Short Notice: Dinner and A Show. Issue #10
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Short Notice: Dinner and A Show #10 · Dai Jeffcoate ·
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Page one (four panels) Panel one: It’s night. We are outside a diner looking in through the window. We can see a woman sitting alone. She has red hair and is wearing a light blue shirt with a grey pinstripe waistcoat. Panel two: Now inside the diner we can see the woman is eating a steak. Panel three: Close up of the table. We can see a newspaper with the headline “HEIRESS STILL MISSING” , there is also a note that reads “The Docks. W617. Come alone”. Panel four: The woman is now standing and laying down some cash on the table.
Page two (five panels) Panel five: We’re now in front of a fancy hotel. The woman is woman is walking towards the entrance as a doorman holds open the door for her. Panel six: Inside her hotel room bathroom we see the silhouette of the woman through the shower curtain. Panel seven: The woman is now standing in front of a mirror, she is wearing black trousers, white shirt, and a waistcoat. She is in the process of putting on a red tie. Panel eight: The woman is now heading out the hotel door while in the process of putting on her jacket. Panel nine: Wide view of the woman driving through the city in a black Austin Healey 3000.
Short Notice: Dinner and A Show #10 · Dai Jeffcoate ·
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Page three (four panels) Panel ten: The Austin Healey is now parked outside a warehouse, with “W617” painted in large on it’s wall. The woman is standing beside the car. Panel eleven: Over the shoulder view of the woman knocking on the warehouse door. Panel twelve: A small slide hatch has opened in the door. We see two menacing eyes looking out. Panel thirteen: The door is now open and the woman is entering the building.
Page four (six panels) Panel fourteen: In the dark of the warehouse a single light shines down on a blonde haired girl tied to a chair and gagged. Panel fifteen: The woman is stepping towards the girl to untie her. Panel sixteen: Close up of the girls face, her eyes wide. GIRL: MNFH! Panel seventeen: A fist emerges from the dark and punches the woman. Panel eighteen: A kick from the shadows makes contact with the woman’s stomach. Panel nineteen: A shadowy figure is about to strike the woman with a crowbar.
Short Notice: Dinner and A Show #10 · Dai Jeffcoate ·
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Page five (six panels) Panel twenty: The woman blocks the blow. Panel twenty one: The woman lands a punch on one shadowy figure. Panel twenty two: The woman is head-butting another shadowy figure. Panel twenty three: A third shadowed thug is behind the woman as she is elbowing him in the face. Panel twenty four: The woman is untieing the girl. On the periphery of the light we can see the leg of one of the unconscious hoodlums. Panel twenty five: We’re now back in the Austin Healey as the pair drive through the city. Dawn is creeping over the top of the city skyline. The girl is asleep in the passenger seat.