"Nebulous" A One-Shot Comic Script By Thomas Howe Overview/Artist Notes: This is set in the far future, possibly five hundred years from now, when human interstellar space travel is progressing, but alien contact hasn't happened. The overall look of the story is ornate technology that is both immaculately clean and stark, but complex and elaborate. Please feel free to embellish on the mechanical elements as much as you'd like! PAGE ONE Panel One Establishing shot in space the width of the page. Near a pink nebula, an aircraft carrier-sized futuristic spacecraft full of dark windows is adrift (this is shown by the ship's askew angle in relation to the panel). Visible on the bow are markings: "P.S.E. AMERIGO" S.I.D. (caption): System reboot. Reestablishing primary systems... please wait. SFX: beepbeepbeepbeepbeepbeep... CREDITS could appear either at the very bottom of this panel or in the gutter underneath. Panel Two Exterior close-up of one of the windows near the bow of the ship. We see a vague indication of panels and technology inside. The ship's AI, S.I.D. (System Information Diagnostics) speaks. His dialogue should be in the form of caption boxes, and the lettering should be different, with an "electronic" feel. S.I.D. (caption): Sleep pod wake cycle complete... Panel Three [Inset of Panel Two] A close-up of a technology module--a panel with lights and buttons--with "System Information Diagnostics" (the letters S I and D highlighted) printed on a plaque below the module. S.I.D.: ...Please stand by for status check.
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