I like the poem, though that looks like it'd be a doozy to put into one page..not to mention if I were to draw it, I'd probably would have to look up some references on that period or the war in question...

I was scrolling through Ness's poem and the one that sticks out to me as a comic I'd like to draw is "And You think your Job is tough."

That one I could have fun with. I'd need to ask Ness more questions about the Democracy one to get a starting point on the breakdowns..

Hey man, do the And you think your job is tough!

Script? I'm not seeing a script anywhere. And Hunter is still missing the point.

There's a blast from the past!

Good point, unless Ness wants to take a crack at breaking the poem down into a script, whoever does the pencils should probably get a writing credit, with an "Adapted from a poem by..."

No I'm not.

I already assumed that I'd have to break it down and script it before I pencilled it and that Allen would be inking it.


I figured that Ness's poems could be open to a little bit of interpretation and we could have fun with it. I like the Democratic one, but think two pages would be awesome for it.

The Tough Job one? I'm already getting an idea I think will work for it. I'll try and break some stuff tonite and post it here for people to weigh in with thoughts and suggestions.

If I can break the Democracy one down into one page, I'll do that as well.

Hey Ness, your poem has me intrigued. I didn't even know what a hoplite was, so is this the same battle?

http://www.timetrips.co.uk/mara%20battle.htm

Here's my plot breakdown.



"Charon walks up the shore of the beach, leaving his boat behind.
P.O.V of Charon mostly as he walks towards a large bonfire with multiple partiers.
It’s a rave party and most of the participants are shadowed figures with modern day raver attire, but only a few accessories are actualy drawn in light. Think ipod commercials.
No one seems to notice Charon as he walks amongst the dancers.
Charon walks past the bonfire itself and a particular annoying dancer complete with pacifier in his mouth dances in front of Charon.
Charon touches him on the shoulder, the kid bursts into flames.
Charon walks away, we see a wide bony smile in the darkness of his hood, while the flaming raver falls over dead in front of shocked partiers.
BBQ."

I could use a letterer to put Ness's poem in a series of caption boxes throughout this page. I'm thinking it'd be about six panels.

Anyone? Joe?