This is a late rant update, but anyway, I hope you enjoy this strip. I know I had said this was going to be a three-part story arc, but after looking long and hard at the second part, I decided it was kind of pointless (although I liked the dialog) and ultimately decided to cut it short. I’m posting the script for what would have been the middle part of this stuff. This is how I write all my scripts. I like to have a clear idea about what I want to do with the characters before I touch a pencil.

FRAME 1

Dixon: We’ll have get out of here and face the little bastard sooner or later, you know?

Joe: you think so?

Dixon: flip a coin for it?

Joe: What? winner drops dead?

Dixon: Ok, ok. I get your point.

FRAME 2

Joe: We need some kind of… plan thing!… or something!

Dixon: Have you fought here before?

Joe: Couple times… I can think of at least 6 places he could be hiding over there. And with the range of that thing, we get out, we’re toast.

FRAME 3

Dixon: Damn. The only way will be to do this together. We run out shooting. The one that’s left standing blows his blonde head off, ok?

Joe (staring): YOU CALL THAT A PLAN??? It reminds me of the time I wanted to do a blitzkrieg attack on the sandbox in kindergarten!!!

FRAME 4

Dixon: So?

Joe: So what?

Dixon: Did you win?

Joe: Lost the whole squad. Little Jimmy’s mother hated me after that.

Dixon: Man, that sucks… Any better ideas?

Joe: We pretend we’re dead?

Dixon: Thought so. Well then, we go on three. ONE. TWO.

FRAME 5 (Spread)

Both run out the door shooting and screaming. Wide angle shot (covers two frames)

Dixon: THREE!

— sergio on April 16, 2003