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DOKTOR SLEEPLESS #1: script, page one [Apr. 16th, 2007|05:24 pm]
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PAGE ONE

Pic 1
We're looking at a tall mirror in a dark room. And we see a man's reflection in the mirror, not the man himself. The DOKTOR is looking at himself. Stripped to the waist. He is very thin. He has his goggles in his hand. Looks at himself. Dark circles around his eyes, like he hasn't slept in years. SIX-GRID – THREE ROWS OF TWO.

DOKTOR
TODAY I STOP BEING REAL.


Pic 2
He looks down at the goggles in his hand, smiling sadly.

DOKTOR
NO-ONE'S GOING TO LISTEN TO A BOY GENIUS. NO-ONE'S
GOING TO LISTEN TO A PHILOSOPHER OR A TRAVELLER.

DOKTOR
NO-ONE CARES ABOUT AN ORPHAN, OR A RICH MAN, OR
SOME GROWN-UP GRINDER KID FROM HEAVENSIDE.

DOKTOR
ALL THE THINGS I'VE BEEN: NO-ONE'S EVER BEEN INTERESTED.


Pic 3
He starts putting on the goggles, getting the strap around the back of his head.

DOKTOR
WEIRD LITTLE JOHNNY FROM THE BIG HOUSE
ON SCARTOP; WHO EVER REALLY GAVE A SHIT?

DOKTOR
PEOPLE LIKE LISTENING TO CHARACTERS. CHARACTERS
ARE SAFE, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT REAL.

DOKTOR
SO TODAY I BECOME A CHARACTER.


Pic 4
He gets the goggles over his eyes, and looks at himself.

DOKTOR
JOHN REINHARDT AND ALL THE THINGS HE'S SEEN: HE'S A BIT
TOO REAL. THE THINGS HE WANTS TO DO ARE A BIT TOO OBVIOUS.

DOKTOR
BUT IF YOU COVER HIS EYES, YOU CAN'T SEE THAT HE HASN'T SLEPT FOR A YEAR.


Pic 5
Zoom in as he looks in the mirror and grins a big crazy grin.

DOKTOR
BUT DOKTOR SLEEPLESS. HE'S SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY.

DOKTOR
WHO'S AFRAID OF A CARTOON MAD SCIENTIST?


Pic 6
Zoom out, to get his figure in shot, standing with his back to us: and there's an immense green GRINDER TATTOO covering his back.

DOKTOR
WHO'S AFRAID OF DOKTOR SLEEPLESS?


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[User Picture]From: [info]izzy23
2007-04-16 04:40 pm (UTC)

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Well, you've hooked me.
[User Picture]From: [info]harmfulguy
2007-04-16 04:42 pm (UTC)

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Wow. The adventures of a Real Boy trying to become Pinocchio?
[User Picture]From: [info]gdwessel
2007-04-16 04:48 pm (UTC)

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Not sure which I'm looking forward to more at this point, this or Ignition City...

Good stuff.
[User Picture]From: [info]rianeiru
2007-04-16 04:52 pm (UTC)

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"WHO'S AFRAID OF DOKTOR SLEEPLESS?" Funny how by just asking that, he automatically makes me afraid of him.
[User Picture]From: [info]fionn_mac_lir
2007-04-16 04:52 pm (UTC)

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Sold.
[User Picture]From: [info]equal_capital_d
2007-04-16 04:53 pm (UTC)

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I knew there was some reason I love you.
[User Picture]From: [info]wolven
2007-04-16 04:53 pm (UTC)

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Abso-fucking-lutely.
[User Picture]From: [info]scrnwrtinghack
2007-04-16 04:54 pm (UTC)

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Lovin it. And that grinder symbol is begging for t-shirts!
[User Picture]From: [info]lillornyn
2007-04-16 04:58 pm (UTC)

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Well. New comic subscription, check.
[User Picture]From: [info]arkady
2007-04-16 05:00 pm (UTC)

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I am so going to want to read this one. It's just the sort of opening that [info]cymrys would have emailed me excitedly about, urging me to read it.

Any artist in particular lined up for this one or in mind?
[User Picture]From: [info]wulfgar_toy_guy
2007-04-16 05:01 pm (UTC)

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Intrigued but not yet sold.
[User Picture]From: [info]sui_generis
2007-04-16 05:07 pm (UTC)

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I like the sound of things so far! Definitely will be picking this up.


But as for the grinder symbol, I'd like it better if it didn't reference the "666" look. It would be scarier without that, since "666" is so played out. (Especially since the actual number in the bible was eventually discovered to be "616" anyway...)


[User Picture]From: [info]sixfoothobbit
2007-04-16 05:10 pm (UTC)

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Alright, I'm giving you money, get over it. God.
[User Picture]From: [info]swirl_girlx
2007-04-16 05:11 pm (UTC)

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Oh, I am excited.

[User Picture]From: [info]vertigozooropa
2007-04-16 05:15 pm (UTC)

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OOOH!

I'm afraid of Doktor Sleepless!
[User Picture]From: [info]kinesys
2007-04-16 05:16 pm (UTC)

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Oh warren...

When i was a little kid, i oftentimes had plenty of time to myself. My parents owned and operated a roadhouse and rather than be run ragged by my workaholic father, I took to hiding in the storage areas. In one, they had a number of the large sized coffee urns with all manner of impenetrable switches and knobs and dials and kinds of inscrutable bits and pieces. I would arrange the urns in a large half circle and go about conducting my "Grand Experiments", Cackling insanely as i went, like ya do.

My parents thought it cute. And to a degree encouraged my interest in science.

Until i re-animated a dead cat...Then they encouraged me to go into the arts instead.

Ah well.
[User Picture]From: [info]fluffpot
2007-04-16 05:17 pm (UTC)

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This will be a good time.
[User Picture]From: [info]glaucorocco
2007-04-16 05:20 pm (UTC)

You had me at...

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"TODAY I STOP BEING REAL."

Amazing stuff.
[User Picture]From: [info]fr0w
2007-04-16 05:55 pm (UTC)

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i'd buy a poster of just that page.
[User Picture]From: [info]sitrep
2007-04-16 06:02 pm (UTC)

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[ tick! ]
[User Picture]From: [info]thecolin1
2007-04-16 06:04 pm (UTC)

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Intriguing- it has that eerie dark dream turning into nightmare quality that promises a gripping story to come.
[User Picture]From: [info]meaty_urologist
2007-04-16 06:09 pm (UTC)

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heh...nice...

How do I order it online? Comics doldrums here.
[User Picture]From: [info]theheretic
2007-04-16 06:18 pm (UTC)

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Now THAT I understand.
[User Picture]From: [info]autodidactic
2007-04-16 06:25 pm (UTC)

grown up grinder kid from heavenside

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Your words taste like candy. Candy that makes your tongue bleed.
[User Picture]From: [info]bzarcher
2007-04-16 06:37 pm (UTC)

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Oh, my.

When do I get to inject this again?
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