I've been in the process of writing a short horror comic script for the past few months and I am delighted to say that it is almost finished! Currently in the editing and refining part of the process which is a relief, I think this is going to be some of my best work yet. Below is a little snippet of the script, the prologue:
PAGE ONE – Three Panels
Panel 1: Large landscape panel, we’re in the woods at night and it’s raining. A pale woman is running but all we see is her torso, she has a crop top, high waisted jeans and long brown hair. She is puffing.
Panel 2: Large landscape panel, same woods, still raining. The focus is on the torsos of two people, a male and female, who are both running. The male is white and wearing a leather jacket and white tee-shirt. The female is African America and wearing a denim jacket and jeans, and they are both puffing.
Panel 3: Large landscape panel, behind view of the three characters running, a black figure blocks out the edge of the panel
PAGE TWO – Eight Panels
Panel 1: The African American female trips on an exposed root, she screams.
Panel 2: The male notices and turns to help her.
Male
Get up!
Panel 3: He grabs the fallen female and helps her up, he’s looking over his shoulder to see the thing chasing them. The shadow is in the back corner of the panel. The female is crying.
Panels 4 - 5: The two run into a creeping fog and they disappear.
Panels 6 – 8: They shadow walks into the fog disappearing as well.
PAGE THREE – Seven Panels
Panel 1: We’re following the first female in the fog, she’s still puffing.
Panel 2: She makes it out of the thick fog, slim panel.
Panel 3: There’s a giant hill behind her with lights at the top.
Girl on Hill (screaming)
Hey! Hurry!
Panel 4: The white female looks up the hill, it’s a wide shot and the cabin can be seen with dull orange lights around it. A female figure is at the top of the hill waving her arms, she is the one who called out.
Girl on the Hill (screaming, cont’d)
Come on!
Panel 5: The white female runs towards the hill
Panel 6: She begins climbing up the hill, slipping she grabs at clusters of grass.
Panel 7: A black gloved hand grabs her ankle.
PAGE FOUR – Ten Panels
Panel 1: The white female’s eyes go wide as she yells.
Panel 2 - 3: She is pulled back down and thrown along the ground.
Panel 4: The dark cloaked figure looms over her, the full moon is behind him like a halo.
Panel 5 - 7: The two fight and struggle, the clocked man only appears on the edges of the panels.
Panel 8: The male and female from before emerge into the clearing, shock and fear on their faces.
African American Female (screaming)
No!
Panel 9: the girl on hill watches in horror, tears streaming down her face, her hands covering her mouth.
Panel 10: SLASH is written on a black panel in red bloody writing.
PAGE FIVE – Two Panels
Panel 1: Two thirds of the page, a wide shot of the clocked figure in the center at the foot of the hill, the white male and African American female are to the left. On top of the hill is the cabin and orange lights, the girl on the hill stands center and still has her hands on her face. The white female can be seen laying in the dirt, her lower half is hidden by the cloaked figure and her arm is stretched up.
Panel 2: The white female’s pale arm splattered in blood, above it the blood pooling from her spells out “Anniversary”.