy, on the other hand, seems to be the genuine Count Ambrosio, am I right? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	lurkslikefox 2009-07-21 06:41 am UTC (link)
	I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be the same guy having gone a bit crazier. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	psychop_rex 2009-07-21 07:44 am UTC (link)
	'Crazier' wouldn't explain the freaky eyes and ears and ever-growing mouthful of fangs there. Those don't look fake to me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

halloweenjack
2009-07-21 05:27 pm UTC (link)

Then why does he use a nail-bomb? I'm thinking some weird plot between Lizzie Hexam and his dad, where his dad is trying to "retrieve" the sweet little boy that he based his books on by convincing Tom that it's all Really Really Real, and Lizzie is some secret ops type who has planted the evidence that Tom's past was faked, doped him with some time-release hypnotic so that he imagines the "Count" going all Nosferatuesque, etc. At least that's how it's playing out now, pending future plot twists and iterations on Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane [warning: TVTropes].

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psychop_rex
2009-07-21 09:05 pm UTC (link)

AAAH! *makes sign to ward off evil* Nononono, I won't look at it now, I won't look at it now, my self-control is a thing of iron... I'll do it later. *sobs* I HAD PLANS FOR TODAY!
And as for the nail-bomb, I'm guessing that this is because he is no longer in the book-world, he's in the real one, and has to use 'real-world' methods. He's probably bound by some sort of interdimensional laws that won't allow him to do anything outright fantastic, just improbable.

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